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ford Noble, page 119, owned by P. H. B. Frelinghuysen of Morris- 

 town, New Jersey, was the grand champion Jersey bull at the 1922 

 National Dairy Show. 



The Ayrshires 



The Ayrshire is many times called the aristocrat of the dairy 

 breeds. Probably no group of cows in a show ring will produce 

 a more handsome or uniform appearance than a group of Ayrshires. 

 The lines on the Ayrshire cows are straight and strong. There is 

 rarely any question about the back line in an Ayrshire or about the 

 ideal type of udder. Ayrshires in show condition are usually a 

 little more fleshy than the other dairy breeds and perhaps there is 

 a little more difference in condition of flesh between the Ayrshire 

 cow in perfect show condition and the Ayrshire cow in good pro- 

 ductive condition. 



173. Ayrshire type. — Style receives considerable attention in 

 the Ayrshire cow bred for show purposes and judges pay some 

 attention even to the way a cow moves around the show ring, when 

 he is judging Ayrshires. 



To illustrate the type of good producing Ayrshires, a picture of 

 Garclaugh May Mischief, 27944, page 112, is shown. She is the 

 highest record cow in milk production in the Ayrshire breed, name- 

 ly, 25,329 pounds of milk containing 894.91 pounds of butter fat. 

 However, this high milk record does not entitle her to the highest 

 place in pounds of butter fat. Lily of Willowmoor, 22269, page 184, 

 holds the butter fat record with 955.56 pounds of butter fat from 

 22,596 pounds of milk. No Ayrshire cow has yet made 1000 

 pounds of butter fat, but this breed is not very far from the other 

 breeds in this respect. 



These two cows whose pictures are given illustrate the wonder- 

 ful dairy type and beauty of mature Ayrshire cows. 



174. Ayrshire milk. — The milk of Aj^rshire cows does not test 

 quite as high as the milk of the Guernsey and Jersey breeds, but 

 the average happens to be almost exactly 4 per cent. For example, 

 the average test of the seventy leading cows and heifers of the 

 breed is 4.03 per cent of butter fat. This percentage of butter fat 



