Report of Pennsylvania Commission. 6T 



REPORT or THE pe]s^nsylya:n^ia gue:n'ok 



COMMISSIOIN^. 



At the annual meeting of the Board held January 2, 18V8, it was 

 " liesolved, That the president of the Board (His Excellency Governor 

 John F, Ilartranft) be authorized and requested to appoint a commission 

 of experts, who shall inquire into and report upon the reliability of the 

 Guenon or escutcheon theory for selecting milking stock; said report to 

 be made to the secretary of the Board on or before the 1st of November 

 next." 



In accordance with this request, His Excellency Governor Hartranft 

 issued tlie following commission : 



Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 

 Executive Chamber, Harrisburo, April £4t 1878. 

 To George Blight, Esq., of the city of Philadelphia ; Chalkley Harvey, 

 Esq., of the county of Delaware^ and Willis P. Hazard, Esq., of the 

 county of Chester : 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to inform you that j^ou have been duly 

 appointed a committee by the State Board of Agriculture to investigate 

 and test " The Guenon Milk Escutcheon Theory," and report the result 

 thereof to the secretary of said Board. 



Jno. F. Hartranft, 

 Governor and President of the Board. 



November i, 1878. 



To the Honorable Jno. F. Hartranft, 



Governor and President of the Board of Agriculture : 

 Your Excellency : In compliance with the commission tendered us, 

 we beg leave most respectful]}'' to report that we have visited a number of 

 herds and have examined two hundred cows, the result of which is here- 

 with submitted. 



Having performed to the best of our ability the duty assigned us, we 

 beg leave to be discharged from further consideration of the question. 

 Respectfully yours, 



George Blight, Philadelphia, 

 Chalkley Harvey, Chad^s Ford, 

 Willis P. Hazard, West Chester. 



The Pennsj'lvania Guenon Commission having been appointed "to in- 

 vestigate and test the Guenon or Milk Escutcheon theory, and report the 

 result thereof," respectfully report that they have examined two hundred 

 cows, heifers, and bulls, and the result of their examinations has been to 

 convince themselves and others of the merits of the system, of its exceed- 

 ing value to the practical farmer ; and they believe that if generally fol- 

 lowed for twenty years, the value of the neat cattle of the State would be 

 increased vastly, the amount of milk and butter produced would be much 

 larger, and the quality of both articles better, while the quality of the 

 meat would be improved. Having believed in and practised the system 



