Chapter M: E. Conard

The above examination of our herds of cows, some of which were
covered by a large blanket, completely excluding from view
every part of the animal except the escutcheon and back part of
udder, subjected the commission to the severest test that could
be applied; and agreeing, as their estimate of quality and
quantity does, with our previously written reports, leads us to
think that in the hands of experts it would be a valuable aid
in judging the quality of dairy stock.

THOMAS GAWTHROP,
EVERARD CONARD,
HOWARD PRESTON,
MARK HUGHES,
_Committee_.

WEST GROVE, _11 month 7, 1878_.

The undersigned having been present at the examination of
Thomas Gawthrop’s herd of dairy cows, by the Guenon commission,
on the 2d day of 9 month, 1878, am free to say that, although
most of the cows were blanketed from horns to tail, their
estimate, in a great majority of them, very nearly corresponded
with the owners account previously prepared.