The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-24
THE AYRSHIRE AS A oAlsv COW
Milk is Especially Well suited Tor
Shipment and Handllng--Most
Promising Cow Of Newer

Ucularly adapted 10 the prO0uctlon OF
milk for the milkman and for table
use, as her medium size, vigorous ap-
petite and easy keeping qualities
make her an economical producer.
while her even, uniform production
makes her a reliable supply, and the
richness Of her milk in total solids
places it above suspicion from city
milk inspectors, says the Rural New
Yorker Her milk is particularly
adapted to transportation, as II does
not churn or sour easily, and when
poured back and forth a few times
will readily mix the cream back into
the milk, which will not again read
lily separate, giving It a uniform
quality until the last is sold or used.
1t has a good body, is rich looking
and never looks blue. The milk itself
being evenly balanced with casein
and butter fat is complete food
easily digested, nutritious, and is
particularly adapted TO children. and
invallds. Stomachs that are weak
and unable to digest other milk, find
no trouble with Ayrshire cows milk.
Until recently, in Scotland, Canada
and the United States, the effort OF
breeders of Ayrshire cattle has been
directed toward a uniformly high
standard OF dairy production from
the bread as a whole, little attention
being paid to developing the indi-
vidual superiority of the breed in her
dairy yield. This quality of the Ayr
shire, the result of the general breed
ing, was particularly noticeable at
the Pan-American exposition in the
comparative dairy yield OF the Ayr
shire with that OF other dairy breeds
That test showed the least margin OF
difference between the highest and
lowest dairy yield in the Ayrshire of
any of the breeds, showing uni
formly high class Of cows, none pbe-
nomenally good, and none particular
ly poor, but with remarkable uniform
yields OF late years the Scotch
have instituted form of test for Two
days, called the Derby, testing the
again at home as dairy COW, COM
bining the two in making the final
award. In Canada the Canadian gov
ernment has recently instituted peri
odical tests of different dairy breeds
under the specific direction Of each
breed through its association. the ex-
pense of which is paid for by the
Canadian government. Under this
management the Canadian Ayrshire
association has recently formulated
rules and regulations for governing a
| series of yearly tests for Ayrshire
cows to admit them to advanced reg
istry.
In the United States there have
been a few breeders who for good
many years kept private records of
the amount of milk given by the in
dividual cows in their herds, but un-
I'll the advent Of the Babcock testor
there was no uniform method by
quality of the milk, consequently
only one side OF the yield from the
cows was known. Since the expert
ment stations throughout the United
| States have, in their experimental
work turned their attention to the
skillful handling of milk, the Ayr
| shire breeders association have es-
| ,a-..am-a - s.,--.I q. hJHe dairy
tests for the breed carefully guarded
at home against mistakes, and peri
odcally inspected by the experiment
| station where the herd is located. At
the last annual meeting the associa-
! tion, in order to doubly guard the
4 work done in testing, changed the
, rules governing the tests, adopted
monthly inspection by the experiment
stations and dropped all but yearly
| tests.
1t is the belief OF the Ayrshire
| breeders association that while daily,
weekly and monthly tests are inter-
estng, in way, they are misleading
| as to the real value of COW, and the
desire OF the association is to produce
| and make public the real profit de-
| rived from the COW in her normal
condition. doing her regular dairy
work of a breeding dairy COW. A
COW must be kept the whole year at
| an expense, and whether or not she
is paying investment depends upon
the receipts from her for the full
time she is kept.
1t is, perhaps, too soon to predict
the future of the youngest of the
dairy breeds but the few results we
have obtained from ofiicial tests since
the system was inaugurated, have
raised high hopes for the future
standing of this breed in the produc-
ton of dairy products of a high or
der with a minimum cost for pro-
| duction.
The dairy future OF the Ayrshire
COW is assured, and a position OF no
mean order awaits her in the supply
of the dairy product for the milk
trade, also in the production of but
ter, but to obtain leadership in util-
ity she must sacrifice some of the
beauty lines that have for so long
attracted the eye of the beholder II
has been thought by some breeders
that the Ayrshire COW might be bred
for both the show ring and for the