. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE AYRSHIRE 293 specimens of Ayrshires in the test were fine examples of the breed, which did not obtain with some of the other breeds. The best Ayrshire in the test, Betsy ist, produced pounds milk, which tested per cent fat and yielded in estimated butter pounds. She was eighth in rank among the fifty cows, giving a net profit of ^, compared with the Guernsey, Mary Marshall, first, with a net profit of $ In comparisons made at various experiment stations and at fairs the Ayrshire has usually stood second to the Ho
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE AYRSHIRE 293 specimens of Ayrshires in the test were fine examples of the breed, which did not obtain with some of the other breeds. The best Ayrshire in the test, Betsy ist, produced pounds milk, which tested per cent fat and yielded in estimated butter pounds. She was eighth in rank among the fifty cows, giving a net profit of ^, compared with the Guernsey, Mary Marshall, first, with a net profit of $ In comparisons made at various experiment stations and at fairs the Ayrshire has usually stood second to the Holstein-Friesian in milk production, but below this in butter fat. Ayrshire milk for cheese making has long been a standard for making Cheddar cheese in Scotland, where it is made on a large scale in the Ayrshire district. Containing as it does about the. Fig. 132. In the Ayrshire ring at the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Show, at Glasgow, 1897. Photograph by the author Standard amount of fat and solids for cheese making, this milk is regarded with favor for this purpose. In cheese tests at the Ontario Experimental Farm 100 pounds of Ayrshire milk pro- duced pounds of curd, compared with an average of for all breeds and grades. Professor Robert Wallace, the well-known Scotch authority, states that the Ayrshire is essentially a cheese dairy cow on account of the comparatively small-sized butter-fat globules of the milk and the abundance of the curd-making material it contains. The Ayrshire as a producer of beef ranks among the first of the dairy breeds. It is natural for animals of this breed to carry somewhat more flesh than the more refined dairy type. Ayrshire steers feed to make a very salable carcass, with a killing quality. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb,
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