“LADY AYR," PROPERTY OF WALCOTT & CAMPBELL.

This breed of cattle, it is presumed, is but little known in Missouri. A few very choice thorough-breds have been very recently brought into St. Louis county, where there were previously a few grades. This is all that I have any information of in the State. After the information given in previous pages in regard to them, it is necessary to add

bat little more.

For the purpose of producing good dairy animals in Missouri, the introduction of the Ayrshires for crossing with our natives and with the Durhams, promises unquestionably the best results. They are small, compared with the Durhams; very hardy, easily kept, quiet and gentle in disposition, and well adapted to any part of Missouri, but more especially to the rougher portions of it. În proportion to the amount of food they require, they will yield a larger quantity of good milk than any other breed. In addition to this, with their hardiness and strength of constitution, they possess such fattening tendencies as will insure a profitable return from calves fattened for veal, from steers raised for beef, and from cows, which, having served their turn in the dairy, are at last dried of their milk and prepared for the shambles.

“The following points, given by the Ayrshire Agricultural Association, in 1853, 'as indicating superior quality,' will give an idea of the standard of Ayrshire cattle as recognized by the leading breeders: · Ilead short; forehead wide; nose fine, between the muzzle and the eyes; muzzle moderately large; eyes full and lively; horns widely set on, inclining upwards and curving slightly inwards; neck long and straight from the head to the top of the shoulders, free from loose skin on the under side, fine at its junction with the head, and the muscles symmetrically enlarging towards the shoulders; shoulders thin at the top; brisket light; the whole fore quarter thin in front, and gradually increasing in depth and width backwards; back short and straight; spine well defined, especially at the shoulders; short ribs, arched; the body deep at the flanks, and the milk veins well developed; pelvis long, broad and straight; hook (or hip) bones wide apart and not much overlaid with fat; thighs deep and broad; tail long and slender, and set on a level with the back; milk vessel (udder) capacious and extending well forward; hinder part broad and firmly attached to the body; the sole or under surface nearly level; the teats from two to two and a half inches in length, equal in thickness, and hanging perpendicularly; their distance apart at the sides should be equal to about one-third the length of the vessel, and across to about one-half of the breadth; legs short, the bones fine and the joints firm; skin soft and elastic, and covered with soft, close and wooly hair; the colors preferred are brown, or brown and white, the colors being distinctly defined; weight of the animal when fattened, about forty imperial stones, (that is, five hundred and sixty pounds) sinking the offal.?»*

In the month of September last I attended the annual fair of the New York State Agricultural Society, at Utica, located in the midst of the rich dairy region of that State. While there I purchased from the herd of Hon. Samuel Campbell, of the firm of Walcott & Campbell, New York Mills, several head of very fine young Ayrshires. They were bought for Leonard B. Holland, Esq., of St. Louis county, at whose place, about twelve miles west of St. Louis, they may now be seen. Among them is the beautiful two year old heifer“ Betty," whose dam is the famous “Lady Ayr," represented in the cut on page 69.

I trust I shall be excused for saying here, incidentally, that my visit with the gentlemanly proprietors of the New York Mills, whose kindness, affability, and whole-souled generosity is only equaled by their ability to gratify their inclinations, was too interesting and agreeable to be forgotten. The degree of systematic perfection exhibited throughout their extensive manufactories, the degree of thrift and prosperity attendant, the order, neatness and flourishing condition of the whole village, which is owned by the proprietors of the mills, was a sight worthy of all admiration. Such men as Messrs. Walcott and Campbell, are, in the true sense of the term, public benefactors. While enriching themselves, they benefit the poor and the lowly, benefit the State, and justly merit and receive the gratitude and admiration of all classes, from the highest to the lowest. There is no position in life more enviable, in my mind, than that occupied by these gentlemen, except perhaps that of being a thorough and successful farmer, and this latter they have to a considerale extent added to their manufacturing enterprises.

The regretful reflection recurred that while Missouri possesses superior advantages for establishments of this kind, so conducive to wealth and prosperity, her affluent citizens have not seen the propriety of engaging therein. Eastern manufacturers visit St. Louis, buy our cotton, transport it a thousand miles in round numbers, manufacture it and send it back here to supply our wants. To be truly successful and prosperous, we should manufacture, where we have every facility for doing so, sufficient to supply our own wants, and have a surplus to send to other markets.

