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breeder, in relation to the value of the escutcheon, as seen in Jersey cattle, 
gives his experience, which we condense as follows : 
There is no point in judging a cow so little understood as the escutcheon. 
The conclusion of almost every one is, that her escutcheon is good, if there l«a 
broad hand of up-running hair from the udder to the vulva, and around it. 
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BULK MIRROR OP JERSEYS. 
These cows with the broad vortical escutcheon arc nearly always parallel 
eows ; that is, with bodies long but not large, and with the under line par- 
allel with the back. Their thighs arc thin, and the thigh escutcheon shows 
on the inside of the thigh rather than on its rear. 
Next comes the wedge-shaped cow, with the body shorter but very 
large, deep iu the flank, and vory capacious. This form does not usually 
