66 OPINIONS OF THEIR WORTH. 



John P. Reynolds, 12 the Commissioner from Illi- 

 nois to the Universal Exposition at Paris, in 1867, 

 in reporting upon the horned cattle there exhibited, 

 writes, "At the Imperial Model Farm of Viucennes, 

 where one hundred cows are kept for milking, and 

 the sale of their product in Paris, the varieties are 

 Ayrshire, Brittany, Swiss, Normandy, and Flemish, 

 which, as M. Tisserand informed me, taking into 

 account the food consumed, rank for quantity of milk 

 in the order I have named them." 



H. N. Fraser, 13 in a prize essay, writes, " Dairies 

 being very numerous in Dumfriesshire, Ayrshire cattle 

 occupy the most prominent place, cows of this useful 

 and valuable breed being considered the best milkers, 

 and at the same time easier kept than any other." 



A correspondent of the " Country Gentleman " 

 from Passaic Co., N. J., writes, under date of 

 July 8, 1869, "Daring the last winter I kept over 

 three Ayrshire cows and three common ones, fed 

 them all alike, and in the spring the Ayrshires looked 

 fat, smooth, and nice, while the common cattle were 

 poor and ragged, so bad that I was ashamed of 

 them, while I was proud of the others. Another 

 thing is, they give a great deal more milk, and the 

 milk is as rich as any milk." 



Mr. H. S. Collins, of Connecticut, speaks of this 

 breed " being kept on his farm with grades and na- 

 tives, fed and treated precisely alike winter and sum- 

 mer ; the Ayrshires have proved the most hardy, the 



12 Trans. 111. Ag. Soc. vol. 7, p. 696. 



is Prize Essays High, and Ag. Soc. 1868-9, p. 331. 



