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whitish color in contrast to the yellow butter-fat of the Jerseys 

 and the Guernseys. Holstein milk is sometimes discriminated 

 against by consumers on account of its color and lack of rich- 

 ness, but dairymen overcome these objections by having in the 

 herd a few Jersey and Guernsey cows. The cut, Fig. 145, is 

 of Dutchess Skylark Ormsby, the Holstein cow that made the 

 world's record of all breeds for butter-fat in 1915. Her record 

 for the year is 1205.091 pounds of fat. This would make more 

 than 1500 pounds of butter. Her record for milk is 27,760 

 pounds. The milk from the farm where she is owned sold for 

 10 cents a quart, which means about $1388 for the product. 



Ayrshire. The native land of the Ayrshire breed (Fig. 146) 

 is the County of Ayr in the southwestern part of Scotland. 



FIG. 146. Prize-winning Ayrshire cows at Panama Exposition, 1915. 



The animals have been developed by selection and breeding of 

 the native cattle of the country with a probable admixture 

 of the blood of the other dairy and beef breeds of England. 

 Importations of these cattle into the United States have been 

 made from time to time, but the animals are not so numerous 

 as those of the other dairy breeds. However, many herds 

 are to be found, especially in New York and New England 

 as well as scattered over other parts of the country. The cattle 

 are of medium size, the cows weighing from 900 to 1100 pounds 

 at maturity and the bulls from 1400 to 1800 pounds. The 

 most common color is red and white spotted, with white pre- 

 dominating. In quantity of milk the Ayrshires rank next to 

 the Holsteins; in butter-fat the milk averages 3| to 4 per 



