FIRST CENTURY OF DAIRYING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



including Major and downward for several generations, there was 

 distinct evidence of an Ayrshire taint, which has continued with 

 more or less effect throughout. 



X(;w. the contention is that had those who were breeding stud 

 dairy bulls and heifers kept some reliable data of the pedigrees of 

 the animals they were breeding and selling, instead of depending 

 on what is often with some breeders, a treacherous agent to wit, 

 memory a valuable lesson in breeding dairy animals would have 

 resulted. Instead of a valuable lesson we have had nothing but 

 disputes as to the actual purity of any of these bulls' breeding, each 

 owner claiming to possess authentic proof that the other fellow's 

 bull was no purer bred than he ought to b?. Be this as it miiy, we 

 have proof, apart altogether from these instances, that the effect 

 on the general appearance and vigor, caused by taking calves from 

 the coast to the tableland, is very marked indeed if thj animals are 

 allowed to remain away for two or three years. Nevertheless there 

 is nothing to show that there was not a little Ayrshire blood in 

 all of these bulls under review. In fact, if -hat peculiar characterise 

 of the Ayrshire, namely, the " dollar-spot," can be trusted, it was 

 blended in the skin shades of those bulls to a marked degree. 



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