Excerpt from Judging Farm Animals The study of animal form becomes an instinctive process on the part of most persons who take a natural interest in farm live stock. The form and its suitability for specific purposes is sure to cause discussion and argument, if but two parties are interested. Thus do men think themselves critics and judges of animals, even though their knowledge is based on very limited experience. There are men, however, who have grown up among flocks and herds, who, during the years, have absorbed wisdom through experience, and have naturally become qualified to judge the merits or demerits of certain kinds of animals with which they are familiar. Another class of men, lacking in experience, yet with the stockman's instincts, seek information that will enable them to judge animals intelligently, thereby better serving themselves and mankind. In the agricultural school or college, this latter class may secure systematic instruction relative to the principles and practices of judging, whereby they may become better qualified to pass on the comparative merits of farm animals. This volume is intended to serve the needs of the stockman, be he amateur or professional, but more especially the student, who appreciates his own limitations, and seeks for a more intelligent conception of the relationship of form to function. The subject of judging farm animals is, at the present time, receiving much attention among animal husbandry students in our agricultural schools and colleges. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.