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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



milks is an important matter and this cannot be determined 

 unless the judge performs the operation. With some ani- 

 mals the milk flows freely, while it is drawn from others 

 with difficulty. 



The size and shape of the Milch goat naturally have an 

 important relationship to production. Pegler states that 

 size carries but little recommendation, and that no judge 



worthy the name 

 would think of plac- 

 ing a tall, leggy 

 goat, shallow of 

 frame and with a 

 small udder over an- 

 other, little more 

 than half its height 

 perhaps, showing a 

 good shape and a 

 large bag. "Size is 

 a quality affecting 

 kids and goatlings 

 rather than full- 

 grown goats, but as 

 we encourage it in 

 these immature ani- 

 mals we cannot alto- 

 gether ignore it when the same animals become fully de- 

 veloped. ' ' Much the same conformation is sought as is found 

 in the dairy cow. The type and style of head depends some- 

 what on the breed, but it should show much quality, be wide 

 at the forehead, and gracefully taper to the muzzle, Avith 

 preferably no beard. The neck should be slender ; the chest 

 wide ; the withers sharp ; the back long and level ; the body 

 deep ; the hip bones wide apart ; the rump long, wide and 

 level ; the thighs thin and widely arched between ; the legs 

 short and well carried. The goat naturally tends to have 

 a droopy and peaked rump, and the judge should discrim- 



Fig. 256. "The goat naturally tends to hnvo a 

 droopy and peaked rump." 



