. Productive agriculture . t, produce an abundance of milk, are free fromdisease, and have a good family history. The records of a few leading Holstein cows follow: Name of Cow Pounds Milk Pounds Butterfat Duchess Skylark Ormsby . .Findeme Pride Johanna Rue . .Pontiac Clothilde De Kol ....Colantha 4ths Johanna .... 27,76128,40325,31827,432 120s I176 1017 998 i 4. Ayrshires. a. Origin and History. This breed of Scotchdairy cattle was developed in the county of Ayrshire, the Ayr-shire cattle werementioned in Scot-tish literature as earlyas 1750, not untilabout 1825 to 1850did t
. Productive agriculture . t, produce an abundance of milk, are free fromdisease, and have a good family history. The records of a few leading Holstein cows follow: Name of Cow Pounds Milk Pounds Butterfat Duchess Skylark Ormsby . .Findeme Pride Johanna Rue . .Pontiac Clothilde De Kol ....Colantha 4ths Johanna .... 27,76128,40325,31827,432 120s I176 1017 998 i 4. Ayrshires. a. Origin and History. This breed of Scotchdairy cattle was developed in the county of Ayrshire, the Ayr-shire cattle werementioned in Scot-tish literature as earlyas 1750, not untilabout 1825 to 1850did the breed assumedefinite characteris-tics. Holsteins, Dur-hams, and Jerseyswere used as thefoundation sourcesof this breed. Ayr-shires were importedinto the UnitedStates as early as 1822, but on account of small teats theirpopularity decreased and the breed was soon Withinrecent years a considerable number have been imported, butbecause of the fact that they were not advertised they have notbeen extensively Fig. 83. — An Ayrshire cow, showing the conformation,red and white color, uptiuming horns, and well-formedudder that stamp this breed. 184 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE The Ayrshires are mainly distributed in Scotland, Canada,Australia, the United States, Russia, Norway, and Sweden,They are better adapted than other breeds to severe climates,scant feed, and rough land, and are, therefore, generally found insuch places. In the United States they are found in New Englandand the Ozark Plateau. b. Characteristics. Ayrshire cattle are red, brown, and whitein color. They are much larger than the Jerseys but smallerthan the Holsteins. They are good milkers, but do not produceas much milk as the Holsteins, nor as rich milk as the is largely because of their failure to excel in one of these twopoints that the popularity of the Ayrshires has not been horns of this breed turn outward and upward and arewhite with black tips. Their udders are uniform and al
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