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est man, you know where it will go. If we have three men on this committee, I 

 think the judging would be more satisfactory. On the other hand, it is impossi- 

 ble to get an expert unle3S you send a distance for one. One man might not be 

 able to see all the points in an animal, while if there are other men on the com- 

 mittee, this might be obviated. 



Mr. McCord. I am in favor of an expert. By selecting one person we get just 

 what we want- I want every thing done fairly and honestly ; if my hogs are wor- 

 thy of a premium I want it, but if not worthy of anything, I do not want it. 



Mr. Reveal. I am in favor of an expert of the one judge system. If we try to 

 establish a scale of points to govern these animals, we have to make some improve- 

 ment in our judging, and it appears to me we can get an expert — an honest man — 

 and the awarding done in a more systematic manner than with three men. If there 

 are three men selected, one may fancy a different kind of stock and the others some- 

 thing else. If there is one man selected to judge this stock, he should be selected 

 before hand, and he will post himself up a little. In Ohio they expose them if 

 they do not rightly judge the stock. The poultry shows have a fine scale of points, 

 and an expert is appointed to pass upon them. It is certainly a step forward to 

 have an expert. Three years ago the fair at Paris, III., employed an expert, and 

 gave good satisfaction, giving the premiums where they belonged, and why they 

 belonged there. I am decidedly in favor coming to the one-man system. 



Mr. Jackson. I had a very good chance to observe the work of our committee 

 business at our State Fair, especially in the Horse D .<f^)artment. It was not man- 

 aged just to my notion. In the show ring for l.orses the judges were over run with 

 visitors and friends. You could not tell who the judges were, on account of the 

 crowd around them. It makes no difference how lione:-t the judges are, it places 

 them in a position to be doubted. Persons some times, vith strict integrity, have 

 blame brought upon them, when they are not entitled to it. The shows should pro- 

 vide a place of exhibition, and protect exhibitor and coi; mittee, and then you will 

 obviate this difficulty, and expedite business. If we sel ct a special man to judge 

 on hogs, there should be a good ring, and make it clear, :md have nothing to bother 

 him. I want to especially urge this necessity in fair management of protecting 

 exhibitors and committee men. 



Mr. Williams. If a scale of points could be adopted, the one-man plan might 

 do well enough, but it is hard to find a man without prejudices, and if the judge 

 is himself a breeder, show me the animals he breeds, and 1 will tell you just the 

 kind of hogs that will get the premium. As we raise hogs for the meat, when we 

 get a big hog that will scale well, it is worth more than a little hog that will scale 

 well. 



Mr. Reveal. Have you ever seen a hog that would scale one hundred points. 



Mr. Williams. No, I think not. 



Mr. Reveal. I would pay a good price to see one that would scale one hundred 

 points. 



On motion it was decided to i-ecommend a committee of three, two of that com- 

 mittee to pass on the animal and the third to serve as umpire, his decision being 

 confined to the two animals in dispute. 



Convention adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. 



