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not imirmne 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 }'ielding 257 potinds 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 imtil at five years of age or older s-he 

 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 Eegistry, or vdthout scoring, 5i daughters 

 in Advanced Eegistry, are themselves admitted into the Ad- 

 vanced Eegistry. 



The best ten living Ayrshires with official yearly records are: 



Name 



Record Milk Fat 



No. Lbs. Lbs. 



Auchenbrain ^Brown Kate 4 27943 23022 917.60 



Garelaugh Spottie 27950 22,589 816.25 



Lily of Willowmoor . . . 22269 22106 888.70 



Auchenbrain Yellow Kate 36910 21123 888.33 



Gerranton Dora 2nd 23853 210:'.3 804.79 



Eena Ross 2nd 25295 18849 713.50 



Jean Armour 25487 20174 774.73 



Netherland Brownie 9th 23985 18110 820.91 



Agnes Wallace of Maple Grove 25171 17057 821.45 



Keepsake 2nd 26013 17410 711.27 



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 



