The Globe-republican., 1900-10-04
Axr.htre Cattle.

their present fixed form The breed is
among the youngest of well established |
type Careful writer's of a little more
than hundred years ago failed even
to mention this breed. and the cattle
of Ayrshire described in 1925 bear lit
tie resemblance to the present stock
of the country and must have been
only foundation race, small, unshape>
1y and generally black, with white
markings.
The Ayrshire breed has been built
up within the nineteenth century by
the liberal use of blood from the cattle
of England, Holland and the Channel
Islands The exact facts and methods
are unknown, but the result teStihes
to the good judgment in selection and
breeding of those who carried on the
work The Ayrshire of the present
day-whfch is found best developed in
Cunningham, the upper and most fer
tile OF the three divisions of this coun-
ty-bears strong resemblance to the
Jersey in certain features; and in
form, color and horn it resembles the
| wild white cattle of Chi1lingham Park.
Many people believe the cattle to be
| direct and but slightly varied descend
| ants OF the original wild cattle of Great.
Britain There is a wel1-dehned ten
| dency in the improved Ayrshire to be-
come lighter in. color, many almost
| white. This is additional evidence of a
| strong Infusion of the blood last men
| toned at some period in the history
| of the breed.
The first Aryshires, in America were
/ brought to New York IN 1922. They,
/ were imported. into New England in
| 1880 and into. Canada. IN 1897. In 1887
| there was quite a large herd in Massa-
| chusetts, and several 3mportations were
made prior to I845. From that time
until 1875 there were more or less i'm
| portationss yearly, but there have since
been less. This breed has been. a.
spcial favorite for dairy purposes, in
Canada and highly esteemed in the
New England states and parts OF New
York. Elsewhere in this country these
cattle do not seem to be so we'll known
as their established merits deserve.
| Unless it be the little Irish Kerry.
there is COW which eXcels, the Ayr
shire in obtaining subsistence and do
ing well on wide range of seanty pas
ture or in thriving and giving a dairy
profit upon the coarsest of forage. 1.-The
natural hardihood OF constitution rem
ders these cattle admirably adapted to
grazing on broken and rugged pas
lures and in sterner weather than
would be conducive to the well-being
OF cows of some other breeds. The
end sought in perfecting the breed has
been a large yield of milk without ex-
travagance of food. It is characteristic
of the Ayrshire that she carries her
weight only, and lives only, to serve
dairy interests with the utmost econ
omy and utilization of food. Yet, like
all other good dairy cattle, the Ayr
shire responds promptly and probably
| to liberal feeding. The Scotch have 2
| saying, taught by experience, that
1.-The cow gives her milk by the mou'.'
Poultry Briefs.
We recently saw the statement tina
r | one big buyer of poultry in the ives
| follows the practice of sorting out the
thoroughbred males among his pur
chased lots and selling them back te
the farmers at cost price to improve
The trader knows there is more none,
in dealing in good stock than In poo
and takes the opportunity to insur;
| himself good quality of stock in thu
future. He evidently expects to re
main in the business for a number O
| years and to reap the fruit of his work
In fact. there is kind of live stool
that responds quicker to good breeding
than poultry A good full-bloodet
male will give a flock of laying half
breeds in eight months Improvement
and it is so easy that there is no rea
son why it should not be general
There was probably never time il
the history of the country when tn.
demand for fresh eggs and for fame.
! poultry was great it is at pres
ent time 1t is said that in Europe
the consumption Of eggs is greater
| even than in this country, and that tn.
supply comes mostly from a multitude
OF small farms, iarg9 Establishment
being unusual. This is doubtless tru,
and indicates the future lines OF de
velopment in this country. The con
( ditions for raising poultry are founc
everywhere, from the Arctic to tn,
| Antarctic circle, and small investment
: | is required to start the business Ths
l result is that big establishments ar,
not natural, and few poultry farm.
reach the size their owners once hoped
The condition is a healthy one. TIL,
! poultry industry at 1esst does not tend
to the concentration of wealth.
SkimmiIk is rot only a yaIuabI.
: food for chicks. but it also increase.
the power OF the chicks to consume ans
: | use other food. That Is the youns
chickens Will eat more of other foot
by reason of having had the skim
| milk. This effect is just the opposite
of what might be expected, for, hav
ing received the milk it might reason