300 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



bulls and 39,000 cows). The North American Ayrshire 

 Register first appeared in 1875, devoted to cattle that 

 could be traced to importation. It was discontinued in 

 1880, after four volumes had been published. Aside from 

 guarding the purity of the breed, the American Ayrshire 

 Breeders' Association also conducts a yearly home dairy 

 test and an advanced registry. Both of these divisions 

 of the Association's work tend to encourage the develop- 

 ment of the breed by creating a greater interest among 

 the members of the Association, to excel either in making 

 official records, or in making attractive displays of their 

 cattle at leading agricultural exhibitions. The present 

 headquarters of the Association are at Brandon, Vermont. 

 There was organized in 1870 the Ayrshire Importers' 

 and Breeders' Association of Canada, and in 1889 the 

 Dominion Ayrshire Breeders' Association. In 1898, the 

 former was absorbed by the latter. The Montreal Ayr- 

 shire Herd-book first appeared in 1886. It was later 

 united with the Dominion Ayrshire Herd-book, which 

 appeared in 1884, and published as the Canadian Ayrshire 

 Record. 



Literature. Yearbook, published annually by the Ayrshire 

 Breeders' Association ; E. L. Sturtev ant, The Dairy Cow; A Mono- 

 graph of the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle, Boston (1875). 



BROWN Swiss CATTLE. Figs. 51, 52. 

 By Charles D. Nixon 



331. The Brown Swiss cattle of America are a distinct 

 dairy breed. They have been generally known as a dual- 

 purpose breed, but the American Brown Swiss Cattle 

 Breeders' Association has decreed it a distinct dairy breed. 



