Classification of Bulls. 63 



The reason one finds so few good breeding bulls belonging to the first 

 class, is first, the small number of such animals compared to that of cows ; 

 and next, the lack of knowledge of the best ones to keep. Oltentimes for 

 want of this knowledge, the best bulls were castrated for oxen or for fat- 

 tening, thus by chance, the poorest are often kept. 



The best individuals have generally at birth, all the qualities which 

 characterize a superior animal. They are easily kept and fattened, for the 

 reason that their mother has much milk, and are soon ready for the butcher. 

 Inferior animals, on account of a smaller supply of milk, are thin, and 

 often malicious, of little value, and remain oftener in the hands of the 

 owner. Thus are sacrificed the good bulls, and the bad are kept. There- 

 fore, always select the choicest when they are young, to improve the race. 



It will thus be seen, Guenon divided his bulls into three classes : The 

 good, the mediocre, and the bad. He also divided them into three sizes : 

 The high, the medium, and the low. But he makes no difference between 

 the three sizes of bulls in his description of the escutcheon. lie describes 

 each one of the three principal orders, leaving to the practitioner to de- 

 termine the intermediate degrees between the good and the mediocre, and 

 between the mediocre and the bad. 



We do not repeat his descriptions, as they are based upon those of the 

 cows of the same classes, and the engravings tell the whole story. We re- 

 produce the engravings of the good and mediocre. But very occasionally 

 is one of the " rare" ones observed, but he says the Curved-line is the most 

 usual, then the Limousine, and lastly the Horizontal. What we give is 

 quite sufficient for all practical purposes. We advise all to carefully se- 

 lect their breeding animal, which will, in most cases, be from among what 

 he calls the •' mediocre." 



