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the upward-growing hair more than others have 

 found and more than is justified by trained expe- 

 rience. That the quality of the cow as a milli-giver is 

 indicated in the escutcheon to a very considerable 

 extent we think must be allowed, but we think it 

 will not answer to read there — as Gueuon claim to 

 read — the number of pints of milk each cow would 

 give daily, and much less in precise terms, the 

 quality of the milk. 



The internal functions of the cow do not find their 

 complete expression, their tell-tale, if we regard 

 the animal in only one of its aspects. In reason, we 

 ought not to find her record concentrated within 

 the compass of a few square inches, when appetite, 

 constitution, size, and breed must each and all 

 exert an influence in determining yield and qual- 

 ity. 



Yet in the mark of the escutcheon we recognize 

 much value. We do not remember to have seen a 

 very good cow that had a small escutcheon, while 

 never have we seen a cow with a good escutcheon, 

 and of a dairy aspect otherwise, that was a poor 

 milker. We believe it will be highly conducive to 

 the success of the dairyman to regard this mark as 

 one of chief importance, as it is also to the breeder 

 in his use of animals. 



But in laying much stress upon the escutcheon we 

 would not advocate the following of Guenon's classi- 

 fication in all its minute details. It seems sufficient, 

 as far as our own observation suggests, that there 

 should be much of it, symmetrically disposed, and 



