Productive farming . lie. 173.—School-boys and young farmers studying a Hereford.(Agricultural Education.;. Fig. 174.—Points of cattle shown on a Brown Swiss bull. M, muzzle; D, dewlap;B, barrel; L, loin; HP, hip or hook; R, rump; P, pin bone; T, thigli; H, liock;S, switch. than the Jerseys. In form the Ayrshires are somewhat plumpand less angular than any of the other dairy breeds (Fig. 172).The calves are very good for veal. The milk-producingproperties of Ayrshires are very much like the Holsteins,the yields being large and the milk not so rich in fat as theJerseys. The milk has much total
Productive farming . lie. 173.—School-boys and young farmers studying a Hereford.(Agricultural Education.;. Fig. 174.—Points of cattle shown on a Brown Swiss bull. M, muzzle; D, dewlap;B, barrel; L, loin; HP, hip or hook; R, rump; P, pin bone; T, thigli; H, liock;S, switch. than the Jerseys. In form the Ayrshires are somewhat plumpand less angular than any of the other dairy breeds (Fig. 172).The calves are very good for veal. The milk-producingproperties of Ayrshires are very much like the Holsteins,the yields being large and the milk not so rich in fat as theJerseys. The milk has much total solid matter in it, thus 268 PRODUCTIVE FARMING making its food value very high. It is valuable for cheesemaking. The colors among Ayrshires are red, brown andwhitej these colors often being mixed. The breed is muchmore common in Quebec, Ontario, New England, and NewYork than in other parts of the country. Exercise.—Breeds of Cattle.—The breeds of cattle thatare most used in any section are the ones that should bestudied most. The class may be taken to near-by placesfor this purpose, or the anima
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