PRACTICE JUDGING 



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the image of the character of one individual until there 

 can be placed beside it, in the judge's vision, the analogous 

 character of another individual, so that an opportunity 

 for comparison may be afforded. By repeated comparisons 

 the ideal is gradually crystallized in the student's mind, 

 the good points being rendered more conspicuous by being 



FIG. 37. Outline drawing of a dairy cow. 



set off, as it were, by the bad points and conversely, 

 deficiencies becoming more marked in contrast with 

 merit. 



84. Competitive judging. Finally, but only after 

 having acquired skillful method, keen perception, and a 

 definite notion of the ideal, the student may be permitted 

 to carry his comparisons a step farther and bring the dif- 

 ferent comparable characters into actual competition, 

 first covering parts or regions only, as heads and necks, 



