Evidently scoring has come to stay, and no wrangling over the question will 

 avail anything. Study and experience is very essential to become an expert in 

 fact. Our best reward for the duty assigned us was the apparent satisfaction 

 of the competitors. 



M. S. HEA.TH, Committee. 

 Tenth Division 



HOLSTEIN STOCK. 



Whole number of entries, 10. Best Bull, under two years old, 1 ; best Cow, 

 with specimen of progeny, 4; best tM^o-year-old Heifer. 1; best yearling Heifer, 

 2; best Heifer Calf, 1 ; best specimen of Stock (not less than four in number), 1. 



Best Bull, under two years old, Alonzo Bradley, Lee, $5 00 



Best Cow% with specimen of progeny. Alonzo Bradley, Lee, 5 00 



2d do, A. C. Collins, Great Ban-ington, 4 00 



3d do. Noble Turner, Great Barrinjrton, 3 00 



Best two-year-old Heifer, Alonzo Bradley, Lee. 4 00 



Best yearling: Heifer. Noble B. Turner. Great Barrington, 3 00 



2d do. Alonzo Bradley, Lee. 2 00 



Best Heifer Calf, Alonzo Bradley. Lee, 2 00 



Best specimen of Stock (not less than four in number). Alonzo Bradley, Lee, 7 00 



T. S. BALDWIN, Committee. 



Eleventh Division. 



GUERNSEY STOCK. 



Whole number of entries, 20. Best Bull, two years old or older, 3; best 

 Bull, under two years old, 1; best Cow, with specimen of progeny, 4; best two- 

 year-old Heifer, 3; best yearling Pleifer, 8: best Bull Calf, 2: best Heifer Calf, 

 2; best specimen of Stock. 2. 



Best Bull, two years old or older, D. W. Beckwith, Great Barrington, $7 00 



2d do, Elmer D. Ballou. Becket, .5 00 



3d do. J. H. Rowley, E^remont. .3 00 



Best Bull, under two years old, M. I. Wheeler. Great Barrington, 5 00 



2d do. N. W. Hart, Monterey, 3 00 



Best Cow. with specimen of progeny, M. I. Wheeler, Great Barrington, 5 00 



2d do. Frank T. Wheeler, Great Barrin^ton, 4 00 



3d do, J. H. Rowley, E^remont. 3 00 



Special mention of Otho's Fairy. M. L Wheeler, Great Barrin^ton. 



Best two-year old Heifer, M. L Wheeler. Great Barring^ton, 3 00 



Best yearling- Heifer. M. I. Wheeler, Great Barrinarton, 3 00 



Best Bull Calf, J. H. Rowley, E^remont. 2 00 



Best Heifer Calf M. I. Wheeler. Great Barrinaton. 2 GO 



2d do, J. H. Rowley, Egreraoiit, 1 00 



Best specimen of Stock (not less than four in number), M. I. Wheeler. Great Barrington, 7 OQ 



2d do. J. H. Rowley, Egrremont, 5 Oq 



The whole number of Guernsey cattle entered in the different classes were 

 26, 24 of which were shown l)y Wheeler and Beckwith of Great Barrington, 

 Rowley of Egremont, Hart of Monterey, and Ballou of Becket. In aged Bulls, 

 two noble specimens were shown by Beckwith and Ballou. The best feature of 

 the display was the stock shown by Wheeler, which, for size of animals and 

 excellence of points, easily surpassed all others in their respective classes, he 

 showing a Cow 17 years old, and to all appearances as vigorous and sound as 

 some are at 10, Judging from some of her progeny shown, she is a most re- 

 markable creature. This, in ray opinion, is the way" to lay the foundation for 

 a herd, and I most earnestly call attention to this fact to every progressive far-^ 

 raer. Start with only the very best and keep your herd so, and never inbreed.. 

 I would also recommend the Guernspys for the general-purpose animal. 



I do most emphatically endorse the' score-card for use in judging all standard 

 breeds of cattle, for by it a judge can arrive at his conclusions with more cer- 

 tainty, and then there is no getting around hard facts. While I do not suppose 

 any two judges would score the same animal just alike, the result of both will 

 correspond very nearly when summed up as a whole. Then, again, no man can' 

 judge a certain number of animals by the eye alone, for the one selected will not 

 meet his expectations when judged by card, and he almost invariably overlooks 

 some more worthy one in the flock, and therefore he is never positively sure he- 

 has done justice to every one. 



Finally, if any competitor is dissatisfied with his decision, the difference be- 

 tween two or more animals is more readily explained by the card, for he must 

 be very ignorant who cannot see what his animal scores before leaving home,, 

 and should know within a few points what the result would be at the exhibition. - 



WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Conmiittee. 

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