34 THE dairyman's MA^^UAL. 



is that sKe holds on to her milk production nearly 

 up to the time of again calving, and although a cow may 

 not be an excessively large milker in her first freshness, 

 yet by a long-continued and well-sustained product the 

 total average is eminently satisfactory to the owner. An 

 example of this may be given iu the cow Bolivia (in the 

 herd of the author), a typical x\yrshire cow. The fol- 

 lowing figures, taken from the record of her milking 

 with her first calf, dropped when tlie dam was less than 

 two years of age, give the daily product for the first, the 

 fifteenth, and the last day of each month in a year, during 

 which her whole product was a little more than 3,000 

 quarts : — 



1st. 15tb. 30th. 



1879. lbs. lbs. lbs. 



March 33 81 30 



Apiil -- - 31 M 33 



May - 29i 3U 30i 



June.--- - 30i 30i 32i 



July - 31 29i 29i 



August. 29 28 264 



September 26 24 21 



October 21 20i 19i 



November 18 18 20i 



December - 2U 20 19i 



1880. 



January 20 19 19 



February - 18 18? IT^ 



Her second calf was dropped in April, 1880, and it 

 was necessary to feed dry hay only, in very limited 

 quantity, to dry her off before she began to spring again. 



The Ayrshire makes a very good cross upon any breed. 

 With the native cow, the produce is nearly equal to and 

 sometimes surpasses, in productive value, the pure breed; 

 with the Shorthorn, the cross hfis made some noted 

 cows, one especially having a record of one hundred 

 pounds of milk in one day. The Ayrshire- Jersey cross 



