Escutcheon of Double Selvage Class. 



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The Bastards of the fifth class have the 

 full escutcheon of the first or second or- 

 ders, but with two large tufts alongside the 

 vulva, which, according to their size, and 

 more or less pointed shape, and fine or 

 coarse liair, indicate the more or less stop- 

 page of the flow of milk. 



The Sixth Class. Double Selva^-e. 



down; and its skin is yellowish or nan- 

 keen. Cows of the first order g' ve eighteen 

 quarts, and milk full eight months. 



The second order have a similar escutch- 

 eon, but smaller, and the sf^parating strip 

 ends higher up. Cows of the second order 



give sixteen 

 quarts, and 

 milk seven 

 months. 



The escutcheons of 

 Double Selvage cows dif- 

 fer from those of Selvage, 

 or the third class, in that 

 the escutcheon is marked 

 in its whole length by a 

 strip of hair descending 

 and dividing it into two 

 equal portions. It is 

 bordered in its whole 

 length and at the extrem- 

 ity by a double line of as- 

 cending hair, which ex- 

 tends the escutcheon up 

 to the vulva. Otherwise 

 it is like the selvage es- 

 cutcheon. 



The first order cows 

 have a fine udder, soft, 

 and covered with a silky 







The third 

 order have a 

 still more 

 reduced es- 

 cutcheon, the descending strip terminating 

 at the udder. 



Cows of the third order give fourteen 

 quarts, and milk six months. 



