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 
Page 
Introduction 1 
Teaching the Judging of Horses .... 1 
Classroom Discussion 3 
Practice Judging 9 
24 
Estimating the Age of a Horse . . 
Estimating Matters of Unsoundness . . 26 
Comparative Judging 29 
Demonstrations .......... 29 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1917 
