. How to select cows; or, The Guenon system simplified, explained and practically applied. The escutcheons ofDouble Selvage cows dif-fer from those of Selvage,or the third class, in thatthe escutcheon is markedin its whole length by astrip of hair descendingand dividing it into twoequal portions. It isbordered in its wholelength and at the extrem-ity by a double line of as-cending hair, which ex-tends the escutcheon upto the vulva. Otherwiseit is like the selvage es-cutcheon. The first order cowshave a fine udder, soft,and covered with a silky. The thirdorderhaveastill morereduced es-cutcheon,
. How to select cows; or, The Guenon system simplified, explained and practically applied. The escutcheons ofDouble Selvage cows dif-fer from those of Selvage,or the third class, in thatthe escutcheon is markedin its whole length by astrip of hair descendingand dividing it into twoequal portions. It isbordered in its wholelength and at the extrem-ity by a double line of as-cending hair, which ex-tends the escutcheon upto the vulva. Otherwiseit is like the selvage es-cutcheon. The first order cowshave a fine udder, soft,and covered with a silky. The thirdorderhaveastill morereduced es-cutcheon, the descending strip terminatingat the udder. Cows of the third order give fourteenquarts, and milk six months. 5i Gtjenon on Milch Cows. The fourth order have an eacutoheonmore broken in appearance, the two sidelines of the selvage terminate half way to thevulva, and end off in lines of a feathery ap-pearance, the hair is coarser and more furry,Cows of the fourth order ?ive ten quarts,and milkfive the sixth class have i^MWKO ^ ^ lliWMM\the escutch- f mW i § W^M \eon similarto the firstclasSjbutthe selvage lines terminate on each side of the vulva in tufts of coarse and bristly hair; the larger and coarser they are, the sooner the mUk will fail.
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