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hair*pointing upward, are longer and wider than those in the preceding Order 

 the one on the right not so long as the other. 



EIGHTH ORDER. These Cows, while at the hight of their flow, yield three 

 litres a day, and continue to give milk until they have conceived anew. 



The escutcheon is still denned, but on a very small scale. If the marks of up 

 ward growing hair (F F) at the sides of the vulva exist at all, they consist of a 

 few bristling hairs, projecting crosswise. 



COW OF MEDIUM HIGHT. 



FIRST ORDER. Cows of this Order, while at the hight of their flow, yield 

 fourteen litres a day, and continue to give milk until they are eight months gone 

 with calf. 



SECOND ORDER. These Cows yield twelve litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until they are seven months gone with calf. 



THIRD ORDER. These Cows yield ten litres a day, and continue to give milk 

 until six months gone with calf. 



( FOURTH ORDER. These Cows yield eight litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until five months gone with calf. 



FIFTH ORDER. These Cows yield six litres a day, and continue to give milk 

 milk until they are four months gone with calf. 



SIXTH ORDER. These Cows yield four litres a day, and continue to give milk 

 until three months gone with calf. 



SEVENTH ORDER. These Cows yield three litres a day, and cease to give milk 

 upon being got with calf. 



EIGHTH ORDER. These Cows yield still less, and go dry upon conceiving anew. 



LOW COW, 



FIRST ORDER. These Cows yield, while at the hight of their flow, eleven 

 litres a day ; and continue to give milk until they are eight months gone with 

 calf. 



SECOND ORDER. These Cows yield nine litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until seven months gone with calf. 



THIRD ORDER. These Cows yield seven litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until six months gone with calf. 



FOURTH ORDER. These Cows yield Jive litres a day, and continue to give milk 

 until h ve months gone with calf. 



FIFTH ORDER. These Cows yield four litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until four months gone with calf. 



SIXTH ORDER. These Cows yield three litres a day, and continue to give milk 

 until two and a half months gone with calf. 



SEVENTH ORDER. These Cows yield two litres a day, and their yield goes on 

 diminishing until they conceive anew ; at which time they go dry. 



EIGHTH ORDER. These Cows yield still less, and go dry at the same penod. 



BASTARD OF THE BICORN COW. 



The marks F F possess the same properties for indicating the Bastards of tins 

 Fourth Class, as in regard to those of the Third. (See Plate IX. Fig. 5.) 



