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of the greater Dumber, most carefully selected and liberally fed, from 653 
to 700 gallons is the very highest produce of each in the year. 
Upon his own farm, the size of which, ho says, is of an inferior nature, 
his cows produce only 550 gallons in a year 
Ayrshires in America. 
The Ayrshires were first imported to the United States in 1831. They 
Were different in appearance from what they are now, the colors being 
rither deep red, or brown flecked with white, many of them having black 
noses. They have been materially changed since then, and vary much in 
color. The most of them, however, retain the characteristic colors of tho 
breed, and whether they be dark red or black, they are generally more or 
less pied, mottled or blotched with white. 
Mr. Allen, himself a Short-Horn breeder, in his work, “American 
Cattle/’ sums up the Ayrshires as follows ; 
< « Their thirty-six years’ trial here has been successful. They are hardy, 
healthy, well fitted to our climate and pastures, and prove good milkers, 
both as to the imported originals and their progeny. Their flow of milk 
is cood in quantity and fair in quality ; yet, we must be permitted to say, 
that in this country they do not yield so much in quantity as is alleged 
they have produced in Scotland. The chief reason for this is obvious. 
Ayrshire has a moist climate— an almost continuous drizzle of rains, or 
moisture pervading it— making fresh, green pastures ; a cooler and more 
equable temperature in summer, and it is warmer in winter than with us. 
Our American climate is liable to extremes of cold in winter, heat in 
summer, and protracted droughts, for weeks, drying up our herbage. 
These differences alone account for a diminished yield in milk flora 
Scotch to the American Ayrshires. They have softer grasses for hay, 
and plenty of root-feeding in winter, which latter we have not. This 
fact of a diminished yield of milk on this side of the Atlantic is acknowl- 
edged by those most conversant with them in both countries. 
In the year 1837, we visited the Ayrshire herd of the late Mr. John P. 
Cushing, at Watertown, near Boston, Mass. They were of the choicest 
qualitv, imported by himself, on an order sent out to an experienced 
dealer in Ayrshire cattle, “without regard to price, so they are the best.”' 
Two or three of the cows were “prize” milkers at home, and certificates* 
duly verified, were sent with them of tho quantities of milk they had made. 
They had then been a year or more at Mr. Cushing s farm, and bad the 
best cf keep. We questioned the manager as to the quantities of milk 
Lhe c.ows gave since their arrival, compared with the certificate. Ilia 
answer was, “about one-third less, on an average. 1 he best ‘ prize cow 
gavo 33 quarts per day when at her maximum in Ayrshire, and 22 quart* 
