SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, :00 A.M. CHECK IN

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1 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, :00 A.M. CHECK IN COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS SCHOOL FARM 2245 South Linwood, Visalia

2 Dear Community Club Leaders: The 4-H Livestock Judging Day is designed to give 4-H members experience in evaluating different livestock, dairy and horse species and placing them in correct order of market, breeding and/or conformation value. The event is scheduled, rain or shine, for Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the College of the Sequoias School Farm, 2245 South Linwood, Visalia. Enclosed in this pamphlet you will find rules for the event and illustrations showing the ideal livestock animal vs. common faults. ENTRY DEADLINE: Entries for judging must be received or postmarked by Monday, November 28, Mail entries to: Livestock Judging Day, 4437 S. Laspina St., Ste. B, Tulare, CA Faxed and Phone Call entries will NOT be accepted! ALL ADULTS AND YOUTH MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR JUDGING. THERE IS A $2.00 REGISTRATION FEE FOR 4-H MEMBERS AND ADULTS, (EXCLUDING MINI MEMBERS). THE CLUB SUMMARY SHEET AND TEAM SHEETS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CLUB CHECK FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF 4-H MEMBERS AND ADULTS PARTICIPATING FROM YOUR CLUB. PLEASE SEND TO LIVESTOCK JUDGING DAY, 4437 B SOUTH LASPINA ST, TULARE CA MAKE THE CHECK PAYABLE TO TULARE COUNTY 4-H LEADER COUNCIL (TC4HLC) This year Mini Members will be allowed to judge for experience only. They will all be in a group together. Mini members will all get a participation ribbon and special gift. Each mini member must be accompanied by an adult. Following the judging and critique, an educational activity will be held while the tabulation of scores is taking place. HI 4-H will have a food booth. Lunch will be a Deep Pit sandwich, a drink and chips for $7.00. Pre- sales are encouraged on entry summary sheet. Drinks and snacks will available for sale through-out the day. All proceeds from the food booth go towards County Award s such as Officer Medals, Adult Recognition Awards and All Star Awards and uniforms. Please Support your county awards program! Awards will be presented at the conclusion of the day. If you have any questions, please contact the Cooperative Extension Office (559) Sincerely, Leah Harrelson 4-H Program Representative

3 TIME SCHEDULE November 28- Deadline for club entry packets, due or postmarked. December 10- o 9:00 A.M. o 9:30 A.M. Livestock Judging Day Check In Instructions o 10:00 A.M. Judging begins followed by Reasons o 11:30 A.M. Class Critique (Estimated time) o 12:00 Noon Educational Activity (Estimated time) o 2:00 P.M. Awards Ceremony (Estimated time) 3

4 4-H LIVESTOCK JUDGING DAY RULES 1. 4-H Livestock Judging Day will be held Saturday, December 10, 2011, at the COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS SCHOOL FARM, 2245 South Linwood, Visalia. 2. PARTICIPANTS. Participants entering for judging must be enrolled as a Tulare County 4-H member, at least 9 years old or in the 4 th grade as of December 31, 2011 and older. 3. **NOTE** Mini Members : MINI MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE JUDGING. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT. MINI MEMBERS CANNOT MOVE UP TO BE ON A TEAM. 4. POINT OF CONTACT. One person from each 4-H club will be designated as the club Point of Contact (POC). Prior to the event, the POC is responsible for taking all entries within the club and assigning members on teams within their appropriate grade. The POC is responsible for submitting all names to the event registrar by the entry deadline. On the day of the event, the POC is responsible for arriving on time, picking up the club packet(s) from the registration table, and making any corrections or changes to individual or team entries. 5. YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT TO PARTICIPATE. THERE IS A $2.00 REGISTRATION FEE TO HELP PAY FOR AWARDS. 4-H MEMBERS AND ADULTS CANNOT REGISTER THE DAY OF THE EVENT. 6. ONLY ONE CHANGE OF JUDGING TEAM MEMBERS will be allowed on the day of the event. A 4-H member, who has not pre-registered, may not be substituted for pre-registered participants. 7. ENTRY DEADLINE. Entries must be received or postmarked by Monday, November 28, Mail entries to: Livestock Judging Day and Showmanship Clinic 4437 S. Laspina Street, Suite B Tulare, CA Faxed and Phone Call entries will not be accepted 9. CLASSES. Each participant entered in the Livestock Judging Event will judge all species, which includes beef, sheep, swine, dairy cattle, meat goats, and horse. There will be six classes: four market classes, beef, sheep, swine and meat goat, one dairy class, and one horse class. 10. DIVISIONS. Each participant may enter only one grade division. Participants will compete in a division open to their grade in school. 1. Novice = 4th through 6th grade 2. Junior = 7th & 8th grade 3. Senior = 9th grade and up 4. Adult = 4-H leader or parent 4

