Profitable dairying; a manual for farmers, dairymen and students . rock Estate. It was at this exposition held at Buffalo that the ten-year-oldGuernsey cow, Mary Marshall, produced 5,611 pounds of milk,yielding pounds of butter fat in a test covering a period ofsix months. The performances of Yeksa Sunbeam and Dolly Bloom,both Guernsey cows, are explained in a note accompanying the illus-trations. r Ayrshire—These cows are found principally in New Englandand Eastern States and Canada. They originally came from Scot-land and possess a great deal of merit. Like the Holstein-Friesianthey a
Profitable dairying; a manual for farmers, dairymen and students . rock Estate. It was at this exposition held at Buffalo that the ten-year-oldGuernsey cow, Mary Marshall, produced 5,611 pounds of milk,yielding pounds of butter fat in a test covering a period ofsix months. The performances of Yeksa Sunbeam and Dolly Bloom,both Guernsey cows, are explained in a note accompanying the illus-trations. r Ayrshire—These cows are found principally in New Englandand Eastern States and Canada. They originally came from Scot-land and possess a great deal of merit. Like the Holstein-Friesianthey are as a rule persistent milkers. They are medium sized animals,weighing about 1000 pounds. The milk of this breed of cows isparticularly adapted for cheese making, owing to the small size of itsfat globules and its relatively large casein content. The milk testsusually from to per cent fat. At the Pan American Expositionthe five Ayrshire cows ranked second in milk production, yielding55 pounds per cow for each day of the test. 24 P R 0 FITABLE DAIRYING. Typical Ayrshire cow. Xoticc the peculiar shape of the horns ami the cliaracterislic markingsof this breed. Breed Pounds of Per Cent Pounds of Milk Fat Fat Holstein 24612 4,53 Guernsey 24008 Jersey 17557 Ayrshire 23022 THE WORLDS CHAMPION COWS OF THE FOUR LEADING DAIRYBREEDS ON MAY 1. 1915, WITH YEARLY RECORDS. Name Finderne Hollinger FayneMurne CowanSophie of Hood FarmAuchenbain Brown Kate 4th Dual Purpose Breeds—In addition to the above leading dairyherds, there have been developed milking strains of the so-calleddual purpose breeds that give promise in the dairy world. Chiefamong these are the Brown Swiss, the Red Polled and the MilkingShorthorns. It is argued in support of these breeds that their calveswill help to supply the market for baby-beef and that their carcassesare much more valuable to the butcher than those of the strictlydairy breeds. It is quite probable,
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