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Show QUALITIES OF THE AYRSHIRE Animal Is Quite Intelligent, Quick to Learn and of. Retentive Memory Easy to Milk. The general appearance of an Ayrshire, Ayr-shire, as you look at her, is striking, being alert and full of life and reserved re-served energy. She is a healthy cow, rarely having ailments of body and adder, and you seldom see an Ayrshire cow but that has four healthy quarters quar-ters in her tidder and gives a uniform quantity of milk from each. She is a very persistent milker, giving a uniform quality well up toward calving, calv-ing, and many of them are dried off with difficulty. She is very Intelligent, quick to learn and of a retentive memory, easily taught to take the same place in the stable and, if required to change, will in a few days readily take the new place. She is quiet and pleasant to milk, not easily disturbed, dis-turbed, and will as a rule yield her milk as readily to one milker as to another, and does not seem disturbed by any amount of noise in the stable. As a dairy cow she is particularly adapted to' the production of milk for the milkman and for table use, as her medium size, vigorous appetite and easy keeping qualities make her an economical producer, 'while her even, uniform production makes her a reliable reli-able supply, and the richness of her milk in total solids places it above suspicion from city milk inspectors. Her milk is particularly adapted to transportation, as it does not churn or sour easily, and when poured back and forth a few times will readily mix the craam back into the milk, which will not again readily separate, giving it a uniform quality until the last is sold or used. It has a good body, is rich looking and never looks blue. The milk itself being easily balanced with casein and butter fat, Is a complete food, easily digested, nutritious, and is particularly adapted to children and invalids. Stomachs that are weak and unable to direct other milk find no trouble with Ayrshire Ayr-shire cow's milk. Appliance for Milking Cow. pail or milking machine to a cow whe tied in the open or in a stable, the cow is taken to a particular structure struc-ture and is confined therein while being be-ing milked. The engraving shows a cross section of a cow stall or stable and an adjoining compartment where the milker is located. |
