70 Milk and Its Products 



as fancy points by many Ayrshire breeders. Their 

 activity and disposition leads them to be extremely 



good grazers, and they are 

 better suited to sparse and 

 rough pasture than any other 

 breed, though ' they respond 

 quite as well to generous 

 treatment with respect to 

 abundant food supply. Ayr- 

 shire breeders have given 

 much attention to the form 



and symmetrical shape of the udder, and have 

 selected animals with large udders, straight and full 

 at the back and level on the floor, extending well 

 forward on the belly. The teats are cylindrical and 

 placed far apart, but in very many cases are too short 

 to be convenient. 



In color, the Ayrshire is any combination of light 

 red, red, red-brown, or dark brown with white. The 

 dark color in the case of some bulls is almost black. 

 Modern Ayrshire breeders distinctly prefer those ani- 

 mals in which the white color is largely predominat- 

 ing, and many modern Ayrshires might be described 

 as white, with small patches of the darker color 

 scattered over the body. 



Ayrshire cattle were first brought to America by 

 way of Canada some time previous to the middle of 

 the ninteenth century, and shortly after they were 

 introduced into the eastern United States. The num- 

 bers,, however, remained small, although there are 

 numerous localities in New York and New England 



