. American poultry world . on inthia matter. Our subject treats principally on theproper handling and examination ofexhibition specim°ns at poultry showswhere fowls are judged by compari-son. Some of the suggestions offeredare equally applicable where fowls arejudged by the score card. The objectof both systems is the same, viz; toaward prizes to the most meritoriousspecimens. Ey one, we arrive at this,by carefully comparing the few bestspecimens after eliminating the oftenlarger number of less meritorious can-didates for the honors; by the other,we score every specimen not disquali-fied, and
. American poultry world . on inthia matter. Our subject treats principally on theproper handling and examination ofexhibition specim°ns at poultry showswhere fowls are judged by compari-son. Some of the suggestions offeredare equally applicable where fowls arejudged by the score card. The objectof both systems is the same, viz; toaward prizes to the most meritoriousspecimens. Ey one, we arrive at this,by carefully comparing the few bestspecimens after eliminating the oftenlarger number of less meritorious can-didates for the honors; by the other,we score every specimen not disquali-fied, and allow the footings on thescore card to determine the winners. The rules for cutting for defects andscoring all varieties of poultry areprinted in the American Standard ofPerfection and will serve as a guidefor the judge in marking his outs by-points on the cards. These will varyaccording to the interpretation judgesplace on the various sections, whichaccounts for the lack of uniformityfound in the scores of the same birds. made by different judges. Uniformityof judging by score card system willhave to await the millenium, when allpoultry judges are absolute masters ofthe art of scoring and their minds areworking in beautiful unison. But do not for a moment entertainthe idea that we believe the compari-son system or the judges who applyit so vastly superior to the above asto eliminate the lack of uniformity en-tirely. Decisions made by judges atcomparison shows are subject to criti-cism and judges differ in their awardsthe same as they differ at score cardshows. Awards made by judges atcomparison shows are criticised some-times justly; at other times unjustly,and this will continue until the race ofman is run. Judges also differ in theirawards on the same bird at compari-son shows, but not quite to such anelastic degree as at score card shows,for they are not handicapped by asystem founded on theory, but mustdepend on their own practical knowl-edge in arriving at a decision. Fu
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