One of the editors of the Country Gentleman recently paid a visit to the New York Mills, and gave the following account of the herd of Ayrshires, and some other matters of interest to agriculturists:

VISIT TO HON. SAMUEL CAMPBELL'S, AT NEW YORK MILLS.

The New York Mills, a few miles from Utica, have long been noted for manufacturing a superior quality of bleached cotton goods. They are not surpassed, we believe, by any American manufactory.

These mills are three in number, situated along the Saquoit creek, and distant from each other some half to three-quarters of a mile. The first mill is only a mile or so above Whitesboro, at which point the stream empties into the Mohawk. Up the Saquoit valley, from Whitesboro to Cassville, there is almost one continued line of machinery, and millions of dollars are here invested in manufactories, noted all over the land for the perfection of their work. Among them the New York Mills hold a prominent place. In the vicinity of the great Central Mills is the village known as York Mills, composed mainly of houses occupied by the operatives, and owned exclusively by Messrs. Walcott & Campbell, the proprietors of the cotton mills. You may travel a long distance over the country, and nowhere find a neater, more quiet or pleasanter little village than York Mills. Everything about the village and about the mills has an air of neatness and perfection which one rarely sees elsewhere in a business of such vast proportions. On a pleasant day in October, in company with our good friend R. H. Pomeroy, of the Mohawk Valley Bank, we drove out to Mr. Campbell's to take a look at the farm, the herd of Ayrshires, and the great barn, not yet quite completed, on the flats, near the Central Mill.

Perhaps no man in Oneida county is more loved and respected than

Samuel Campbell. His strict integrity, high sense of honor and munificent charities have given him an enviable reputation, and the highly complimentary vote at the late election, which makes him State Senator for his district, indicates the esteem in which he is held by all classes of people.

His princely residence is on high grounds, between the central and lower mills. The grounds are beautifully laid out with broad avenues, skirted with evergreens, the whole forming one of the most delightful suburban villas in this part of the State.

Here we found Mr. Campbell, and at once proceeded to the stables and fields to look over the stock. The herd of imported and thoroughbred Ayrshires embraces between thirty and forty head, and is pronounced, by competent judges, the best herd in this country. We ought, perhaps, to remark here that although Mr. Campbell is a breeder and importer of Ayrshire stock, the main object has been not so much for making sales as for pastime or a relaxation from immense business cares, together with considerations of a practical character connected with his business. The idea, we believe, of accumulating a herd first

, grew out of philanthropic motives. The workmen at the mills found it difficult to obtain milk, and Mr. C., ever mindful of the necessities of those in his employ, undertook to supply them with a pure article, at reasonale rates. Accustomed to do everything in the best possible manner, it seemed to him that the best stock for milking purposes and the best milk could be had from thorough-breds, or at least thorough-breds and grades raised under his own immediate supervision; and thus, in a practical way, and for purposes entirely different from those actuating the general run of those in possession of thoroughbred stock, are the public indebted for the collection of this magnificent herd.

So far as making money by stock growing, we presume it has never entered into the calculation of either Mr. Campbell or Mr. Walcott. But in having the best, and being able to send out an animal that is to improve the stock of the country, of course both must feel a just pride. We write this in justice to Mr. Campbell, who has not expected a notice at our hands, nor should we refer to this herd were it not that we feel that we are doing a real service to the public.

Some of the animals of the herd have a wide reputation and a history of their own. Thus, it may be of interest to some to know that the noted cow Ayrshire Lass is tenderly cared for, although now of little value. She is between seventeen and eighteen years years old, and Mr. Gibson, the intelligent herdsman, informed us that during the past season she gave twenty-three pounds of milk at one milking.

The imported cow Handsome Nell, which took the first premium at the State fair two years ago, is now five years old, and her clean limbs, beautiful mottled color and fine points show that she deserved it. Her record is twenty-three pounds to a milking. White Lily gave twenty-two pounds, and Lady Ayr twenty-four