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PREFACE.

LECTURES ON THE GUENON SYSTEM.

LECTURE UPON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, THEIR PEOPLE, AND THE CATTLE.

LECTURES UPON AGRICULTURE.

GUENON’S INTRODUCTION TO HIS NEW REVISED EDITION.

GUENON’S METHOD OF JUDGING OF THE VALUE OF STOCK.

On M. Guenon and his System.

The Escutcheon or Mirror.

The Progress of His System.

Imperfections and Tufts.

Of the Ovals.

Of the Bastards.

How to Apply the System Practically.

The Escutcheon.

The Shape of the Escutcheon.

Our Mode of Judging Stock.

Opinions of the System.

Objections to the System and to the Report of the Commission.

C. L. SHARPLESS ON THE ESCUTCHEON.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASSES AND ORDERS. Prepared by W. P. Hazard , Secretary of the Pennsylvania Guenon Commission .

First Class. The Flanders Cow.

Second Class. Left Flanders.

Third Class.—Selvage.

The Fourth Class. Curveline.

The Fifth Class. The Bicorn.

The Sixth Class. Double Selvage.

The Seventh Class. Demijohn.

The Eighth Class. Square Escutcheon.

The Ninth Class. Limousines.

The Tenth Class.—Horizontal.

Effects of Crossing two Escutcheons.

ESCUTCHEONS ON BULLS.

Classification of Bull Reproducers.

REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GUENON COMMISSION.

The Commission at Barney’s Farm.

The Commission at Sharpless’ Farm.

The Commission at Strode’s Farm.

Examination of Thomas M. Harvey’s Stock of Jerseys and Guernseys, May 11, 1878.

Examination of William M. Large’s Herd, Chestnut Grove, Doylestown, Bucks County.

Report of the Examination of the Stock of Eastburn Reeder, of Rabbit Run Stock Farm, New Hope, Bucks County, Pa.

Examination of Eastburn Reeder’s Herd.

Examination of Moses Eastburn’s Cow, Beauty.

Examination of Colonel James Young’s Herd, at Middletown.

Examination of the Herd of William Calder, Esq., Harrisburg.

Examination of Several Herds near West Grove, Blanketed and Unblanketed, under the Supervision of a Committee of the Experimental Farm Club.

Commission’s Account of Milton E. Conard’s Cows

Examination of J. & J. Darlington’s Cows, October 2d.

ADDENDA.

The Breeding and Value of well-selected Butter Cows.

Table A.

Table B.

Table C.

Table D.

Table E.

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

EXTRACTS FROM THE MUCH LARGER NOTICES OF THE WORK.