Milk and its products; a treatise upon the nature and qualities of dairy milk and the manufacture of butter and cheese . often spoken of as, belongingto the American type in contradistinction to thosefirst described, which are commonly known as of theCanadian or Scotch type. The Ayrshire ordinarily produces milk and butterin relatively large amounts for the amount of foodconsumed, but, considering the cow as an individual,the AjTshire does not yield so much milk as the Hol-stein, and the milk is not so rich as that of the Jerseyor Guernsey. Consequently they have to competewith all the other b
Milk and its products; a treatise upon the nature and qualities of dairy milk and the manufacture of butter and cheese . often spoken of as, belongingto the American type in contradistinction to thosefirst described, which are commonly known as of theCanadian or Scotch type. The Ayrshire ordinarily produces milk and butterin relatively large amounts for the amount of foodconsumed, but, considering the cow as an individual,the AjTshire does not yield so much milk as the Hol-stein, and the milk is not so rich as that of the Jerseyor Guernsey. Consequently they have to competewith all the other breeds, and they remain in pointof numbers distinctly below the other three breeds innearly all dairy localities. Shorthorns.—While the Shorthorn ranks amongthe leading beef breeds, it should also be consideredfrom the standpoint of the dair3^ The original Short-horn cow was a notable milk producer, and some ofthe earlier breeders gave attention to their develop-ment along this line, but the demand for beef over-shadowed the dairy, and many tribes and families ofShorthorns have been bred so. strongly for beef for. 72 Milk and Its Products so long a time that their dairy capacity has almost completely disappeared. On the other hand, a few breeders have maintained the milking qualities of their herds, and there are perhaps a dozen to twenty herds, scattered in various parts of the country, that are notable for dairy qualities, and are known as milking Shorthorns. In England, also, there has been a recent ^^^- ^^- ^^^^ ^iiorthom cow renewal of interest in milking Shorthorns, and there are several notable herds in that country. Most of the Shorthorns that show good milking qualities trace their descent to families that originated in the herd of Thomas Bates, one of the earliest and most famous of Shorthorn breeders. The Shorthorn originated in the valley of theriver Tees, in the counties of Durham, Northumber-land and Yorkshire, in northeastern England. Theyrank as the largest of
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