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12i per cent, of solids, 12 to 16 per cent, of cream, and 3^ to 4^ per cent, 
of butter-fat. . . . The average yield [of butter] so far as records go ought 
to bo something about 230 lbs. per annum.' 
Mr. Bartlemore gives selected examples very much in excess 
of these figures, but, again dealing with averages, states that "the 
quantity of cheese yielded by each animal is over 5 cwt." The 
globules of butter-fat are of smaller size than in the milk-yield 
of the Jersey, so that the cream does not rise so quickly, but 
makes an evenly rich cheese. 
Ayrshire Classes were first granted by the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England at the Carlisle Show of 1855, although at 
Windsor, 1851, prizes were offered for " Scotch Horned " cattle, 
and were awarded, in both cow and bull Classes, to Ayrshires. 
In 1862 the Battersea International Meeting brought some of 
the best over the Border, including the Duke of Athole's extra- 
ordinary dairy cow Colly Hill " (to see her milked was one of 
the sights which drew a crowd), and the Duke of Hamilton's 
noted bull " Sir Colin." From that year the total difference 
between the Ayrshire and other horned Scotch cattle has been 
recognised by the Society, and at Newcastle, 1864, there were 
separate Ayrshire and Scotch Horned Classes ; at Kilburn (In- 
ternational), 1879, separate Ayrshire and West Highland 
Classes ; at Newcastle, 1887, separate Classes for the Ayrshire 
and Highland breeds respectively ; and at Manchester, Hull, 
Liverpool, Carlisle, York and Preston, special Classes for Ayr- 
shires, other horned Scotch cattle being omitted from the prize 
schedule. It is not, perhaps, necessary to follow here the Ayr- 
shires in competition among " other established breeds," or in 
the Classes for " dairy cattle " at the Society's Shows. 
The exhibition of Ayrshires at Windsor was the best ever 
seen at a Royal Show. The Scotch breeders had quite entered 
into the spirit of the Jubilee year, and the extra large sums of 
money offered in prizes no doubt persuasively supplemented 
other inducements to send their very best animals so far from 
home. Several English breeders also exhibited good animals. 
Before noticing the Classes in detail it may be as well to offer a 
few general remarks upon them. The increasing prevalence of 
light colours could scarcely fail to strike any one glancing over 
the Classes in full recollection of the exhibits for many years past. 
Whether correlation may be traced between certain colours or 
certain markings, and the increased production of milk, butter, 
or cheese, or whether colour is merely a plaything in the hands 
of breeders, for the gratification of fancy, we need not now 
inquire too closely. The indulgence of taste in such matters is 
not to be scorned, so long as it is reasonable and does not run 
