Ayrshire Cattle Society, 17 Barns Street, Ayr, Scotland, KA7 1XB An important part of the work of the Ayrshire Cattle Society is to give greater recognition, through its Merit Schemes, to those animals which have further distinguished themselves in production, giving promise of breeding superior animals in future Formed in 1877, the Ayrshire Cattle Society of Great Britain and Ireland is a forward thinking, highly motivated breed society dedicated to keeping the Ayrshire at the forefront of modern dairying