I. 



GENERAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. 



In this portion of our boolv we propose to present 

 the Ayrshire cow to the reader in her various appear- 

 ances and uses. 



Our first chapter will tell what the Ayrshire cow 

 is, presenting extraneous matter only as illustrating 

 this feature ; in the three following divisions will be 

 given the statements of her products, so far as is 

 known to us ; our fifth chapter deals with the testi- 

 mony of her peculiar merits, while the following one 

 treats the question of adaptability. 



In the chapter on the ideal animal which naturally 

 closes our fii"st section, we have aimed to give the 

 Ayrshire cow as she may become, founding our 

 judgment on the teachings of nature and reason, 

 with the attest of careful observation. 

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