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Guernsey. Some of the bulls are too beefy for the best dairy 

 form, but there are many cows that show beautiful dairy 

 type. No other breed has such a uniformly well-developed 

 udder as the Ayrshire, the fore part being much extended, 

 and the rear udder carried well up behind. A big show of 

 Ayrshire cows, without exception, makes a most uniform 

 and attractive exhibit. 



The milk of the Ayrshire is of standard quality, testing 

 from 3J/2 to 4 per cent fat. It makes excellent cheese, and 



Figure 115. Ayrshire bull Bargenoch Bonnie Scotland owned by John Sherwin 

 of Ohio. Photograph by the author. 



most of the famous cheddar cheese of Scotland is made from 

 Ayrshire milk. Very fine records in milk production have 

 been made, a number of cows producing over 25,000 pounds 

 of milk in a year. The great record of 25,329 pounds of 

 milk in a year was made by Garclaugh May Mischief, while 

 Lily of Willowmoor, one of the great cows of the breed, in 

 five years produced a total of 84,991 pounds of milk, an 

 average of nearly 17,000 pounds a year. A considerable 



