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II. Back stnight, from withers to root of the tail. Brisket full, chest 

 deep, and noariy on a line with the bell)'. (The shoulders sometimes rise 

 loosely abovfi the h:ick bone, many good milkers hav*^ this defect.) 4 



III. Skin moderately thick, but mellow ; hair soft to the touch and fine. 

 The skin should incline to yellow, and be soft, 3 



IV. Barrel-hooped, broad and deep, surloin bread, tail tapering from the 

 rump downwards, 4 



V. Legs straight, delicate, and fine boned, 2 



VI. Apparent health, - 



VII. Udder coming broadly and squarely forward, lar^P and full behind, 

 and rising up the thighs, preserving its distinct character of skin, soft, deli- 

 cate and 1 lose folds, with teats of medium length, standing well apart, 5 



VIII. The escutcheon is represented by the upward growing hair, 

 •which commencing on the back side and near the lower part of the udder, 

 and on the inside of the hocks, extends ujjwards towards the first touch or 

 tip of the rump, and also upwards and outwards to the outer edge of the 

 thigh. The better marks are those which extend farthest out upon the 

 thighs, other things being equal. Accompanying these best markr., there 

 are also two spots or rounds of downward growing hait, one on each side 

 of the udder, near the hinder teats. There are also many other pirticulars 

 connected with different escutcheons, the comparative value of which can 

 only be understood by reference to the small treatise upon the subject, by 

 M. Gu^non, which is easily accessible to all, in a translation, a second 

 edition of which has been lateiy published. 



As milk is the chief object with most who keep milch cows, the escutch- 

 eon which indicates this in the highest degree should be entitled to, 5 



Points of ])erfection, 80 



No animal should obtain a premium which has less than twenty. 

 The points desirable in the bull are in ihe main the same, marked, however, 

 ♦ by a more masculine character. 



[The above (except scale for Jerseys,) is co;)ied from the very able report for 

 1853, of Mr. Flint, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture.] 



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Their seems to be a good degree of unanimity as to the pref- 

 •crablc breed of swine, the replies in nearly all cases indicating a 

 ■cross of the Suffolk with some larger breed as yielding pork of 

 •excellent quality as well as easily and cheaply grown. The pure 

 Suffolk is objected to as not attaining sufficient size. Some 

 correspondents speak in very favorable terms of the Berkshire 

 and Essex breeds. More attention is paid than formerly to 

 improvement, though in some instances the reply is, that but 

 little has yet been accomplished. As to the profit of growing 



