How to Select Cows: or, The Guenon system simplified, explained, and practically appliedHazard, Willis P. (Willis Pope)
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How to Select Cows: or, The Guenon system simplified, explained, and practically applied
Hazard, Willis P. (Willis Pope)
Cattle -- Judging; Cows; Dairy cattle
| Her Jersey blood helps to overcome
| some blemishes on her escutcheon.
|
_No. 9._—NORAH. |_No. 9._—NORAH.†—Grade.
Quantity, first, | Quantity, first.
Quality, first. | Quality, first.
Dry from eight to ten weeks. | Up to her time.
|
_No. 10._—SALLIE.‡ |_No. 10._—SALLIE.—Grade. Twelve years.
| Flanders, 2d.
Quantity, second. | Quantity, 2d.
Quality, second. | Quality, second.
Goes dry eight weeks. | Up to her time.
|
_No. 11._—DIDO.‡—Grade. |_No. 11._—DIDO.—Grade. Left Flanders.
Quantity, twenty quarts. | Quantity, first.
Second in quality. | Quality, second.
Dry from eight to twelve weeks.| Dry three months.
|
_No. 12_.—MOLLY.‡ |_No. 12._—MOLLY. Imperfect Flanders.
Yields about sixteen quarts | Quantity, second.
per day. |
Second-class quality. | Quality, second.
Dry from eight to twelve weeks.| Dry ten weeks.
|
_No. 13._ WHITEFACE‡ |_No. 13._—WHITEFACE.—Grade. Curveline,
| 3d.
Second-class in quantity, | Quantity, third.
fifteen quarts per day. |
Second quality. | Quality, second.
Dry about ten weeks. | Dry ten weeks.
* These five cows were so blanketed, as to show only the escutcheon.
† These cows were also blanketed.
‡ The last four animals were not blanketed, but were driven up and
examined by the commission without any apparent reference to any marks,
except the escutcheon. T. G.
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