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TABLE III 

 Summary of Bulls Registered in Vol. 36 



Color 



Per cent. 



White ■- 



Brown , 



Black and white 



Brown and white 



White and brown ^ . ,, j 



White, brown cheeks A 



White, brown neck 



White, dark cheeks 



White, dark spots 



Flecked ..,..■ 



Marked . '' 



5.42 



3.21 



1.50 



34 . 00 



41.93 



93 

 71 

 00 

 80 

 30 

 20 



100.00 



-^ 



the tendency to select sires with much 

 white (Figs. 14 and 15) to satisfy popular 

 fancy. It shows that of almost 1,000 

 bulls registered in that voltune, 34% 

 were brown and white, 41.93% were 

 white and brown and 12.64% had 

 the brown restricted to the head and 

 neck. The latter form of marking is 

 one of the moSt popular at the present 

 time. Almost all of the black and white 

 bulls now used for service are marked 

 in this way and it is doubtful if very 

 many bulls marked like the black and 

 white cows (Figs. 12 and 13), are kept for 

 breeding purposes today, but bulls with 

 black or very dark jaws or cheeks are 

 very popular. It is interesting to note 

 that by careful selection the color 

 pattern of a spotted breed can be greatly 

 changed. 



The so-called "White horse with 

 black eyes, "2 is a striking illustration of 

 what may be accompHshed along this 

 line. By careful selection from brown 

 and white spotted animals, a strain of 

 horses was produced in Denmark and 

 also at Hannover which are entirely 

 white in color of hair and skin, but are 

 distinguished from albinos in that 

 the eyes always remain black. 



The Ayrshire Herd Book Society is 

 one of the very few breed associations 

 that still makes provision for the 

 registration of animals not the offspring 

 of recorded ancestors. All animals en- 



tered in the Herd Book are divided into 

 three groups: (1) those entered with a 

 number or in the Herd Book proper, 



(2) those entered in Appendix A, and 



(3) those entered in Appendix B. 

 Subject to the approval of the committee 

 in charge of this work, a cow or heifer 

 becomes eligible for entry in Appendix 

 B, on one of the first three following 

 conditions in addition to the fourth : 



1. The sire of such a cow or heifer 

 must be entered in the herd book. 



2. She must be an individual of high 

 merit, as shown by winning a prize at 

 an agricultural show in a class for 

 Ayrshires. 



3. She must be able to attain a high 

 standard of production by producing 

 an authentic milk yield within one year 

 and in addition an examining committee 

 must declare that she possesses the true 

 characteristics of the Ayrshire breed. 



4. In addition to fulfilling one of 

 these three requirements, the owner and 

 breeder must sign a statement declaring 

 that she is a pure bred Ayrshire. 



The female offspring of a dam entered 

 in Appendix B, sired by a recorded 

 bull, is eligible for entry in Appendix A. 

 Cows entered in either Appendix A or 

 B are entered by name but without a 

 niunber. No btills can be entered in 

 either Appendix A or B. 



An animal is eligible for entry in the 

 Herd Book proper, that is with a 



2 Walther, A. R., Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Vererbung der Pferdefarben, 1912. 



