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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



type of this animal. The mule in the northern United 

 States is regarded simply as a beast of burden, but many 

 farmers in the South drive them to buggies or light vehicles, 

 for pleasure or business, as occasion requires. The mule 

 trots at a fair speed and in a day will travel a long distance. 



SCORE CARD FOR THE MULE. 



Standard of Score of 



SCALE OF POINTS 



Perfect 

 Score 



A — GENERAL APPEARANCE, 16 Points: 



1. Height, Estimated hands Actual hands 



2. Weight. Score according to age and type 



3. Form, broad, deep, compact, smooth, symmetrical.. 



4. Quality, refined head and ears, fine hair, clean bone, 



tendons defined 



5. Temperament, active, disposition good 



B— HEAD AND NECK, 7 Points: 



6. Head, in good proportion, clear cut features, ten- 



dency to Roman nose 



7. Forehead, broad, full 



8. Eyes, full, bright, clear 



9. Muzzle, broad, yet fine, nostrils large, lips thin and 



even 



10. Ears, large, long, pointed, fine, well set, carried alert 



11. Neck, long, muscular, throat-latch defined, head well 



set on 



C — FOREHAND, 24 Points: 



12. Shoulders, long, sloping, smooth, muscular . . 



13. Arm, short, muscular, elbow in 



14. Forearm, long, wide, muscular 



15. Knees, straight, wide, deep, well supported . . 



16. Cannons, short, broad, flat, tendons well back, 



straight, well supported 



17. Fetlocks, wide, tendons well back, straight, well 



supported 



18. Pasterns, moderate length, oblique, smooth, strong 



19. Feet, medium size, uniform, straight, slope of wall 



parallel to slope of pastern; sole concave; bars 

 strong ; frog prominent, elastic ; heels wide, 

 high; horn dense, smooth 



20. Legs, properly placed, according to description in 



draft horse score card 



D— BODY, 11 Points: 



21. Withers, well defined, smooth and muscular . . 



22. Chest, deep, wide 



23. Ribs, long, well sprung, close 



24. Back, short, straight, broad, strong 



25. IiOin, short, wide, heavily muscled 



26. Flasks, deep, full; long, low underline 



Mule 

 Studied 



