so GuENON ON Milch Cows. 



milking qualities determined with a good degree of accuracy. Other 

 things being equal, the animal with the better escutcheon will invariably 

 make the butter maker. During nearly thirty years of observation, the 

 writer never observed a first class cow that had a poor escutcheon. The 

 escutcheon must be of great value to those who are breeding, and en- 

 deavouring to improve thoroughbred cattle of the various milking breeds. 

 It offers a test that maj^ be applied before milking age, and it may be ap- 

 plied to males as well as females. Though the pedigree is ever so long^ 

 and though it contains many good ancestors, the animal should he rejected 

 from, the breeding herd, unless it has a good escutcheon." 



"One of the Farmers," a regular correspondent of the American Agri- 

 culturist, writes in the number for November, 18T8 : 



" The Value of the Guenon Milk Mirror. — Taken with a good udder 

 and milk-veins, good digestive functions, and capacity for food, good health 

 and thrift, the Guenon milk mirror is a valuable indication of both the 

 quantityanddurationof the flow of milk. This seems to be demonstrated by 

 the experience of thousands who have given the subject careful study, and 

 I have never yet met the man who ridiculed it, and called it " folly," who 

 was able intelligently even to outline the prominent types. The number of 

 calves which do well or ill as milkers, very nearly as indicated by their 

 milk mirrors, is so large, that one of the principal practical uses to which 

 a knowledge of the Guenon system can be applied is in selecting calves to 

 raise, and, of course, to those who buy cows, it comes equally well in use." 



The American Association or Breeders of Dutch Friesian Cattle, 

 composed of some of the most practical and intelligent farmers of the dairy 

 region of central New York, have adopted a new set of rules for entry into 

 registry in their Herd Book, wisely making the performance at the pail one 

 of the necessary requirements. Thus, for a period of not more than twelve 

 months from date of calving, the cow under 2^ years of age must give 6,000 

 lbs. of milk ; over 2^, and under ^, "7,000 lbs ; over 3i, and under 4^, 8,000 

 ft)S ; over 4-^, 9,000 ibs ; also, rule 8 : No animal shall be admitted to reg- 

 istry unless of the " milk form," or of the " combined milk and beef form," 

 of medium or of large size, without coarseness, and if a female, having a 

 well developed escutcheon, not below the 4th oider of the 1st class, the 3d 

 orders of the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, Gth, tth, and 8th classes, the 2d order of the 

 9th class, or the 1st order of the 10th class of the Pennsylvania Commis- 

 sion. With such a record, and with such marks, no one need take the 

 trouble to see the stock, but may safely order it, knowing exactly what 

 they are to receive. 