5 11. TEAMS. Teams will be made up of four individuals within a grade division. When calculating the results, the highest three scores of the four team members will be taken and combined for the total team score. Three individuals can also make up a team, but four is more advantageous for scoring. A 4-H member may move up a grade division to fill a team, but they will also be judged individually at the older grade level (e.g. a 6th grader competing with and against junior division). A 4-H member may never move down an age division (e.g. a 7th grader can not compete in the novice division.) If you do not have enough to make a team (e.g. only 2 participants in the Senior Division) go ahead and place them on the entry form titled "Senior". Their scores will be calculated anyway for their individual results. Team members must all be from the same club. 12. AWARDS. The awards presented are as follows: i. Awards First through fifth place ribbons will be awarded to each High Individual in a grade division and the members of each High Team. Top Reasons will be awarded first through fifth place per each grade division. ii. Medals - Medals (gold, silver, bronze) will be awarded to the top three High Individuals in the Novice, Junior, and Senior grade divisions. iii. SPECIAL AWARD - The LJD Committee will select a special top award, depending on funding, to be awarded to the High Individual in the Novice, Junior, and Senior grade division and the top three or four scores in each high team per division. 13. CLASSES. The species to be judged are: 1. Market Beef 4. Market Sheep 2. Market Swine 5. Market Goat 3. Dairy Cattle 6. Halter Horse 14. GROUPS. Participants will be broken down into groups which will rotate from class to class. Team members will be separated into different groups; Teams will not collectively judge classes. PARENTS ARE NOT TO COACH YOUTH. 15. JUDGING CARD. Each participant will receive a judging card like the one shown on the last page in book. On the day of the event, the judging card color will correspond to the participants division entered. Each participant will need to put their contestant number and group along with their name on their card the day of the event. Each card is pre-printed with the class number. When judging, the participant will be evaluating four different animals for each class. After the order of placement has been determined; the participant will put an X next to the appropriate combination of placing listed. For example, if the participant feels the placement from top quality to bottom is ; they would place an X in the box next to that placing. See example on next page. 5

6 Example: X Upon completion of judging the class, all judging cards will be given to the group leader. A runner then takes them to the control point for scoring. The participant is finished with judging when they have judged each of the classes and turned in their judging cards for scoring. There will be a 15 minute break for participants to formulate their reasons. Once that time period is over, participants will head to their designated reasons class or classes. 16. REASONS. Reasons will be included as part of the overall score for Novice, Junior, and Senior Divisions. You may choose not to do reasons; however, you will be missing the opportunity to gain additional points. It is highly recommended that members take part in this activity. Divisions will be the same as in Rule 10. The reasons class will be announced on the day of the event for livestock and dairy. 17. TIE BREAKERS. Tie breakers will be one reasons class which is pre-selected prior to the start of judging. For example, if market swine reasons is selected as the tie breaker, the two individuals/teams who are tied will be judged on who scored higher in that reasons class. Whoever scored highest on the swine class will be considered as having a higher score. Example of Market Lamb Reasons I placed this class of market lambs starting with the longest bodied, most powerfully muscled lamb in the class. Ideally, my class winner could be smoother shouldered. Yet, I still used him over 1 in my top pair as he is a more rugged appearing, heavier muscled lamb who is thicker loined. I grant 1 has a more correct set to dock but I faulted him and placed him second when compared to 3. He is a somewhat light muscled lamb who is flat legged. However, in my middle pair I placed 1 over 2 as he is a deeper bodied, more correctly made lamb that is longer in the loin and a more level hip. I realize 2 is a heavier muscled, pounds heavy lamb, but I faulted him and placed him 3 rd as he is poor balanced, steeper in the hip, and weak in the pastern. Yet in my bottom pair I still placed 2 over 4 as 2 is a stouter made, heavier muscled lamb who is cleaner chested and tighter shouldered. I realized 4 is the largest lamb, but I faulted him and placed him last as he is the narrowest made, lightest boned, lightest carcass lamb in the class. 6

