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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The tenth class he named Carre'sine, or Horizontal, because 





TENTH CLASS, FIRST ORDER. — HORIZONTAL. 



Thirteen quarts, eight months. 



the upper part of the escutcheon is cut squarely by a hori- 

 zontal line. 



THE BASTARDS. 



Each of these ten classes have the bastard escutcheon ; 

 that is, there are some cows, which, though well marked, 



BASTARD. 



begin to fail in their milk as soon as they are with calf again. 

 Some will fail very rapidly ; others more slowly. They gen- 

 erally are marked first-class, and are the handsomest cows. 



