Points for Judging Ayrshire Cattle.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1483, 17 October 1885, Page 2

Points for Judging Ayrshire Cattle.

The following sealeof points.fpr Ayr*- Wshire*cattle has been adopted 6}^e&y*[- 1 1. shire Agricultural Association : — r 1. Head short,- fiirehe^J wide, nojse fine betweeii'fche iriu'zzle 1 a'tiH' the* 'eyes, mtizzje large,, eyes. full F and lively, horns . wide ''set ' oil,' inclining upwards >;5 -leh''<--1 ;2. Neck moderately -long and straight from the .head; t;o the top, of the> shoulder, } free from lqosp r skin-on:. the, under sirle, fine at its junction witli. the iieaa,'. and .', ■enlarging symmetrically towards,, the - Sjhlo'ultleVs -'five points. i!f ;-: ! ' lj "'^M u...{ T 3. Fore-quart'ers^-sh6iilderß sloping, withers line, chest sufficientl) broad and vto ehfeiire :constitutiqnl, brisket <i|'nd!j 1 whole fore-quarter slight, the bow gradu- ■ ally increasing m depth and width backward ; five points. ■ ■ •■• r . „— — •4. Baq^^qrt and. straight jspuie t we|l defined, especially at the shoulders ; short ." arphed.; |the b9dy"deep.a|; the. .flahk^. -„ '$}* l &inft-'faarters' "lon>, '"broad/ - anA- «- straight, liook bones wide apart, and n6i : <i - : overlaid with fat, thighs' deep and broad;! lafllong, slender, and pet on j^ thp back ; eisflit points.^/ w __ , :6. Udder capacfous"^S3"~ not fleshyj hinder wart broad and firmly attached to ; the body, the sole nea|-l^ level, and extending well foi^ard^piik v^ns about „ udjcler and abdotijfen wa|? de^e"^ed ; the , teats from 2in to^2^pfsiii/length, equal m thickness, thefthic^JQCiid^ljeiqgin proportion to the le%th,fhangjb^perpendicuiarly ; their distance I ' apart" at r the sides should be equSl to abqut.onerthitia of the .length of the vessel, arid~-a i cross to about onfe-half of the breadth; thirty-thr-e • points^ ' • " . tli^ bones fine, the joints firm; tbreV ...points. .. r» - t t* f Sl.in^f?a%ff r emic) M^Shj with sol', closer woolly hair t • five- points; \i 9. Col ur rel, of any , „. -'..a ■ .or jwhite, qrjfa/imixturejjQ^ifclie^seq/each being distinctly define:!. I3rindle ;bp..|ililb'fc' ) and' 1 white" is iiotui favour^' tllr,ee ; j '> pointkv •• - ' ■■■■*'■ '„,;;,, >•>> vi*-» I'D: Avoi-age livn weight m full milr, aliqut lOAcwt.; ei.^ljf jioints., [„,•,..;(- . .. I'l. GcnendiippearanceVinclu^ing style ami ■movement'- I ;' tun points:'"' ■' * : ' ' •' i -- Total, 100- points.'.:' ■ ry.-oT-Um *