70 Milk and Its Products 
as fancy points by many Ayrshire breeders. Their 
activity and disposition leads them to be extremely 
good grazers, and they are 
better suited to sparse and 
|. rough pasture than any other 
breed, though they respond 
quite as well to generous 
treatment with respect to 
abundant food supply. Ayr- 
shire breeders have given 
much attention to the form 
and symmetrical shape of the udder, and have 
selected animals with large udders, straight and full 
at the back and level on the floor, extending well 
forward on the belly. The teats are cylindrical and 
placed far apart, but in very many cases are too short 
to be convenient. 
In color, the Ayrshire is any combination of light 
red, red, red-brown, or dark brown with white. The 
dark color in the case of some bulls is almost black. 
Modern Ayrshire breeders distinctly prefer those ani- 
mals in which the white color is largely predominat- 
ing, and many modern Ayrshires might be described 
as white, with small patches of the darker color 
scattered over the body. 
Ayrshire cattle were first brought to America by 
way of Canada some time previous to the middle of 
the ninteenth century, and shortly after they were 
introduced into the eastern United States. The num- 
bers, however, remained small, although there are 
numerous localities in New York and New England 
Fig. 9. Ayrshire bull, 
