JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



Fig. 3. — "One must naturally and quickly 

 grasp the real merits to be seen in ttie animal." 

 (Courtesy Ohio Agr. Exp. Station.) 



of the future. Not 

 only this, but a 

 knowledge of the 

 bony and muscular 

 structures, and 

 their relationship, 

 of the limbs and 

 the effect of posi- 

 tion on production, 

 these and other 

 features of the ani- 

 mal body are rea- 

 sonably well under- 

 stood by the man 

 who is qualified to 

 pass in judg- 

 ment on domestic 

 animals. 

 The well-informed judge will be familiar with changes in 

 breed types or fashions. "While all breeds have undergone 

 distinct changes and improvements, during the course of 

 time, in certain respects some of these changes have been 

 matters of fashion 

 rather than of eco- 

 nomic importance. 

 The decree of fash- 

 ion was largely re- 

 sponsible for the 

 short, dished head 

 so much desired 

 among Berkshire 

 breeders ; for the ■ 

 cap of wool over 

 the head and face 

 of the Shropshire 



sheep ; for the 



hiffh short knee ^1/- 4.— The same horse as Mg. 3, after being 



tlign, blioil, iiuee fattened. (Courtesy Ohio Agr. Exp. Station,) 



