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not rise quickly. This makes it suitable milk to use in 

 the ordinary city delivery. 



Ayrshire cattle are natives of the county of Ayr in Scot- 

 land. They are smaller than the Holsteins but much larger 







FIG. 173. School-boys and young farmers studying a Hereford. 

 (Agricultural Education.) 



FIG. 174. Points of cattle shown on a Brown Swiss bull. M, muzzle; D, dewlapj 

 B, barrel; L, loin; HP, hip or hook; R, rump; P, pin bone; T, thigh; H, hock; 

 S, switch. 



than the Jerseys. In form the Ayrshires are somewhat plump 

 and less angular than any of the other dairy breeds (Fig. 172). 

 The calves are very good for veal. The milk-producing 

 properties of Ayrshires are very much like the Holsteins, 

 the yields being large and the milk not so rich in fat as the 

 Jerseys. The milk has much total solid matter in it, thus 



