THE AYRSHIRE 415 



type of the breed exhibits considerable depth of body and short 

 rather than long legs. The tidder of the Ayrshire has been the 

 cause of much discussion in recent years. The most approved 

 form is carried up high behind, extends well forward under the 

 belly, with the underside or sole (as it is sometimes termed) level 

 and free from a deep groove between right and left gland, and 

 with teats of good size well placed at each quarter. This type of 

 fleshy udder has been the source of much serious criticism in the 



Fig. 180. Netherhall Good Time 11447 (imp.), an Ayrshire bull owned by Bran- 

 ford Farms, Groton, Connecticut. This is a good representative of the modern 

 type of mature Ayrshire bull. From photograph by Hildebrand, by courtesy of 

 the American Agriculturist 



Scotch press, and it has been repeatedly pointed out that the cow 

 with this sort of udder was the result of catering to an American 

 fad. From a show point of view more uniformity obtains in a 

 ring of aged Ayrshire cows than with any other breed. In quality 

 Ayrshires are not superior to other breeds. 



The color of the Ayrshire includes red, brown, and white. In 

 1875 Sturtevant quoted as follows from a letter from Robert 

 Wilson, a breeder in Scotland : 



Colors of Ayrshires are much the same since I can remember; different 

 breeders have their particular color. Light yellow, though common with .some 

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