COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DAIRY CATTLE ;;ir, 



The placing of a group of animals will largely depend 

 on the number of times A was credited with first place, 

 B with second, etc. However, the judge must attach the 

 same relative importance to the features in this comparison 

 card that they receive on the regular score card, excepting 

 that of breed character, for which special provision must 

 be made. If cow A were given first place under form, head 

 and neck, body, rump, thighs and udder, she would cer- 

 tainly have an advantage over any one of the others, for 



Fig. 179. "His work as judge should show consistency in his placings." 



these are first essentials in a dairy cow, involving two- 

 thirds of the scale of points. Thus the placing of each, 

 cow will depend materially upon what she might score. 

 The final rank of each animal is placed at the bottom of the 

 card, after the credits assigned are decided upon. Under 

 usual conditions of the show ring, the animals are exam- 

 ined and placed in their order of merit. When the judge 

 makes his placings, he must have clearly in mind the merits 

 and demerits of each animal. His work as judge should 

 show consistency in his placings, in his adherence to type 



