90 QUALITY. 



In choosing a milch cow, it may he inferred from 

 this, her quality will not always find expression in 

 outward form. It is the outward form, and the en- 

 gine within the form, and the power of this engine, 

 that is to be looked to. It may occur that animals 

 of two breeds may be found of one form, but that 

 one breed shall carry a quicker life than the. other. 

 This quickened life we conceive to l^e one of the 

 marked characteristics of the Ayrshires. 



It is the animal that unites this vitality in a form 

 that favors most economical production, with parts 

 adjusted in symmetrical relations and proportions, 

 that constitutes the perfect cow. When uses are 

 satisfied, then the possession of artistic excellence, 

 such as shall make her a thing of beauty, to the 

 connoisseur as well as the plain farmer, is desired. 



