48 A COUNTRY READER. 



For a cow to be a large milker, she must be 

 capable of consuming a large quantity of food, 

 and turning it, not into bone and flesh, but 

 principally into milk. 



The shape best suited to produce this result is 

 a cow with a light forehead, and deep from the 

 back to the region of the udder. Of course a 

 large and well-carried bag or udder, with free 

 milking teats, is a necessity. 



Ayrshire. The soil in the county of Ayrshire, 

 in Scotland, is of a heavy clay nature, which 

 would be injured by the tread of a heavy cow. 

 So to meet this condition, the farmers of Ayr- 

 shire have bred a light or medium cow, but a 

 cow that will give a plentiful supply of milk, 

 and a milk that will make a first-rate cheese. 



Just as the Aberdeen Angus breed, having been 

 bred solely for the purpose of making good beef, 

 are poor milkers, so the breed of the Ayrshires, 

 having been bred solely for the purpose of giving 

 a plentiful supply of milk, are poor fatteners. 



The Aberdeen Angus cattle are good fattening 

 cattle, bred at the expense of milk. 



The Ayrshires are good milking cattle, bred at 

 the expense of beef. 



The colour of the Ayrshire is generally red 

 and white, or brown and white. 



The Jersey. In one of the Channel Islands, 

 the island of Jersey, there has been bred a 



