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to be able to do, or should be done. We append the results 

 of the examination of these seven blanketed cows : — 



THOMAS GAWTHROP'S ACCOUNT OF 

 COWS EXAMINED AT THOMAS 

 GAWTHROP'S FARM SEPT. 20. 



No. 1. Victoria. — Grade, Jersey 

 and Durham. Quantity, first. 

 Quality, first. A first-class but- 

 ter-cow, and milks well up to 

 time. 



No. 2. Cecil. — Grade, Jersey. 

 Quantity, first. Quality, first. 

 First-class for butter. Milks up 

 to time. 



No. 3. Nellie. — Quantity, sec- 

 ond. Quality, second. Dry from 

 ten to twelve weeks. 



No. 4. Lucy. — Recently pur- 

 chased. Yields, three months 

 from calving, thirteen quarts. 

 Quality, first. 



No. 5. Lily. — Grade, Jersey. 

 Quantity, second. Quality, 

 first. Milks up to time. 



No. 8. Star. — Grade, three-quar- 

 ter Jersey. Yield, with first 

 calf, from twelve to fourteen 

 quarts per day, and milks well up 

 to time. Quality, first-class. 



No. 9. Norah. — Quantity, first. 

 Quality, first. Dry from eight 

 to ten weeks. 



THE GUENON COMMISSION'S AC 

 COUNT OF COWS EXAMINED AT 

 THOMAS GAWTHROP'S FARM 

 SEPT. 20. 



No. 1. Victoria. — Grade, Jersey 

 and Durham. Eight years. 

 Quantity, first. Quality, first. 

 Up to her time. 



No. 2. Cecil. — Quantity, first. 

 Quality, first. Short eight 

 weeks. 



No. 3. Nellie. — Demijohn, 1. 

 Quantity, second. Quality, first. 

 Short eight weeks. 



No. 4. Lucy. — Flanders, 2d. 

 Quantity, second. Quality, first. 

 Up to her time. 



No. 5. Lily. — Grade, Jersey. 

 Flanders, 2d. Quantity, second. 

 Quality, first. Dry four to six 

 weeks. 



No. 8. Star. — Grade, three-quar- 

 ter Jersey. Flanders, 3d. Quan- 

 tity, second. Quality, first. Dry 

 six weeks. Her Jersey blood 

 helps to overcome some blem- 

 ishes on her escutcheon. 



No. 9. Norah. — Grade. Quan- 

 tity, first. Quality, first. Up 

 to her time. 



When the Commission state " up to her time," they mean 

 up to within from " four to six weeks," as they think every 

 cow should be rested full that length of time before calving. 



Now we would ask, Is there any other system of telling 

 the value of any number of cows that the experts never saw 

 before, and knew not how they were fed or treated, that will 

 give as close results as on the above cows, so blanketed that 

 nothing was left but the escutcheon to judge from? Neither 

 the size, condition, nor even the breed, could be seen enough 

 to know any thing of these points. 



We therefore urge upon every farmer to study and prac- 

 tise this system. Any intelligent man can readily acquire it ; 

 and by practising at every opportunity, at every cattle sale, 



