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Journal of Agriculture , Yici( 



[i I Sept., 191 i. 



In estimating the value of the various forms of the escutcheon, the prin- 

 cipal point for consideration is the width and evenness of contour in the 

 lower or shield-shaped portion. As previously mentioned, this should 

 extend well out on the thigh — see Figs. 2, 5, 8. and 22 — and. without in- 

 clining in towards the udder, it should run in unhroken line up or acros.s- 

 the perineum, according to the manner of that variety. Development of 

 this extent, free from ad\erse tufts, and accompanied by udder ovals of 

 soft texture, marks such an escutcheon as belonging to the A class ; and 

 indicates that the cow is a hea\y and continuous milker Each noticeable 

 diminution in the size of this lower escutcheon may be taken as indicating 



]6. SQU.\RE, CLAS.S B, 

 Yield, 14 (|ts. (7^ mos.) 



17. SQUARE, CLASS B. 



[a) Right cuissard tuft. 

 Yield, \2 <jts. (Heifer). 



a reduction in the milk flow as per aljove table. The upper portion usually 

 reduces in size correspondingly with that of the lower. In the D class,, 

 the feathering, or ciul of hair that marks the corners of the shield, will 

 be found close in towards the udder. It is in these smaller escutcheons 

 of the C" and D classes that the thigh or cuissard tufts {a) run in to the 

 udder; coming down from about where the u^jjier ami lower portions of the 

 e.'-cutcheon meet, and extending at times low down on the sides of the back 

 quarters of the udder in long markings enlarged at the lower end. These 

 are sometimes o\al in shai)e. and should not be mistaken by the learner 

 for udder o\als (/). 



