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there would then be considerable time spent in coming to a decision 

 some of the judges upholding their opinions by referring to the superiority 

 of a point in one animal, and some to a different point in another. 

 Where again each point is considered singly, the judges satisfy them- 

 selves at a glance as to the positions which the different exhibits in the 

 class hold with regard to it, and would seldom or never disagree as to 

 the number of marks to be allotted to each of them, for the point under 

 consideration. Upon the whole, therefore, although at first sight it may 

 appear more tedious to judge by the single points, it would not be found 

 in practice to be so ; and the other advantages, educational, and other- 

 wise, which would accrue under this mode of pointing, ought to give it 

 the preference. 



It is not likely, however, that the generality of judges would 

 at first take this view of the matter; for they would be almost 

 certain to think that this mode of pointing would occupy too 

 much time, .and entail too much trouble ; and would be likely to prefer 

 taking the points in sub-divisions, as per Appendix C, rather than in 

 groups, although of the two the groups would, as may be seen in 

 Appendix A, not only afford the greater amount of information, but 

 would in practice prove the more workable. It would, therefore, be 

 better in initiating the point system, to commence by taking the points 

 of breeding stock in sub-divisions ; and when the judges have had a little 

 practice in working the points, and acquired the confidence which they 

 will soon be certain to feel in that mode of judging, the single points 

 might be adopted. 



For fat stock, again, it would always be sufficient to use the sub- 

 divisions, and the form of an award paper for fat stock, with these 

 headings, is given in Appendix D. 



Should the sub-divisions be used, the judges, in case they should 

 disagree as to which of the animals stood highest with regard to the 

 value of all the points taken collectively in any of the sub-divisions, 

 ought to be in a position to go into particulars, and ascertain the precise 

 value of each point in the sub-division as possessed by each of the 

 different exhibits then under consideration. They should, therefore, be 

 supplied with blank sub-division award papers, of some such form as the 

 following : 



SUBDIVISION AWARD PAPER. 



GENERAL QUALITY. 



