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The Science of Livestock Judging

Ohio State University

Abstract

When the human mind is called upon to compare facts and arrive at a decision it has enacted judgment. No judgment can be fair and accurate without a knowledge of many facts, much mental discipline, and the natural desire to be impartial.

The success or failure of one's life is entirely dependent upon his or her ability to enact good or poor judgment. Realizing this important fact, educational systems are adopting methods whereby the student may develop judgment in some particular field of science, letters, or art. Since judgment involves a mental process plus a knowledge of fundamental facts there should be no great amount of importance attached to the particular field in which the student chooses to train his mind.

In the field of animal husbandry there are many incentives present to attract the student. Sentiment for the animal begins in the toddling days, or just as soon as the little fellow can hold his animal book and imitate the "moo" of the cow or the "baa" of the sheep. Animal stories and visits to the circus and the zoo serve further to stimulate this sentiment.