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fully establishes the reputation of the Ayrshire cow, so far as the dairy 

 is concerned. ' ' 



As a Beef Animal. Mr. Rankin, a high authority, who thor- 

 oughly tested the Ayrshires on his own farm, the soil of which was of 

 an inferior quality, has this to say regarding the Ayrshires as beef 

 cattle : 



' 'The fattening properties of the Ayrshire cattle we believe to be a 

 little exaggerated. They will feed kindly and profitably, and their meat 



AYRSHIRE cow, "dBLLA PENDER." 



will be good. They will fatten on farms and in districts where others 

 coxild not be made to thrive at all, except partly or principally supported 

 by artificial food. They unite, perhaps, to a greater degree than any 

 other breed, the supposed incompatible properties of yielding a great 

 deal of milk and beef. 



On their natural food, of poor quality, they give milk abundantly and 

 long, and often until within a few days of calving. In their own coun- 

 try, a cow of a fleshy make, and which seldom proves a good milker, 

 jnay be easily raised from five hundred sixty to seven hundred pounds, 



