Show fitting stock for show requires careful work fitting cattle for show means the preparation of on an animal to appear at its best with the meat producing animals fattening Is the most int important part of fitting but the tat fat must be b e firmly ali aly and evenly laid on this hords holds true with breeding animals as aa well as market stock while the breeding animal may never go directly to the block its value depends on its ultimate ability to produce moat meat stock it cannot demonstrate this ability in thin condition the judge has to make his bis award on the animal as it appears before him not on nhat hat it might be like it if given a fair chance the failures of new exhibitors are mainly due to poor fitting fit ing and show allowing most moat judges preta to encourage new exhibitors where possible and generally regret to turn down good possibilities for lack of condition getting an animal fat enough Is 0 only n ly part 0 of f the e p problem r tt Is a tepa arob anth olilea atess greater g r e problem p 1 to t 0 get g e t it at its best at s t just the right time after show allow cattle have reached their prime their flesh may get hard or too soft and blubbery sheep may be so highly fitted that they are practically ened ruined for breeding purposes ideal condition or bloom Is reached when the covering of fat la Is evenly distributed over th the body and Is springy but firm and smooth rolls or lumps of tat fat that appear on the ribs elbs or around the tall head bead are objectionable but are seme sanne times hard bard to avoid where animals are to be carried in show condition over a fair season lasting five or six months they are started to in comparatively light condition both on account of the warm weather and the danger of overdoing them later |