7 General Rules for Giving Reasons 1. Do not claim strong points for one animal unless it has them. Claim the points where it is superior and then grant to the other animal its points of advantage. 2. Emphasize the major difference strongly. Giving big differences first on each pair helps. 3. Be concise and definite. Don t hunt for things to say. If you don t remember, go on to the next pair you are to discuss. 4. Speak with confidence and without hesitation. Speak with enough enthusiasm to keep the judge interested. 5. Use correct terms for each class and breed. Do not use cattle terms for swine, for example. 6. End reasons strongly. Give a concise final statement as to why you place the last animal last. 7. Be sure you have your reasons well organized so you will not hesitate when you present them to the judge. 8. As you give your reasons to the judge, stand about 6 feet away from him/her. Stand with your feet spread apart, hands behind you, and look at the judge and talk to him/her. How Do I Organize and Give My Reasons? I place the class of -. I started with because in the class. In the top pair, I used over because was than. In the middle pair, I place over as s/he was than. I realize that was but I criticized and I placed him/her last because of the four. There is no need to: State Sir or Madam. Say Good Morning or Good Afternoon. Repeat your placing after completing oral reasons. 7

8 PARTS OF A STEER 1 POLL 2 FOREHEAD 3 FACE 4 MUZZLE 5 SHOULDER VEIN 6 SHOULDER 7 POINT OF SHOULDER 8 DEWLAP 9 BRISKET 10 FOREARM 11 KNEE 12 SHANK 13 ELBOW 14 FORE FLANK 15 MIDDLE 16 HIND FLANK 17 COD 18 PASTERN 19 DEW CLAW 20 HOCK 21 STIFLE 22 ROUND 23 RUMP 24 TAILHEAD 25 HIP OR HOOK 26 LOIN 27 BACK 28 CROPS 29 RIBS 30 TOP 31 NECK 32 SHOULDER CREST 8

9 IDEAL BEEF TYPE VS. COMMON FAULTS MODERN TYPE 6 1 LONG RUMP 5 AMPLE LENGTH OF BODY TRIM MODERATE LENGTH OF NECK 4 ADEQUATE HEIGHT INDICATING SCALE 2 NEAT BRISKET 5 WELL MUSCLED REAR QUARTER 3 BULGING ARM 6 GROWTHY BODY FORM 5 6 SHORT RUMP 1 LACKING MUSCLE HEAVY, WASTY MIDDLE STUBBY NECK 4 LOWEST, DUMPY BODY FORM 2 TOO MUCH FOREQUARTER 5 PATCHY FINISH 3 WASTY BRISKET 6 TOO COMPACT BODY 9

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12 Horse Judging Halter: A halter class is defined as a class where the horse is judged based upon its conformation. The purpose of the class is to preserve breed type by selecting each horse in the order of their resemblance to the breed ideal and that are the most positive combination of breed character, balance, muscling, structural correctness, and sex character. The characteristics that are considered ideal vary from breed to breed. For example, the importance of muscling in Arabians is not as significant as in Quarter Horses. Conformation is defined as the physical appearance due to the arrangement of muscle, bone and other body tissues. Rating conformation depends upon objective evaluation of the following four traits: balance, structural correctness, degree of muscling, and breed and sex characteristics. Of the four, balance is the single most important, and refers to the structural and aesthetic blending of body parts. Balance is influenced almost entirely by skeletal structure. Learning the Parts of the Horse 1. Poll 2. Ear 3. Forehead 4. Eye 5. Face 6. Cheek 7. Nostril 8. Muzzle 9. Upper Lip 10. Lower Lip 11. Chin Groove 12. Throat Latch 13. Neck 14. Shoulder 15. Point of Shoulder 16. Chest 17. Forearm 18. Elbow 19. Knee 20. Hoof 21. Barrel 22. Abdomen 23. Heart Girth 24. Chestnut 25. Cannon 26. Fetlock Joint 27. Pastern 28. Coronet 29. Crest 30. Withers 31. Back 32. Loin 33. Point of Hip 34. Rump or Croup 35. Dock 36. Buttock 37. Thigh 38. Flank 39. Stifle 40. Tail 41. Gaskin or Second Thigh 42. Sheath ( ) Udder ( ) 43. Hock 44. Fetlock 45. Ergot 46. Fore flank 12

