Report of Pennsylvania Commission. 



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"Having been present when the members of tbe'Guenon Commission examined 

 seventeen of our herd, and having witnessetl the accuracy with which tliey determined 

 tlie quality of the stoclv inspected, wo bear testimony to 'the fact that their judgment 

 was correct, according to our experience with the cows, in lifteen cases out of seven- 

 teen, and even in tlieso two they were partially successful. And we are more con- 

 fii-med in our previous belief in the value of the S3''stcm, as we never buy a cow for a 

 good one that is not well marked. We run a dairy of seventy-one cows. 



Yours truly, 



Marshall Strode & Sons." 



East Bradford, May 15, 1878. 



Examination cf Thomas M. Harvey's Stock of Jerseys and Guernseys, May 



11, 1878.* 



This herd is one of the finest in the State. The co"ws are kept in good 

 condition, and being well fed, the yield is very large per head. Their pro- 

 duct is first class butter, and should bring the highest price in the market. 



The commission examined, in ad- 

 dition to the twenty-five cows on this 

 list, Mr. Harvey's Guernsey imported 

 bull " Sir Champion," which is thor- 

 oughly well marked; perhaps, the 

 best marked bull in the country. The 

 value of his get is, therefore, very 

 decided. It shows most conclusively 

 the importance of a bull from good 

 milking stock, and that he should 

 have a good escutcheon. The im- 

 portance of a good sire to stamp his 

 qualities upon his descendants was 

 conclusively proved by Mr. Harvey's 

 younger stock. The commission ex- 

 amined a young bull of seven months 

 age, which was as perfectly and beau- 

 tifully marked as his sire, and as 

 nearly the same shape escutcheon as 

 his sire's as could possibly be. Mr. 

 Harvey has since sold him for $100, 

 to Colonel R. M. Hoe. 



Nos. 9^ and 9| prove also the gain 

 to a herd from a well marked bull. 

 These were yearlings of Champion's 

 get. No. 9^ was a great improve- 

 ment upon the mother, No. 9, Carrie, 

 of this list. 



In the statements of the commis- 

 sion as to quantity, they have not 

 mentioned the number of quarts, as 

 the amounts given by most of this 

 herd are superior to the generality, 

 even of Guernseys ; and, owing to 

 good selection and careful handling 



by their owner, the commission judge that the number of quarts would be 



larger than usual. 



*In this exam) nation two cowswhich had already been examinedand reported upon 

 by the commission were, without their knowledge, afterwards brought up for another 

 exaniination, in ^^ hich their opinion as recorded, aereed almost exactly with the one 

 previously recorded, thus aftbrding a strong prool of the value of tlie svstem. See 

 reports of Ko. 1, Betsy, and Nos. 4 and 20, Beauty. (Secretary of Board of Agricul- 



iDscutcheon of Imported Guernsey Bull 

 Sir Champion." 



