AYRSHIRE CATTLE. IO3 



(3) The general outline and high milking qualities are 

 akin to those of the Holsteins. 



(4) Their ability to give milk from sparse pastures points 

 to Kerry relationship, and 



(5) Their natural shyness of disposition with certain horn 

 and hair resemblances indicate West Highland kinship. 



(6) This view of their mixed origin is strengthened by 

 the numerous instances of atavic transmission found in some 

 herds. 



IV. Distribution in other countries. 



(1) They have obtained a fair footing in Finland, pure or 

 crossed on native stocks, and are numerous in Sweden and 

 Norway. 



(2) In New Zealand they stand next to the Devons in 

 point of, numbers. ' 



(3) They have also been introduced into various other 

 countries, including Japan, and in all of these they are dis- 

 tinguished for their dairy qualities. 



V. Importations to the United States and 

 Canada. 



(1) Ayrshires were brought into Canada by Scotch settlers 

 early in the century, and during the past two or three decades 

 importations into that country from Scotland have been 

 frequent. 



(2) The first importation into the United States is thought 

 to have been that made by Henry W. Hills of Windsor, Ct, 

 in 1822. 



(3) Recent importations into the United States have been 

 less frequent than into Canada, hence the closer resemblance 

 now observable between Scotch and Canadian Ayrshires. 



VI. Ayrshire Breeders' Associations. 



(1) The American Ayrshire Breeders' Association was 

 established on its present basis in 1875, although the breeders 

 had done organized work since 1859 in conjunction with "The 

 Association of Breeders of Thoroughbred Neat Stock." 



(2) The Ayrshire Importers' and Breeders' Association 

 of Canada was established in 1870, and merged into the 

 Dominion Ayrshire Breeders' Association in 1898. 



(3) The Dominion Ayrshire Breeders' Association was 

 established in 1889. 



VII. Distribution in the United States and 

 Canada. 



(i) Ayrshires are more numerous in Ontario and Quebec, 

 in the order named, than in any of the states of the Union. 



