THE DAIRY COW 



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Yeksa Sunbeam, May Kilma and Murne Cowan, 

 Guernsey cows, is given on page 99. 



Ayrshire. These cows are found principally 

 in New England, the Eastern States and Can- 

 ada. They came originally from Scotland and 

 possess a great deal of merit. Like the Holstein- 

 Friesian they are as a rule persistent milkers. 



Fig. 19. Lilly. 

 A splendid type of Ayrshire dairy cow. 



They are medium-sized animals, weighing about 

 1,000 pounds. The milk of this breed of cows 

 is particularly adapted for cheese making, owing 

 to the small size of its fat globules and its rel- 

 atively large casein content. The milk usually 

 tests from 3.5 to 4 per cent fat. At the Pan- 



