The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-20


 culture, and keep down the Xpense acc coCnJ' With the tendency to swell the premium list and add novel attractions, which arc always costly together with the inereoairg cost oG running our eN- h5bitions there W,u h. serious objections urged against adding the expense of expert judges and the score cards, thus Increasing the obstacles, HOW great, in the way of improviu~ the weak st spot In our yearly fairs-tEo show riaS, To provoke increased exhibits and eNhibit- ors there must be some system Of awarding by which he who wins as well as he who loses may have all the evil deuce on which judgment was based. Perfection in product has never been reached and only in seeking for the best l;uowlodga of the worth of each part can thero be hope for improve meut Men who work by themselves arc likely 10 drift into one of two eX- Ucmes; cith-r to consider what they are producing as good as can be pro- dUcod, or to belitUe it's real value, Some record is called for which will educate to peter knowledget of parts and their bearing on each other, The man who stands most iIE need of the assistance which the exhibition can give Is the one with the single animal or product. and unless he be made sura that his exhibit receives as careful consideration as his more prosperous neighbor he will drop out and the state will ba the loser. The man at the top
 
 on the ground tier which this board of agriculture stands pledged to assist, and the system of awarding premiums must be such as will give this man the most information, both as to the weak and the strong parts of his stock of products. The scale of points and score card for every class and department opens the way for the society to do justice with every man and carry to each the full evidence on which awards were made.
 Every one judges by his ideal, which is what he would have if he could re- construct to suit his highest standard This ideal cannot be framed in words, but it is always above the level of the best we see, touch and feel. The inn mense benefit which the score card may be is that it helps one to be critical of parts and to come to determine the real worth of each in the animal ec0n- omy. In these days when such effort is being made to bring out the practical and useful, this system of judging comes with special value to every breeder and grower, In all classe of stock there is a wider distinction between animals of the same breed than between those of the same type in different breeds. To fix the type most valuable for any given purpose is one of the missions of the scale of points and score card. Its use will lead to a close study of tenn peraments and vitality as these points are brought out by the expert. The fact that form governs purpose cannot be too strongly emphasized to-day, es- pecially with those who are obliged to search for the dollars Nothing will so rapidly bring a man into close sym pathy and fellowship with his animals as when he is seeking to come into and unto an appreciation of the traits and trends, the helps and hindrances in the animal economy. The system which brings these out in detail, which obiges the expert to attach @ value to each part and then sign his name to the card Ghis card to be returned to the exhibitoD will educate and advance both the character of the exhibitions and the quality of all stock and pro- duets It will lead to a better appre- citation of the invironnents controlling our animals.
 The whole line of production has be- come so abnormally unnatural that there is demanded a higher skill the man must be at the helm, in touch with more of the forces at work in animal structure if he is to control size, speed, rapidity of growth, production and profit. He is to be master of the situ- alton, and for this reason we touch, in this study of parts, one of the greatest 1 problems which can confront the breed 1 CT or grower. Whatever will tend tC | make on more critical, more obserVant | more enthusiastic, more intelligent, is a help and a necessity. In addition to | the value nf the scale and score in giv- | ing to every exhibitor the full reasons l for the award in every case, it fixes in mind the importance of the weak as well as the strong parts, proving their power in preventing as well as promot- | ing production. Weakness in confor. nation would hardly be carried in mind by 8 committee day after day and tc give the reasons for the award q week after the gates closed would be an i'm possibility.
 The time will come when breeders will demand, and societies will grant more time to this work of awarding premiums, when its important bearing upon progress will be recognized. Ii the prime object be to educate then the exhibitor has the right to demand tht greatest possible amount of informal ton. Money spent in this way will be productive of greater benefit to tbC state than that spent for the Tsu& round of amusements. The man wnc contributes stock or products Eas rights l and these must be respected more than they nave been.
 Let the work of judging be carried forward with the greatest publicity l Let exhibitors be invited to ask qUes. tions, and the man with the cards give reasons. It is here that the ex, pert protects himself and .,he society as well as the exhibitors. Retain youl experts at least one-half day after the work is completed thta they may be reached by the disapnornteo 3aes. II