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TREATISE ON MILCH COWS. 



Eighth Obser. — These Cows yield two litres a day, and they continue t» give 

 milk only until they have conceived anew. 



LOW COW. 



FiKST Obder. — Cows of the First Order of this Size yield, while at the hight 

 of their flow, twelve litres a day ; and they continue to give milk until they are 

 eight months gone with calf— the yield gradually diminishing from the time 

 they conceive anew. 



Second Order. — These Cows yield ten litres a day, and continue to give milk 

 until seven months gone with calf. 



Third Order. — These Cows yield eight litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until ^ months, gone with calf. 



Fourth Order. — These Cows yield six litres a day, and continue to give milk 

 until five months gone with calf. 



Fifth Order. — These Cows yield four litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until four months gone with calf. 



Sixth Order. — These Cows yield three litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until two months gone with calf. 



Seventh Order. — These Cows yield two litres a day, and continue to give 

 milk until one month gone with calf. 



Eighth Order. — These Cows yield one litre a day, and contmue to give milk 

 only until they have conceived anew. 



BASTARD OF THE FLANDERS COW. 



Upon entering on the description of these Bastards, I will observe that I shall 

 confine myself to Cows of the High Size ; because, to apply the description, to 

 those of the smaller sizes, all that will be requisite is to reduce the dimensions 

 of the marks in proportion to the smallness of the Cow. 



The Flanders Cow has two varieties of Baslards, (Plate IX, Fig. 1 and 2.) — 

 The first has, within the escutcheon of ascending hair, an oval (J) of downward- 

 growing hair, just below the vulva, and in a line with it, distant therefrom about 

 eight inches. This oval is about four inches long, by about two and a half inches 

 wide ; and the hair within it is invariably of a lighter color than that around. — 

 The larger the oval is, the more rapidly will the Cow lose her milk and go dry 

 upon being got with calf. The smaller it is, the less rapid will be the loss of 

 milk ; but it will not the less certainly take place, in a notable degree, in every 

 Cow that bears this mark. It will be perceived that the Drawing represents the 

 Cow of the First Order only — this being sufficient to make the reader well enough 

 acquainted with the mark to recognize it when it occurs in Cows of the inferior 

 Orders. 



The Bastard No. 2 may be known by the circumstance that the upward-grow- 

 ing hair which forms the escutcheon, instead of lying smooth and pointing 

 straight upward, bristles up like the beards of an ear of wheat, and projects 

 crosswise over the outline of the escutcheon at the points A A. The more ex- 

 tensive the surface of the escutcheon is, and the finer and smoother the hair 

 growing within it, the more abundant is the yield of milk. When this hair is 

 coarse, long and scanty, it indicates a thin, serous milk. 



In the Bastards, the skin on the interior of the thighs, up to the vulva, is gen- 

 erally of a reddish color ; it is smooth to the touch, and yields no dandruf. 



