92. Miscellaneous Circular 74, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
There are animated discussions, perplexed faces, decisions, and 
indecisions. But finally the scoring is completed and the crowd files’ 
out of the pen, having placed the bulls to the best of their ability 
Then three authorities on beef cattle—professors of animal hus- © 
bandry of the Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma colleges of agricul- — 
ture—enter the pen and judge the bulls... Pei. 
Cumberland Sultan, the bull placed first, is also the leader of the — 
group on most of the farmers’ scores. Later we learn that this judg- 
ment is sound, since the calves of this bull are among the best in the — 
demonstration herd. One young farmer placed the bulls in the same ~ 
order as had the judges, with the exception of the third and fourth, 
which he had in the reverse order. Others also proved to be good 
judges, but differed from the official rating on several of the bulls. 
Fic. 15.—Visitors inspecting bulls in service during the 1924 demonstration at 
Bape Farms. An informal bull-judging contest was one of the features of 
e day 
To clear up these differences of opinion the representative of the 
American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association mounts a bale of hay and 
explains to the contestants and onlookers why the bulls were placed 
in the order given. 
GOOD BREEDING BRINGS UNIFORMITY 
Meanwhile another interesting talk, likewise informal, has been 
attracting a good-sized audience that has gathered about a pen of 
fattening steers a short distance from the demonstration pens. ‘The 
steers under observation are a mixture of various crosses. A pack- 
er’s representative attending the demonstration has just stated that 
good breeding as illustrated by the second, third, and subsequent 
crosses reduces the percentage of waste in beef-cattle carcasses. 
“The packer gets the most money out of the carcasses which 
include the most meat of the choice cuts,” he declares, “ therefore 
