Dairy Farming. 
(563 = 597 
The Ayrshire is a " model " breed in both senses of the word — 
)r it gives you the ideal form of a cow, and it is the cow rather 
)0 much in miniature to be satisfactory to an outsider. It is 
ardly so large as the Devon. Seen in profile, the body lies 
etween two straight lines, the upper one horizontal, the lower 
oping downwards, from the bosom towards the udder, which 
oes not fall below it. It is curious to watch judges scanning 
lot of Ayrshire cows as compared with judges looking at 
horthorn stock. The former look down a great deal more 
lan they look up. It is the belly line and the form and cha- 
jicter of the udder which, after all, are the main points which 
etermine the award. The Ayrshire cow stands on short legs, 
id is long in proportion to its height, i.e., on a comparison 
Fig. 5. — 3Ir. CasselVs Ayrshire Cow, "Jeanie." 
1th other breeds. A somewhat slender neck carries a head 
beautifully feminine character, with horns of middle length, 
hich face you, i.e., stand upwards. The colours are white, with 
;tle brown or red — or light or dark brown and red, with little 
hite — or brown or red or even black with white, about half and 
ilf. The nose is flesh-coloured or black, and the horns are as 
ten with black points as not. 
The Devon breed is represented by the portrait of Mr. Webber's The Devon 
ifer, "Lydia" (Fig. 6, p. 398), first in her class, all of which •j^e^J- 
're commended at the Bath and West of England Society's 
eeting at Croydon in 1875. Of small size and red colour, 
ithout any patches of white, the Devons are not a dairy breed 
