Judging Dairy Cattle.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 April 1910, Page 2

Judging Dairy Cattle.

A PERCENTAGE TEST,

At the recuit National Dairy Shove, in the United .States of America, a class of cows was-judg-ed on :i pbut which, as a result of the first trial, is looked upon with favour. The rules required that the animals entered fehoukl have to their credit, at least, one yearly official test; then the cows wm-q to be judged according to their individual merits' in dairy type, sym-

metry, and conformation, and given a'percentage basis. This would require that the first cow must have a higher percentage score than any of'those following, but each cow must be placed on the basis of 100 as perfect. Then, considering the butter-fat records of each cow, a credit of one point to every 20 pounds of fat above the requirement sof 40U pounds every year would lie given. ' This would mean that a cow having an official record, of GOO pounds of butter-fat per year would bs allowed ten points on production, thus if the cow scored 85 points, her product would raise her record to 9o points. In this way a cow would, be able to compete- in the show ring though she be defective in type and still make a-good showing-if she have a largo butter record to her credit. This method of judging cows is tille first public recognisance ever giveni in the show ring and it will, no doubt, receive support by tlu* .breeders- who are substantially backing their claims on perfection by performance. Tt would not be snuprising in the future to find the dairy cow largely judged in this mann er. —"Kansas Farmer."