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A good Ayrshire' cbWVwil.give.'SOO'gdiloili' of " tnilk, 480 pounds of cheese, ; or 200 pounds ! of butter, peir annum. She herself weighs about 480 pounds and many instances are known .where .the ;- annual milk., product; weighed six times, the cow -„ which 5 gave it; Professor Arnold quotes one which,' _/ weighing JOBO pouhcls gaVe* frbnPBOOO to '8000 : pounds o£milk annually, that of 1874 being 8271 ; pourids..>?TThe milk;6f.the ; Ayrshire, »h«n testejjl; - i with the microscope, is found well .stocked with nitrogenous matter, and the butter jglobuW^r* , niiinteroUs but Very "unequal in size. ' This aPfacli. Ab,ho doubt/ prejudicial to the ■ ; -JlfrsHife_in i bali*'r : comparisons for the! butter is not 'all' got, czi* t cept! by jVery/,B^ilful churning, A pound of butter v usually, obtained 'Jqofa. 2^ pounds or t| gsiloot r . of^'milk'i but -onVold ;ricli ?p»f tjure^ or 'when, fed ' the quaßtiVreqwrcd will bir^uc«d% •»ftfc' !

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Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1081, 24 January 1879, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1081, 24 January 1879, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1081, 24 January 1879, Page 6