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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



producers and at the same time conform to the present day 

 show standards, Hoard's Dairyman says:* "One of the 

 reasons why the cow cannot be a good producer and still 

 conform to the show ring standard, is that there is no show 

 ring standard. No two judges will judge alike. Animals 

 that at one show ring receive first place, at another will 

 receive second or third place. We hear much talk about 



Fig- 2. — Dale, the Hereford. "It will not be a difficult task to bring for- 

 ward the names of many great sires and dams that judges have repeatedly 

 agreed upon as the best of- their kind." 



the 'beauty of form.' If judging were confined to that, 

 there would be much greater uniformity of judgment, yet 

 no two judges will agree upon what is really and truly 

 handsome." 



Among the noted show animals of the different breeds 

 may be found, not only the world 's greatest prize winners, 

 but also the most beautiful specimens. It will not be a 



■"December IS, 1912. 



