Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Preston, 1885. 663 
Beport of the Judges of Ayrshire Cattle. 
Ayrshires, though very few in number, were exceedingly choice in quality 
and merit, and those in competitioa Avould have held their own anywhere 
against the best of the breed. 
In Class 95 — Bulls from Two to Five Years Old — there were only two 
entered, sire and son, and both were forward. The older bull, calved in 
1881, was placed first ; but both were really first-rate animals, and magnificent 
specimens of the breed. 
In Class 96 — Yearling Bulls — there was only one competitor, but he was 
■well entitled to the first prize. 
In Class 97 — Tliree-year-old Cows — only two of the three entered were 
forward, and while both were exceedingly good, we had no difficulty in 
awarding the first prize to No. 912, a perfect beauty, and a model of an 
Ayrshire. 
The Two-year-old Heifers — Class 98 — were very "symmetrical indeed, the 
one awarded the first prize being well-nigh a perfect specimen of a young 
Ayrshire. 
The only Yearling Heifer entered was a truly excellent animal, so meri- 
torious and full of promise as to well deserve the first prize. 
Andrew Allan. 
T. Bowstead. 
II. Feaenall. 
Daiey Cattle. 
For this very interesting competition, in which the prizes 
were awarded by results, the Council wisely granted a consider- 
able sum, and it is to be regretted that the competition was not 
more extensive, especially among younger cows and heifers. 
The first prize went, without much difficulty in selection, to 
Mr. Joseph Phillips's fine old cow " Red Cherry " (No. 919), 
which scored an easy win in appearance, and satisfied the 
Judges as to her capacity for the pail, both in quantity and 
quality. This cow is one of the old-fashioned Lincolnshire red 
Shorthorns, of which many unpedigreed families exist in that 
county, but of which the blood is unquestionably pure ; and their 
excellence is attested by the high estimation in which they are 
held for dairy, grazing, and stall-feeding purposes. She has 
one point which seems to testify in favour of the Jersey-men's 
idea of the value of the escutcheon as an indication of milkine- 
properties, showing a finely developed one. Her udder is very 
large and well shaped, the milk veins are highly developed, and 
the yield of milk is as high as four gallons daily for several 
months in the year. She is also capable of making a consider- 
able return as beef when her powers as a " milky mother of the 
herd " shall terminate, and is certainly well worthy the place she 
gained as the premier Dairy Cow. The remaining competitors 
do not call for special mention, except for their dairy qualifica- 
tions, which are fully set forth in the accompanying Table (p, 664) 
of the quantity and value of each sample with its analysis. All 
