 | William Harley - 1829 - 390 pages
...were among the first of the stranger breed that reached Cunningham. ." The Earl of Marchmount, about 1750, purchased from the Bishop of Durham several cows and a bull of the Teeswater or some English breed, all of a brown colour spotted with white, and his lordship kept them some time at his... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1850 - 646 pages
...attention to crossing, rearing, and feeding. Some have alleged, that the dairy breed of Ayrshire has come from Holland, and others have ascribed to them...noblemen into Ayrshire, at about the same period, from Glasgow. They were of greater size than the native breed of Scotland, and some of these having, from... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - Patents - 1850 - 710 pages
...principal improvement upon that breed has been by better feeding and treatment. The Earl of Mafchmont, about the year 1750, purchased from the Bishop of...dairy stock of Ayrshire has since been changed. These werecrossed with the stock of many farmers. Several cows of a brown color were introduced by gentlemen... | |
 | Charles Louis Flint - Cows - 1859 - 428 pages
...reached that region. About 1750, a little previous to the above date, the Earl of Marchmont bought of the Bishop of Durham several cows and a bull of the Teeswater breed, all of a brown color spotted with white, and kept them some time at his seat in Berwickshire.... | |
 | Charles Louis Flint - Cows - 1867 - 444 pages
...reached that region. About 1750, a little previous to the above date, the Earl of Marchmont bought of the Bishop of Durham several cows and a bull of the Teeswater breed, all of a brown color spotted with white, and kept them some time at his seat in Berwickshire.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 618 pages
...that breed has been by better feeding and treatment. The Earl of Marchmont, about the year 17.r>0, purchased from the Bishop of Durham several cows and...noblemen into Ayrshire, at about the same period, from Glasgow. They were of greater size than the native breed of Scotland, and some of these having, from... | |
 | South Africa. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1913 - 1142 pages
...perfected by crossing, and the Ayrshire also falls into line in this respect. In 1750 the Earl of Marchmont purchased from the Bishop of Durham several cows and...bull of the Teeswater or some other English breed of a light brown colour spotted with white. These His Lordship kept for some time at his seat in Berwickshire.... | |
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Holland, and others have ascribed to them an English origin. I have no doubt but a tinge of foreign blood may have come into their veins ; but I am confident that the breed is chiefly indigenous, and that the principal improvement upon that breed has... 