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best milkers, both in first yield and in holding out, 

 have kept in the best condition on the same food, 

 and have finally superseded the others by their own 

 merits." 



Mr. Charles Shepard, writing us from Ogdens- 

 burg, N. Y., says, "It is admitted by all dairymen 

 in this section, that wherever the Ayrshire blood pre- 

 vails in the herd, that cow winters best and produces 

 most on short feed." 



Mr. Edward L. Coy, Washington Co., N. Y., 

 writes us : " In fact, I never had my natives keep in 

 as good condition, both summer and winter, on the 

 same care and feed as my Ayrshires do." 



Mr. J. D. W. French, of North Audover, Mass., 

 writes, "As compared with grade or native stock, I 

 find the Ayrshires hardier and easier to keep under 

 the same treatment " ; while Mr. F. H. Apple ton, of 

 West Peabody, states, "By experience I call my 

 Ayrshires very hardy naturally. But I think that 

 they can be made tender or hardy according to the 

 treatment they receive. This is the result of obser- 

 vation among numerous other herds." 



Mr. A. P. Ball, writing from the Province of 

 Quebec, testifies, " They have stood alongside of as 

 good grade cows as I had, also by thoroughbred Short- 

 horns ; they are easier kept and come out better in the 

 spring on the same description of food than either of 

 the first named. I do not say on the same quantity : of 

 course, they, being smaller than the others, would not 

 naturally require as large a quantity, but I state the 



