The evils of conformation, like the good qualities, are transmitted
generally by the act of generation. If it does not have the ability to do
this, one should quickly correct it.
Here the bovine race has been much neglected in all these respects. A
judicious choice, and a scrupulous attention is not always prevalent in
selecting a breeding animal; thus it results in a fatal re-generation, to
which it is time to put a stop.
Before giving the distinctive characteristics of the ten classes of
bulls, it will be useful to mention those classes which are oftener met
in French and foreign races; and also those which are more rare.
The classes which are most distributed, and which present the greatest
number of bulls, are in all races these three classes: 1. The
Curved-line; 2. The Limousine; 3. The Horizontal.
The classes on the contrary, which present but a very small number of
subjects are in the following order:
4. Demijohn.
5. Bicorne.
6. Square-cut.
7. Selvage.
8. Left Flanders.
9. Double Selvage.
10. Flanders.
[Illustration: GUERNSEY BULL RADLEY, No. 209.