Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-12-04
9grifultural.


Ayrshire Cattle
Asrhira is in the southwestern part of
Scotland, and extends along the eastern coast
~ tie Firth Of Clyde and the North Chan
rel Mr. Nouatt >ays The climate is
i'pi-r but mild and the sill with It's pro
duce. is calculated {, render It the finest dairy
COUNTRY in Scotland, and equal perhaps to
any IN Great Britain. There l. u great deal
pi permanent pasture nn tie sides and tops
81 The hills but the greater pant Of the ar
able land is pasture and crop alternately.
ilc pasture ground Is occupied by the beau
u-uI dairy stick. a very small portion Of il
being reserved for tie tartcnins of c1ws too
Old FOR milk
Here, about century a.l. began a zerie
OF improvements in dairy stock. which,
though not over promising at fret, has re-
suited IN the production of a breed Of cattle
which has come 70 be recognized among in
teliigent dairy men, quite generally, as one Of
the bes', II not the very best breed for dairy
purposes.
Mr.. Alton, in his Treatise on the Dairy
Breed Of Cows - thus describes the Ayrshire
cattle - The shapes most approved Of are
had small. bat rather long and narrow al
the muzzle the eye small, bat smart and
lively the horns small. clear. crooked, and
their roots Mt eonsiderab e distance from each
other Hcot long and slender, tapering to-
ward the head. with no loose SkIn peio"
shoulders thin fore quarters hslt h'ad
quarters large tQrt straight, broad nehlnd'
the points rather loose ana open carcass
ueep' ana psirN caraci'us ana VIDE over tLe
hVS' WIN round, ho>hy 'lItoo.S t0it long
ana small hgS small ana short, Win hflh
1o'AfS uaaer clracl9us, broad ana square
stretching forward, and neither leShy. low
hunS, nor loose tie nag rams large ana
Prominent f.a'S short, all pointing outward
anu ar e'.sidelih.e distance from eaen
o't.T SIN tair ana loose ha'r ellt ana
""1iy. Inc H.ea. .'q.S' h0TAS' ana an l'ar-r
'i i'aN r4lne, small ana the general jgl"'
compact and wei rr'I1ru1ned- Mr' nan
NiH' says - c.Nl arei WIN otner lmproNeu
'.rrI9' tie H'ghS- 'i what J., called the fl'tN
OBJ l'e ayrshire GOV" are mn. Hlc Dr. ei-ir-
"'l,'i7' really not t.faZ animal.
MI J. 'la5t 7lt7 lhe ayrshire ''-Illi-
or ",'e' ''ieiF 'iiit '-iI- -'.'.--'.- 10 '''
.,'''i'. SIe1' '- ,-'.'t ...,-- -'' 'A9
ana WIS" J-,h not r.iat h'.-A', .I- "'.l'1
.' lne h', e-A''.- ana -il-' "h' IIH I'D '..e
i'''NS. experience o''"'l .''-u' leu
,D'S' ''' 'Ne o'ii-eI ueiioe % ug %
e'e small native nreci Win 'He "e'' VH'y1 ava
I"P'i,'i from lie 9'ulA' "a7 '5Ng 'I
SNAPPED animal, not murh improved as
IlilNeF' ana ite disposition 90 l'' i"lle ii-''ly
decreased
ne origin 'i At'7,-lle CD" j. even NJ"
Li",''' o' our i''''- I.'' "--t,' ,H'''' %
i'l part "i >c'iIahi were sl.iall' lli len anu
III treated ana "Heh tNei Ihi PROV eiieo. De
gan Il II quite lT"4A'e li". lLe eA'il7 were
fAite "e'ultoTy' ana "Ila'Nl any design ~
pdia D. Il niecd ol cattle lial sAouid take
p'e-emiHence Or a4alI! 7t'eh.
One point only seems L. be well establish
go. ana that is t.at there was strong lnius-
ION Oh loreIgn blood Ly some DO Is claimed
% have been oil snort horn. and there are
S1ur'-Aorn breeders who persist % tins day ~
ealing the Ayrshire grades ohort-horns- by
others It is claimed that the new blood wa-
OF some oi the Channel Island breeds but
TIE natural characteristics of the different
breeds clsprJve this theory. There are var
Gus other theories on the subject, No they
all lack the one tang uecdiul-Ir1Jt g. sGs-
tim them.
Without doubt when thcImpr lyement was
once begun, more generous system of feed
ING and a better course of treatment general
ly, was adopted. and the change In the gen
eial CHARACTERISTICS oil Tie STOCK was RAPID
aud very marked. At any rate the Ayrshire
cattle are now a well marked and well defined
breed, and are 50 acknowledged by all writ
ers, and most bre ders of every class, and
have long been distinguished for their re-
markable dairy qualities, for tie quantity of
milk they yield IN proportion TO the size of
the animal and the amount Of food con-
sumed.
Many farmers, unable to rcfutc the claims
of the admirers of the Avrslirps. console