English: Ayrshire cow Alice Douglas
Identifier: breedsoflivestoc00sand (find matches)
Title: The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity ..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Sanders, James Harvey, 1832-1899. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Livestock
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Sanders publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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racteristic of agood dairy cow — small head and neck, light fore quarters broaden-ing out into a comparatively large trunk, with large, wide hindquarters. The color, all the various shades of red from light redto brown, and frequently flecked with fine white spots, as shown inour illustrations. The Ayrshire Herd Book of America is underthe management of C. M. Winslow, Brandon, Vt. AYRSHIRE COW ALICE DOUGLAS 4398. The engraving on the opposite page is regarded as an unusuallyfaithful likeness of the Ayrshire cow Alice Douglas 4398, ownedMr. George A. Fletcher, of Milton, Mass. This cow has beenfrequently tested by her owner, and has a record of 407^ lbs. ofmilk in seven days, 1,695 ms- m thirty days, and 4,031 lbs. in eightydays. From Feb. 10 to Aug. 6, 1886—181 days — she gave 8,250lbs. of milk, an average per day of 45.56 lbs., or 21.19 quarts.When four months in milk she made a butter record of 10 lbs. 12oz. in seven days. Sketch made by Hills from a photograph fromlife. (416)
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AYRSHIRE COW GURTA 4th it8i. Calved 1879; bred by Thomas Guy, of Canada. This cow is adeep milker, having a record of 50 lbs. of milk per clay, and sheweighs nearly 1,200 lbs. She has been among the most prominentof the representatives of her breed at many of the leading live-stock shows of Canada and the United States. Owned by Messrs.Coldren & Lee, Iowa City, la. Sketched from life by Palmer. (418)
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