. How to select cows; or, The Guenon system simplified, explained and practically applied. transmitted gen-erally by the act of generation. If it does not have the ability to do this,one should quickly correct it. Here the bovine race has been much neglected in all these respects. Ajudicious choice, and a scrupulous attention is not always prevalent in se-lecting a breeding animal; thus it results in a fatal re-generation, to whichit is time to put a stop. Before giving the distinctive characteristics of the ten classes of bulls,it will be useful to mention those classes which are oftener met
. How to select cows; or, The Guenon system simplified, explained and practically applied. transmitted gen-erally by the act of generation. If it does not have the ability to do this,one should quickly correct it. Here the bovine race has been much neglected in all these respects. Ajudicious choice, and a scrupulous attention is not always prevalent in se-lecting a breeding animal; thus it results in a fatal re-generation, to whichit is time to put a stop. Before giving the distinctive characteristics of the ten classes of bulls,it will be useful to mention those classes which are oftener met in Frenchand foreign races; and also those which are more rare. The classes which are most distributed, and which present the greatestnumber of bulls, are in all races these three classes: 1. The Curved-line;2. The Limousine; 3. The Horizontal. The classes on the contrary, which present bat a very small number ofsubjects, are in the following order: 4. Demijohn. 8. Left Flanders. 5. Bicorne. 9. Double Selvage. 6. Square-cut. 10. Flanders. 7. Selvage. T^y rl Oft JJL . O M * in 6 .* ^ Q. ■3 s -J • 3 1 .• Classification or Bulls. , 63 The reason one finds so few good breeding bulls belonging to the firstclass, is first, the small number of such animals compared to that of cows ;and next, the lack of knowledge of the best ones to keep. Oftentimes forwant of this knowledge, the best bulls were castrated for oxen or for fat-tening, thus by chance, the poorest are often kept. The beat individuals have generally at birth, all the qualities whichcharacterize a superior animal. They are easily kept and fattened,,for thereason that their mother has much milk, and are soon ready for the animals, on account of a smaller supply of milk, are thin, andoften malicious, of little value, and remain oftener in the hands of theowner. Thus are sacrificed the good bulls, and the i)ad are kept. There-fore, always select the choicest when they are young, to improve the race. It w
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