J46 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



Points of the Ayrshire Bull. 



As regards the niale animal, it is only necessary lo remark, that the j^oints 

 desirable in the female are generally so in the male, but must, of course, be 

 attended by that masculine character which is inseparable from a strong, vigor^ 

 ous constitution. Even a certain degree of coirseness is admissible, but then it 

 must be so exclusively of a masculine description as never to be discovered in 

 the females of his get. 



In contradistinction to the cow's, the head of the bull may b" shorter, the 

 frontal bone longer, and the occipital flat and stronger, that it may receive and 

 sustain the horn — and this latter may be excused if a little heavy at the base, 

 so its upward form, its quality and color be right. Neither is the looseness of 

 the skin, attached to, and depending from the under jaw, to be deemed other 

 than a feature of the sex, provided it is not extended beyond the bone, but 

 leaves the gullet and throat clean and free from dewla]). 



The upper portion of the neck should be full and muscular, for it is an indi-» 

 cation cf strength, power and constitution. The spine should be strong, the. 

 bones of the loin long and broad, and the whole muscular system wide and 

 thoroughly developed over the entire frame. 



