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here have proved very satisfactory and promising. They 

 are pale red or buff red and white. The colors are about 

 in equal proportions, though the red may predominate. 

 They are considerably larger than the Jersey and possess 

 all the good qualities of the latter. Indeed, there is 

 pretty good evidence that these breeds have the same 

 origin, and that the Jersey is the Guernsey bred down in 

 size and bred also for solid colors. The Guernsey is just 

 as beautiful in face and form as the Jersey, and we think 

 rather hardier and possesses more capacity. For all 

 practical purposes, we should be inclined to give prefer- 

 ence to the Guernsey, which has no rival in her line, 

 except the Jersey. This breed can lay claim to some 

 beef qualities, because of its size. It is destined to be- 

 come a popular favorite in the butter dairy and as a 

 family cow. 



THE AYRSHIRE. 



This breed is a great favorite with many. It is small 

 scarcely larger than the Guernsey and is remarkably 

 nimble and hardy, thriving on scant feed and in rough 

 pastures where some of the other breeds would starve. 

 The Ayrshires are red or red and white and give a large 

 flow of milk, fairly rich in caseine and in butter. The 

 breed has its phenomenal cows, both as milkers and as 

 butter makers. The cream globules of the milk are 

 quite irregular in size, and hence do not readily separate 

 from the milk by ordinary methods of cream raising. 

 But this fact makes the milk all the better for family 

 use, for marketing and for the cheese factory, or for both 



