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The Ayrshire has usually very small teats, but 

 this is rapidly being remedied by selection. The 

 milk veins are prominent and well developed, and 

 the horns are wide apart and curved upwards. The 

 colour of the breed is brown, red, white, black, or 

 these mixed in patches, but never roan. The most 

 common colour is red with white patches or white 

 with red patches. The colours should be distinct, 

 as a mingling of them is regarded as a defect ; the 

 colouring, however, does not affect an animal's 

 milking qualities. The milk of the Ayrshire is par- 

 ticularly adapted for cheesemaking on account of 

 the butter fat occurring in very small globules, which 

 is an advantage to the cheesemaker. Ayrshires 

 are being more extensively bred in South Africa 

 than formerly, and there are some noted and popular 

 herds scattered over the Union. 



The Shorthorn. 



This includes the Durham breeds, and is the 

 most widely distributed of all breeds of cattle. It 

 is an all-round breed suiting a wide range of 

 localities, and crosses well with nearly every local 

 breed ; for this reason it is greatly in demand for 

 grading purposes. There are two distinct strains 

 among Shorthorns one bred for dairy purpose and 

 the other for beef. The milking shorthorns are 

 good deep milkers, and are probably the heaviest 



