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and bullocks of three years old are brought to weighfrom seven hundred 

 to eight hundred forty pounds. There is a lurking tendency to fatten 

 about them, which good pasture will bring to light; so that when the 

 Ayrshire cow is sent to England she loses her superiority as a milker, 

 and begins to accumulate flesh. On this account it is that the English 

 dealers who purchase the Ayrshire cows, generally select the coarsest 

 animals they can find, in order to avoid the consequence of the change 

 of climate and food. It is useless to exaggerate the qualities of any cat- 

 tle, and it cannot be denied that even in this tendency to fatten when 

 their milk begins to fail, or which often causes it to fail, the Ayrshires 

 must yield to their forefathers, the Highlanders, and also 1o their neigh- 

 bors, the Galloways, when put on a poor soil; and they will be left con- 



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siderably behind their short-horn sires, when transplanted to luxurian'- 

 pastures. It will be long, perhaps, before they will be favorites with 

 the butchers, for the fifth quarter, (the tallow), will not usually weigh 

 well in them. Their fat is mingled with the flesh, rather than separated 

 in the form of tallow; yet this would give a more beautiful appearance 

 to the meat, and should enhance its price to the consumer." 



Description. The shape of the Ayrshire cattle most approved are 

 as follows: 



The head — small, but rather long and narrow at the muzzle; the eye 

 —small, but smart and lively; the horns— small, clear, crooked, and 



