AYRSHIRE Cows. 



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cow that does better, as they have produced as high as forty quarts of 

 milk per day. They are very hardy and active in seeking their own 

 provender. They mature early. The bullocks or steers make the very 

 best of work cattle, and when slaughtered their beef is of average 

 quality, but not equal to that of the Short Horns or Herefords. In 

 the United States the Ayrshire cow fills a large place, being, from 



AYRSHIRE COW. 



her great milking qualities, valuable for milk dairies in the neighbor- 

 hood of our large cities. They will give as high as 7, 000 pounds of 

 milk per year. The butter is rather pale, and to bring an average 

 price must be colored. They are of hardy constitution, breeding 

 from two years-old until twenty. They are in demand for the hillg 

 of Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, as they 

 seem to thrive and do better in those sections than any other breed. 



HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 



The Holsteins, too, have their advocates, and within the last few years 

 hundreds have been imported into this country, with the expectation 

 that they will be suitable, from their great milking qualities, for 

 some sections, particularly for the western country, to supply the 

 numerous cheese factories that have been started there recently. They 

 are of enormous size, and consume a large amount of feed; but they 

 produce large quantities of milk, which is sold to these cheese fac- 

 tories for about two cents per quart. Some claims are made for them 



