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THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



The system followed in rearing Ayrshires is rather to stint them in growth when young, 

 pinching them in food, and exposing them to inclement weatlier. They are, therefore, small 

 in size, and the skin, from the old hair remaining till a late period of the season, has generally 

 a furry, mossy appearance, up till the middle of summer. 



In judging of dairy stock, the first point is unquestionably the foi-m of the ndder ; the 

 second, the touch ; the third, the upper pointing of the hooks ; the fourth, the length of 



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quarters ; the fifth, roominess of the pelvis ; the sixth, arching of the short ribs. The eye, 

 size of jaw-bone, the form of neck, color, itc, followhig the other points in sonicwliat the 

 same order as in tlio 8hort-horn. The medium size is usually preferred. The breed, as a 

 whole, is diminished in size, from the system of rearing to which we have previously alluded. 

 Fidl feeding the stock when young is known to injure their milk-secreting qualities, and is 

 tberelbre generally carefully avoided. 



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