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the Dairy Division of Animal Industry, Department of 

 Agriculture at Washington, selected him as the 

 finest specimen of the Ayrshire male he was able to 

 secure. Hoard's Dairyman, in speaking of him, says : 

 " We are pleased to present our readers with an en- 

 graving of a fine Ayrshire bull. ... It is rarely 

 we have an opportunity to present a more perfect 

 dairy form and quality than is here seen in this Ayr- 

 shire bull John Webb. His weight is 1,400 pounds." 

 Compare this bull with Daisey. These animals, rep- 

 resentative of the two sexes and of two different 

 breeds, have all the leading dairy marks in common 

 namely, clean, thin nostrils; thin overreaching upper 

 lip; high, thin shoulders, sharp and prominent in 

 front ; slightly incurving spine ; high, wide, sharp hip 

 bones; prominent pelvic arch; front setting of tail, 

 strong at roots, but long, slim, and with heavy brush ; 

 veins on head and legs clear and distinct; legs wide, 

 flat, thin, muscular as a race-horse ; flank thin ; hips 

 arching, long from rump to hip-bone ; thighs lean 

 and incurving at rear line; loose, soft, and yield- 

 ing, but firm ; body well rounded and strong. 



