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highways. When afterwards she was re-
moved 10 good land near Darlington, shs
became so fat that she did not again breea.
Has not this quality 10 fattt and liabsihy
no, 10 breed, come down frum The dan, o.
Hu5back, to her descendants even to the
present day ? and does not the short horn
breed ofcattle resemble in these points, ol
liability to excessive fat and uncertainty o'
breeding, as well as in some other points,
Bakewell's small bone, round barrelled'
made-up breed ofNew Leicester or Dishley
sheep?
The reader will keep in mind our origin.
al problem--the cattle best suited to the
planting states. +,
The objections which have been urged
or rather the Impressions which appear
to prevail are that the Devons want size
and are. .smaU mi 8ers. Now suppose il
admitted asst cannot be denied that they are
not as large as the Short-horus, it would be
a non sequitus, to contend that, therefore
they can IN no circumstances be as valuable,
and the same remark may be made as to
milk-The true question. moi the compare.
tive weight Of TWO animals Of different
breeds, but how much meat can you get
from a given space Of land, or given
quantity Of food ; and with ninety.nine plan.
tiers out of hundred, the dairy question is'
which breed will give him most butter from
the pasture and feed, such as he has on his
estate. A good and TO all appearance an
impartial writer says: II think any given
number acres of grass will yield when fed
off By Devons, more butter than when eaten
by any othrr breed" The same writer thus
summarily expresses our own impressions.
" The Devons have many parts unrva!led
they are more hardy--more readily ac~
quire fat, are more gentle and docile as
oxen, and more capable of active motion
than any other known breed. When re-
duced by labour, they are restored in two
or three weeks to good condition." In ad.
ditto, they are the mos, beautiful Of cattle,
and their flesh isoi the finest grain."
On the score Of size, they are by no
means deficient-Let those who are skep.
tical on that point look at the splendid herd
of Devons in the field ol Mr.. George Pat.
terson, near Sykesvle-or read the fol.
lowing from the old American Farmer, vol.
z, page 2lO, and vol. l3, page 81:
Winchester, LitchfeM co. Conn.
14h Sept. 1925.
]. S. Skinner, Esq.
Sr-You remarked in your valuable pa
per of the 9Th of Juiy, .4'ut you supposed
we could give you some particulars some
weights and measures illustrative OF the
quality of the Devons; what they have
Welded ia milk, butter, cheese, bee. &c. and
how they have compared in the yoke, at
our cattle shows, with other breeds. When
the fact is considered that Holkham is the
first bull Of the Coke Devon breed ever in
Connecticut, and that his Oldest calves are
only 4 years old, no specimens Of large tat
oxen can yet be expected. nor Of large
quantities Of milk or butter but ofthe hei.
fers we can say we have never known those
of any freed to give as rich milk, nor have
ever owned cows that gave as much milk
at The same age, with the same advantages
of feed. This is general remark OF oil
those who own the stock. The breed Is SO
highly valuable in Connecticut that few
have been slaughtered We, however,
give you the account Of three bulls, the
only one we know of the kind that have
been killed, as contained in letters from
Messrs. Cowles, Spencer and Lewis.
Nev Hartford, Cd, August, 1925.
MessRs. S. HuRLBERr q 20.
Genlemea.-It will be difficult for me to
give you an exact statement Of the weight
and iced of my bull, but have collected all
the information from recollection, possible.
Weight ofquar,ers and hide, BIZ lbs.
Tallow, including leaf 100 lbs.
1919 lbs.
Total 1912 lbs. which is the exact 0eight.
He run with the cows through the summer
until about the lst Of September. At that
time was put to feed for the purpose OF fat
,ening. and had pumpkins given him occa-