Year Book of the Ayrshire Breeders

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... expense, and your secretary informed them that if that were a fact, our association would probably do the same. The Ayrshire, Holstein, Jersey and Guernsey breeds were represented at that meeting. The Secretary--At the last meeting, we left over for consideration at this meeting the matter of revision of scale of points. A committee was appointed consisting of the late J. D. W. French and myself. We had one meeting in consultation, and decided to recommend the change of points relating to length of teat, and in place of 2 1-2 to 3 inches in length, substitute 3 to 3 1-2 inches, and left the rest open for a future meeting which did not take place. After his death I prepared the report alone, making some changes with the view of giving the Ayrshire cow a little more of a dairy type than formerly, eliminating some of the beef form of the'Scotch type, which report was read before the Executive committee this morning and carefully discussed, point by point, with the result of the following scale of points, recommended by the Executive Committee for adoption by the Association: SCALE OF POINTS OF AYRSHIRE BULL. ( Adopted January 16, 1901.) The points desirable in the female are generally so in the male, but must, of course, be attended with that masculine character which is inseparable from a strong and vigorous constitution. Even a certain degree of coarseness is admissable; but then it must be so exclusively of masculine description as never to be discovered in a female of his get. 1. The head of the bull mayr be shorter than that of the cow, but the frontal-bone should be broad, the muzzle good size, throat nearly free from hanging folds, eyes full. The horns should have an upward turn, with sufficient size at the base to indicate strength of constitution 10...