152 SWINLY TYPE. 



herd of what were deemed the best Ayrshire cattle, 

 into which he infused a strain of the West Highland 

 blood, the particular degree of which is not publicly 

 or generally known. The Swinly stock differs from 

 the older Ayrshire in having a shorter head, with 

 more breadth across the eyes, more upright and 

 spreading horns, more hair, and that of a more 

 mossy character, and generally better constitutions. 

 They are also somewhat smaller-boned than the old 

 stock, though from their superior symmetry and 

 greater tendency to fatten they are fully equal to the 

 former in weight of carcass when slaughtered." 10 



. In 1847 the St. Quivox Club attempted to intro- 

 duce the Short-horn breed more generally among 

 breeders, but it failed to produce any effect, as we 

 are told by Sturrock, as now " Short-horn crosses are 

 more difficult to procure than formerly." n Pro- 

 fessor Norton, of Yale College, speaks of seeing, 

 during a visit to Scotland in 1848, Short -horn bulls 

 on every large farm, but leaves the inference that 

 the crosses were designed for beef. 12 



Mr. Wilson, in writing of the agriculture of Lan- 

 arkshire, states that this cross, although it diminishes 

 the milk, yet adds increased value for the shambles. 13 

 These statements, taken together, seem to indicate 

 that Short-horn crosses were used only when grazing 

 was united with dairy farming. 



In conversing with the breeding farmers of Ayr- 

 shire in 1869, we were unable to find any Short-horn 



10 U. S. Dept. Ag. Report, 18fi3, p. 195. 12 Farmers' Lib iii, 306. 



" IT. Essays H. Soc. 186tJ-7, p. 37. 13 Prize Essays U. doc. 1336-Z, p. 355. 



