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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 487 



Contribution from the States Relations Service 

 A. C. TRUE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



January 25, 1917 



JUDGING HORSES 



AS A SUBJECT OF INSTRUCTION IN 



SECONDARY SCHOOLS 



By 



H. P. BARROWS, Assistant in Agricultural Education, 

 States Relations Service 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Teaching the Judging of Horses 

 Classroom Discussion .... 

 Practice Judging 



Page 

 Estimating the Age of a Horse .... 24 



Estimating Matters of Unsoundness . . 26 

 Comparative Judging ........ 29 



Demonstrations 29 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



