DAIRY BREEDS 



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in the Ayrshire, the dividing outlines of the color are 

 irregular ; the black and white are never mixed ; each 

 is clearly marked and defined from the other. The 

 neck is long, and fine and clean at juncture with the 

 head; the head slim and spare of flesh; legs com- 

 paratively short, clean, and nearly straight; tail long, 

 and tapering finely to full switch. The udder is often 

 of extraordinary size, well up in front and behind. 



FIG. IO HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN BULL HENGERVELD 



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Teats are of large size, milk veins large, tortuous, 

 and prominent. 



The breed is famous for milk production. It is 

 not uncommon for the Holstein to produce her own 

 weight in milk in thirty days, and from ten to twelve 

 times her weight in a year. Individual productions 

 of over 100 pounds of milk in a day are well authen- 

 ticated. From 8,000 to 11,000 pounds is not an 



