Ayrshire cow, NELLIE OSBORXE, winner of Sweepstakes Gold Medal 

 for breed at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Owned by 

 D. Drummond, Petite Cote, Quebec. 



DESCRIPTION OF AYRSHIRE CATTLE. 



I*HIS BREED of Scotch dairy cattle originated under the rugged conditions 

 of Ayrshire and in their type and general characteristics they exemplify 

 the form and quality which would be called for in a dairy animal required 

 to make the most economical use of their food and do the best under condi- 

 tions too severe for finer and more delicate cattle. The head is slim, rather 

 long in the face and surmounted with a horn not wholly devoid of strength 

 the neck, somewhat short is clean cut though not delicate, the shoulder is 

 sharp and the chest full and deep, the body is straight in its top lines, slightly 

 more compact than usually found in the dairy type, but has the volume which 

 invariably results in large capacity for consumption and production. The 

 hind quarter is moderately wide and covered with flesh while the thigh is 

 thin and the udder long and excellent in its proportion. The size and the 

 placing of the teats is a feature wttich calls for careful attention in ranking 

 representatives of this breed. See official scale of points, pages 103 and 104. 



