Arizona republican., 1898-01-29


 merous, and whole herds are known to have averaged 400 pounds in one year.
 A half a century ago there is little doubt that the cattle of the Channel cluster of islands were intermingled to an extent, more likely to the dis credit of any of the breeds, but at that date am interchange was stopp;d and since then the Jersey and GueTn- sey cattle have been kept pure. Great care through the A G. c. c. has been taken to build up the virtues of thedr breed of cattle in so many ways that they are today holding their own against the opposition that confr2n.s $ them.
 Their great scarcity and the de- mands made by the A. G. c. c. cause them to be less bred in their purity than are many other breeds. High prices have much to do with the slow deyelopment of the breed in America, though much crossing is being done with pure bred sires or native COWS.
 That the Guernsey COW is likely to become a. great factor in the dairy work of this country is certain, and today she stands far in the lead as 8 butter producer over many breeds. The richness of the milk, in color es- pecially, has gained for this breed a place in our cities for bottled milk sold daily to private customers. Guer- rseys are great consumers of feed, and can be made to give excellent re- turns for the feed given them.
 The Ayrshire breed of cattle came originally from Scotland. The Scotch are naturally stcckmen and all want of o1o Q ton was paid to the breeding of Ayr shires as prominent dairy cattle, they being we'll adapted to the rough pas lures of Scotland.
 What crosses were used to- produce this special breed is not deini ,ely known, but from the best authority we can find, the distinct breed of Ayrshires seems to have descended from the Teeswater of Holderness not Holslein), crossed upon the na- tive white wild cattle of Scotland. Specimens of these same wild cattle are still preserved in Chillingham Park, England.
 The Ayrshire is an industrious ani- mhl, her size near one thousand pounds, and her temperament renders her capable, if necessary, to struggle lOT 6AlSu6lc0 WfeuOuL WGttrluES WHICH early in her first introduction in New England made her popular on the stony, bleak hillsides of those states.
 We doubt if any other breed of cat tle ever came nearer being an all purpose animal than does this par ticular breed, and think it strange that she was not pushed more vigor- ously to the front. While cows of this breed never made such tests of butter as other breeds, she was qualified to be rated up with some other breeds that have no distinction in the dairy world, the sole and only objection to her for that distinctive purpose being her rather excitable temperament, which in the care of a careless, abus- i've attendant is not desirable qual- ity-developing sometimes into un- manageability or viciousness.
 Some lay claims that she is the most intelligent and methcdical cow ofa ny of the bneedS-that her air be- speaks the blood-that wild ancestral blodd that sweeps down a long line of !!descenGlanfs and crops out in every pure bred animal of the race.
 The frs. importation was in 1922, a. COW and a bull, which were lost sight of, though about 1928 to 1880 they began coming into this country quite plentifully. It is difficult to es- innate how many There are in the United States, owing to the fact that a large number have been purchased as family COWS and were not regis tered.