13 Location of Some Common Conformation Faults A vertical line from the point of the shoulder fall in the center of the knee, cannon, pastern, hoof. The correct conformation is shown at A; in B the forefeet toe out; in C the bowed legs are weak; D shows the extreme of knees set close together with toes pointing outward, horses with such conformation almost invariably interfere; E illustrates a form of conformation predisposing to interfering, called base-narrow; in F the knees are set close together, showing a tendency to knee hitting; while in G, the subject will wing or throw out his feet as they are elevated, which retards action. A vertical line from the center of the elbow joint should fall on the knee and pastern and back of the hoof, and a vertical line from the middle of the arm should fall on the center of the hoof. A, represents the right conformation; B shows forelegs too far under the body; in C they are too far advanced; in D, the subject is knee-sprung; and in E is illustrated what is commonly known as calf leg. Knee-sprung horses are apt to stumble; calf-legged horses often are sore in their forelegs after they have been used awhile. 13

14 Viewed from the rear, the hind legs have the greatest strength when they have the direction shown in A. This direction is correct when a vertical line from the point of the buttock crosses the center of the hock, cannon, pastern, and foot. B, shows hind legs set too far apart, tending to produce a sprawling gait. In C the hind feet tow in or are pigeon-toed, the joints being improperly formed, producing considerable undesirable lateral motion when the feet are carried forward. With such conformation the feet cannot be carried in a straight line. In D the hind legs are set too close together, predisposing the horse to interfere. The condition shown in E is generally known as cow hocked, and hind legs so formed do not have the strength of those in which the columns of bones are placed directly over one another. A vertical line from the hip joint should cross the center of the front and divide the gaskin in the middle; a vertical line from the point of the buttock should coincide with the back of the cannon as in A. In B, the hind legs stand too far under the body (sickle-hocked); in C, the hind legs are set too far back; and in D, the hock joint is too straight 14

15 UNSOUNDNESSES OF THE HORSE 1. Poll Evil 5. Splint 9. Stifle 13. Toe Crack 2. Fistula 6. Bowed Tendon 10. Thoroughpin 14. Curb 3. Shoe Boil 7. Sidebone 11. Bog Spavin 15. Ringbone 4. Over the knee 8. Hernia 12. Bone Spavin 16. Quarter Crack 15

16 PARTS OF A SHEEP 1 EAR 2 FOREHEAD 3 EYE 4 FACE 5 NOSTRIL 6 MUZZEL 7 MOUTH 8 THROAT 9 NECK 10 SHOULDER 11 BREAT 12 FORELEG 13 KNEE 14 PASTERN 15 FEET 16 FORE FLANK 17 MIDDLE 18 HIND FLANK 19 DEW CLAW 20 HIND LEG 21 HOCK 22 TWIST 23 THIGH 24 DOCK 25 RUMP 26 HIP 27 LOIN 28 BACK 29 RIBS 30 HEART GIRTH 31 TOP OF SHOULDER 16

17 IDEAL MEAT TYPE VS COMMON FAULTS IDEAL FAULTS 1 Full Muscular Thigh or Leg 2 Long Body Form 3 Wide Muscular Loin 4 Well Sprung Ribs 5 Neat Trim Breast 6 Widely Set Legs 7 Ample Height 8 Trim Flank 1 Lacking in Muscling 2 Sloping Rump 3 Weak Back 4 Lacking Spring of Rib 5 Long Neck 6 Narrow Chest 7 Too Many Folds 8 Pinched in Heart 9 Paunchy 10 High Flank 11 Crooked Legs IDEAL FLEECE TYPE Plenty of size, growthiness, muscling, trimness, freedom from waste. Angular, produces a dense, clean bright fleece 17

18 PARTS OF A HOG 1 SNOUT 2 FACE 3 EYE 4 EAR 5 CHEEK 6 JOWL 7 POLL 8 NECK 9 SHOULDER 10 FORELEG 11 DEW CLAW 12 PASTERN 13 TOES 14 BACK 15 LOIN 16 SIDE 17 BELLY 18 FOREFLANK 19 REAR FLANK 20 RUMP 21 HAM 22 HOCK 23 TAIL 24 REAR LEG 1 SIDE VIEW 2 REAR VIEW 3 FRONT VIEW BALANCE SET OF HIND LEGS NEATNESS & TRIMNESS OF HEAD LENGTH & DEPTH OF SIDE DEPTH OF HAMS AND SHOULDER. HAM DEVELOPMENT WIDTH OF LOIN & BODY SPRING RIB STRENGTH OF PASTERNS WIDTH OF BACK & STRAIGHTNESS MANNER OF MOVEMENT OF FORELEGS OTHER BREED & SEX CHARACTERISTICS 18

