94 AYRSHIRES 



not immune to any of the diseases that afflict cattle, they are 

 more nearly free from them than other dairy breeds. They are 

 remarkable for the regularity with which they will breed and the 

 number of years that they will keep at work. 



Dairy Qualities. — Most Ayrshires of the present time carry 

 too much meat to be pronounced dairy animals, though the 

 present tendency is towards the more extreme dairy type. The 

 yield of milk is moderate for its grade, though some very credit- 

 able records have been made (Fig. 36). An average of twenty- 

 four animals reported by American Experiment Stations shows 

 a milk yield per year of 6533 pounds, having 3.85 per cent 

 fat and yielding 257 pounds of fat. 



The advanced registry for this breed was inaugurated in 

 1902 with the requirements as follows: Cows two years old or 

 under must produce 6000 pounds of milk containing 214.3 

 pounds of butter fat. For each day over two years a 0.06 pound 

 increase in fat is demanded and 1.37 pounds in milk, with the 

 requirement increasing until at five years of age or older she 

 must produce 8500 pounds of milk containing 322 pounds of fat. 

 Bulls scoring 80 points and having two daughters from different 

 dams in the Advanced Registry, or without scoring, 54 daughters 

 in Advanced Registry, are themselves admitted into the Ad- 

 vanced Registry. 



The best ten living Ayrshires with official yearly records are : 



No. Lbs. Milk Lbs. Fat Fat <& 



27944 Garclaugh May Mischief 25,3-29 894.91 3.53 



27943 Auohenbrain Brown Kate, 4th . . 23.022 917.60 3.99 



22269 Lily of Willowmoor 22,596 955.56 4.23 



27950 Garclaugh Spottie 22,589 816.25 3.61 



22269 Lily of Willow-moor 22,106 888.70 4.02 



47810 Nancy Whitehall 22,075 858.77 3.89 



36910 Auchenbrain Yellow Kate 3rd . 21,123 888.33 4.21 



23853 Gerranton Dora 2nd 21,023 804.79 3.83 



35176 Henderson's Dairy Gem .... 20,042 803.71 4.01 



29581 August Lassie 19,582 831.50 4.25 



The above are certainly very creditable records and indicate 

 strongly the probability that with more thorough development 

 of the deep body and angularity sought at the present time, this 

 breed will rival the other dairy breeds even more closely in the 



