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very large and voluminous in accordance with its pro- 

 ductive capacity, which in quantity surpasses any. The 

 veins are also large and tortuous and the teats match the 

 udder in size. 



Some Holstein-Friesians are deficient in dairy tempera- 

 ment, showing a disposition to be beefy. Also heavy 

 hides, drooping rumps, too pendant udders, which in 



Fig. 115. — An Ayrshire cow. 



addition may be beefy or badly cut up between the 

 quarters, and unsymmetrical teats should be discriminated 

 against. 



243. The Ayrshire. — Representatives of this breed, 

 created by the Scottish tenant farmer under conditions 

 that called for thrift and hardihood, are of medium size, 

 cows weighing 1000 pounds, bulls 1500 or more. Their 

 form is the most symmetrical of any of the dairy breeds 



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