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Leading Ayrshire sires, based on official tests up to March, 

 19 19, as published in The Ayrshire Quarterly, are as follows: 



The above records are based on the number of daughters in 

 the Advanced Registry rather than total entries, for under the 

 latter an animal may be entered several times, based on retesting ; 

 for example, Finlayston has 5 1 daughters, and these are given 

 99 entries in the Advanced Registry, he leading the list in this 

 respect. However, Howie's Dairy King, next to last on the list, 

 with 21 daughters and a total of 29 entries, is the sire of Jean 

 Armour 3d, with a record of 21,938 pounds of milk and 859.65 

 pounds of fat, which fact gives this sire great distinction. 



Prices on Ayrshire cattle until recently have not been remarkable 

 and for many years were within very modest bounds. In 1910, at 

 the Lotus Fields sale at West Berlin, Vermont, 37 Ayrshires sold 

 for ^8760, an average of $236, on which occasion the top price 

 for a bull of the breed — ^1600 — was paid for Bargenoch Bonnie 

 Scotland 11974 by John Sherwin of Ohio. The ten-weeks-old 

 calf Jean Armour 2d also sold for ^1000 to William Hunter of 

 Canada, and ^1000 was paid for Howie's Cream Pot 27965, 

 the champion cow of the 1910 Scottish shows. In 1911 Hunter 

 and Sons of Ontario, Canada, sold 1 1 7 head for ^40,490, and 

 43 cows averaged ^407.55. In 1914 Hugh J. Chisholm of 

 New York paid $5000 for Hobsland Perfect Piece (imp.) 10665. 

 In August, 191 5, the champion Ayrshire cow Jean Armour 25487, 

 the property of W. P. Schanck, Avon, New York, sold at 



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