^6 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 



ascertained these qualities was a secret, he had suc- 

 ceeded in satisfying them of the reahty of the system 

 he pursued. They subjected his process to an experi- 

 mental test which was very effectual. Separate cows 

 were brought from strange dairies, and he wrote down 

 the characteristics and qualities of each. These were 

 compared with the separate statements given by the 

 owners of the animals ; and, in cases of more than sixty 

 head, he succeeded in stating all their peculiarities ex- 

 actly, excepting a very slight difference in appraising the 

 quantity of milk — a difference the committee attributed 

 solely to the quality of food given to the animal. 



''The Central Society of Agriculture of Cantal also 

 reported upon his system with equal favor. They thus 

 describe the process of investigation pursued : * He ac- 

 companied the members of your committee to the farm 

 of Verac, belonging to the president of the society. He 

 examined with scrupulous attention the fine dairy cows 

 of this domain, which is composed of one hundred milch 

 cows of the best kind in the country. . . . M. Guenon 

 gave upon each of them separately precise indications 

 as to the quantity of milk each of them gave per diem, 

 and the length of time they would hold their milk after 

 being again in calf. We must avow to you, gentlemen, 

 that they have almost in every instance agreed with the 

 declarations of the owners of the cows.' " * 



M. Magne tells us, that from time immemorial the 

 inhabitants of Mont d'Or, in the Lyonnais, of the com- 



* The Cow. By M. M. Milburn. London, 1859. 