19 IDEAL MEAT TYPE VS. COMMON FAULTS 19

20 Club Entry Summary Sheet Use for Youth and Adult Entries. List by Division, and team Return this form with your team forms by Monday, November 28, 2011, or postmarked FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED First Name Last Name Division Total Amount Included $2.00 Entry Included $7.00 Lunch Included Please make check payable to Tulare County 4-H Leader Council. Attach this form to your team sheets 20

21 MINI MEMBER SIGN UP SHEET H JUDGING EVENT ENTRY FORM (no fee required) Return this form by Monday, November 28, 2011, or postmarked. FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 4-H Club Point of Contact: Phone FIRST NAME LAST NAME Please check here if you will require any accommodations in order to participate in this 4-H Youth Development Program Event. List the participant s name and accommodations needed here: 21

22 NOVICE H JUDGING EVENT ENTRY FORM Return this form by Monday, November 28, 2011, or postmarked. FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 4-H Club Point of Contact: Phone Novice - 4 th through 6 th Grade Team #1 - Novice Team #2 - Novice Team #3 - Novice Team #4 - Novice Team #5 - Novice Team #6 - Novice Please check here if you will require any accommodations in order to participate in this 4-H Youth Development Program Event. List the participant s name and accommodations needed here: 22

23 NOVICE H JUDGING EVENT ENTRY FORM Return this form by Monday, November 28, 2011, or postmarked FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 4-H Club Point of Contact: Phone Novice - 4 th through 6 th Grade Team #7 - Novice Team #8 - Novice Team #9 - Novice Team #10 - Novice Team #11 - Novice Team #12 - Novice Please check here if you will require any accommodations in order to participate in this 4-H Youth Development Program Event. List the participant s name and accommodations needed here: 23

24 JUNIOR H JUDGING EVENT ENTRY FORM Return this form by Monday, November 28, 2011, or postmarked FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 4-H Club Point of Contact: Phone Junior - 7 th through 8 th Grade Team #1 - Junior Team #2 - Junior Team #3 - Junior Team #4 - Junior Team #5 - Junior Team #6 - Junior Please check here if you will require any accommodations in order to participate in this 4-H Youth Development Program Event. List the participant s name and accommodations needed here: 24

25 JUNIOR H JUDGING EVENT ENTRY FORM Return this form by Monday, November 28, 2011, or postmarked FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 4-H Club Point of Contact: Phone Junior - 7 th through 8 th Grade Team #7 - Junior Team #8 - Junior Team #9 - Junior Team #10- Junior Team #11 - Junior Team #12 - Junior Please check here if you will require any accommodations in order to participate in this 4-H Youth Development Program Event. List the participant s name and accommodations needed here: 25

26 SENIOR H JUDGING EVENT ENTRY FORM Return this form by Monday, November 28, 2011 or postmarked FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 4-H Club Point of Contact: Phone Senior - 9 th grade & above Team #1 - Senior Team #2 - Senior Team #3 - Senior Team #4 - Senior Team #5 - Senior Team #6 - Senior Please check here if you will require any accommodations in order to participate in this 4-H Youth Development Program Event. List the participant s name and accommodations needed here: 26

27 ADULT H JUDGING EVENT ENTRY FORM Return this form by Monday, November 28, 2011, or postmarked FAXES AND PHONE CALL ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 4-H Club Point of Contact: Phone Team #1 - Adult Team #2 - Adult Name Name Team #3 - Adult Team #4 - Adult Name Name Team #5 - Adult Team #6 - Adult Name Name Please check here if you will require any accommodations in order to participate in this 4-H Youth Development Program Event. List the participant s name and accommodations needed here: 27

28 TULARE COUNTY 4-H PLACING CARD OF 4-H JUDGING EVENTS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Club 4-H Members Name Number Group Be sure when judging Class 1 that you use the column for Class 1, etc. Place an X opposite the combination of numbers, which you determine to be the correct placing in that class. Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class Placing Scores Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class total Reason 1 Reason 2 Reason 3 Reason Total Grand Total 28