228 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



judgment must be exercised to ascertain whether 

 the injury is permanent or only temporary. 



JUDGING RAM CLASSES. 



In passing judgment on classes of rams, it is also 

 important for the judge to examine the scrotum of 

 each, to find out whether or not the ram is fully 

 developed. In cases where the ram has only one 

 testicle instead of two, he should be disqualified on 

 this account. This is important, for the writer has 

 found many rams in show rings that had this de- 

 fect, and a judge is liable to severe criticism if he 

 overlooks anything of this sort. In selecting a ram 

 to head the flock, an examination of the scrotum 

 should not be forgotten. 



The judging of sheep in general is perhaps more 

 difficult than that of other classes of stock, be- 

 cause the wool hides many defects which can 

 only be found by the proper methods of handling. 

 Nevertheless, if a man is once accustomed to this 

 work and knows the proper method of handling, 

 he will not make many blunders in judging the 

 largest classes at any fair, whether county, state, 

 national or international. 



For the benefit of the student in agriculture who 

 takes up work in sheep husbandry and for every 



