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and, at the same time, very concise reports as to t^ieir sood ant 

 bad qualities. x^~ * ' F V / 



{3.) It is in a high degree educational, as the reasons are given 

 for all the decisions, thereby affording those who attend the 

 shows for the purpose of acquiring a correct knowledge of stock, 

 the best possible opportunity of doing so. 



To show that this system possesses the first advantage claimed for 

 it correct and uniform awards and to illustrate the mode of carrying 

 it out, we will suppose that a scale of points has been fixed upon in 

 the manner suggested, for all the colonies, that award papers have been 

 prepared like those given in Appendix A hereto, and that the judges 

 have commenced their duties in a class of ten exhibits. The first thing 

 they would do (as they could not be expected to take the points of all 

 the animals in the class), would be to send back, say the six possessed 

 of the least merit, to their stalls, including, of course, all those which 

 were very defective in any one material quality or point, or in vigour or 

 size, and draw up together in a line the four head left in the ring, 

 which, for convenience sake, we will suppose are numbers i to 4, 

 inclusive of their class. Then, instead of attempting to give one animal 

 after the other the whole marks which they consider it should receive 

 for the several points, the judges should take each of the different points, 

 one after the other, see how the several animals in the class stand in 

 regard to it, and allot the cattle their proper number of marks for the 

 point. To make this more plain, we will suppose that the judges begin 

 by examining the four animals in regard to the first group of points, 

 "general style and carriage," "colour," and "bone," and that they find 

 Xo. 3 the best in that group. They then settle among themselves how 

 far that exhibit is from perfection, as regards the group of points, 

 referred to, and allot it the proper number of marks in accordance with 

 the authorized scale of points. They would then in the same manner 

 agree as to the animal next best in this group, say exhibit No. 2, and 

 allot it its proper number of points, bearing in mind the number given 

 to exhibit No. 3 ; and so on till all the four exhibits received their 

 marks for the first group of points. The same course would then be 

 followed with regard to the second group, " hair and touch," " handle," 

 and " evenness of flesh and fat ;" and so on with all the groups in suc- 

 cession, until they were completed, when the numbers would be 

 summed up, and the animals with the highest number of marks would, 

 of course, be placed first. 



In pointing the exhibits, the judges could arrange among them- 

 selves either that one of their number should take the lead throughout 

 in calling the number of marks to be allotted to the different animals 

 for the various groups, or they might lead in turn ; or the system fol- 

 lowed at Philadelphia could be adopted each judge could act inde- 

 pendently, put down his marks without referring to his fellow judges, 

 and give in his award paper to the Exhibition Committee, who would 



