96 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



others, and the difficulty of carrying in mind the defects 

 and their bearing ui)on vahies not appreciated, while the 

 reasons for making awards, unless very obvious, drop out 

 of mind as soon as the class is out of sight. 



Against this I place the scale of points perfected for each 

 class, the single judge, who shall affix his signature to every 

 card, and the individual score-card for every animal of every 

 breed, and for all products whether of the farm, field, 

 orchard, dairy, shop, mill or home. Responsibility cannot 

 be shifted here and no man will put his name to a card unless 

 reasonably sure of the record he has made. 



This means simply that the article or animal or product 

 shall be divided into parts, each to be measured by itself, 

 and to each part a fixed value shall be given to represent the 

 standard of perfection as compared with the ideal, which is 

 what one would have if that part could be made to suit one's 

 conception of perfection. Thus in the horse, 100 represents 

 perfection in structural parts, each having a fractional value. 



We give four points to the eyes. If these be large, full, 

 lustrous, expressive, indicative of developed brain power 

 and increased brain capacity, telling of courage, and with lids 

 free from meatiness, the credit would approach perfection. 

 In seven years' experience, working with some of the best 

 experts in the country, I have known but one animal to be 

 marked perfect in eyes. 



A critical examination always reveals something not de- 

 sired. In case the eye is but ordinary the credit would be 

 fifty per cent of the whole. 



If I send a horse to the stable with a credit of two for 

 eyes I have gone on record, and if any error has been made 

 it can easily be corrected. 



Suppose that two horses score the same in every other 

 part, but simply because one has a meaty lid it falls one-half 

 to one point below the other in total footing. Naturally the 

 owner who loses raises the question, Why? and it is these 

 whys which educate. 



Bring the two horses together, compare them, point out 

 the difference in expression resulting from the difierence in 

 thickness and flexibility of lids, because of that single faulty 

 construction, and you will have set agents at work which 



