. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 406 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS compactness of form, breadth of back, thickness of hind- quarter, depth of body, shortness of neck and legs, and character of fleece. If examined as fat sheep, then condition, necessarily, is of prime importance. Each animal must be studied and a mental comparison made with one that scores 100 per cent. As the butcher's block is the measure of. Fig. 224.—"One must be careful not to give liigh placings to animals that seriously lack ; value in the case of the fat sheep, it is important that the judge should not allow
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 406 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS compactness of form, breadth of back, thickness of hind- quarter, depth of body, shortness of neck and legs, and character of fleece. If examined as fat sheep, then condition, necessarily, is of prime importance. Each animal must be studied and a mental comparison made with one that scores 100 per cent. As the butcher's block is the measure of. Fig. 224.—"One must be careful not to give liigh placings to animals that seriously lack ; value in the case of the fat sheep, it is important that the judge should not allow points of secondary value to affect his judgment on essentials. The judge in the show ring, after sufficient examination, in case of considerable competition, often draws from the line those that he regards of merit, not occupying his attention with the remainder. The few drawn out are then lined up as a separate group, and the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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