. How to select cows; or, The Guenon system simplified, explained and practically applied. Effects of CfOBsiug two Escntclieoiis. Cross between the Selvage and Left Flanders.—The cows bearing this character are easily recogni-zable in certain breeds, and notably on those of thenorth-east of France. Cross between the Bicorn and Selvage The Epi, or tuft, which 11 termed jonciiy, or mesian tuft, andwhich is seen adhering;under thevulva, is a favorable sign, and canbe met with in those classes where the escutcheondoes not reach as high as the vulva. Cows which bear one or the other of these two es
. How to select cows; or, The Guenon system simplified, explained and practically applied. Effects of CfOBsiug two Escntclieoiis. Cross between the Selvage and Left Flanders.—The cows bearing this character are easily recogni-zable in certain breeds, and notably on those of thenorth-east of France. Cross between the Bicorn and Selvage The Epi, or tuft, which 11 termed jonciiy, or mesian tuft, andwhich is seen adhering;under thevulva, is a favorable sign, and canbe met with in those classes where the escutcheondoes not reach as high as the vulva. Cows which bear one or the other of these two es-cutcheons, are generally good milkers, and preservetheir milk as well as cows of the first order of eachclass. These are the new escutcheons alluded to inGuenons introduction, showing the eflfect of 60 GuENON ox Milch Cows. ESCUTCHEO:&irS 01^ BULLS. Guenon applied his discovery to bulls to great advantage. He foundthat bulls belonged to the same classes as cows, and had escutcheons simi-lar, but much smaller; these extend from the testicles upward toward theanus. The importance of having a good bull becomes apparent when wereflect that he gets from fifty to one hundred, annually, while the cowis impregnated but once in the year. The escutcheons of the progeny of acow with good escutcheon will be much improved if the cow is coupledwith a bull well marked, and particularly if his escutcheon is the same asthat of the cow. Better have the two of different breeds, but of similar orgood escutcheons, than to have the bull with inferior escutcheon. Of course, the higher up the escutcheon extends on a bull, and the broaderit is, the better it is, but we must not look for bulls to be so well-markedas cows are, for they never are. To distinguish the bastard bulls from thegood ones, obse
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