The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-09
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l.. r. aLI.S. esq.--Mr. Dear SIR 4
fear tia. cannot give you The in!orma-
tior wished Cor, 80 particularly a. you de-
sire, in relation 10 The Devon cattle. DIV.
ing 10 The hardaess and dryness Of my
hpme.larm. | found il very announcement
% raise stock 10 any amoni. and in 1885
l purchased and stocked the seldom farm;
since then have paid very liuIe attention
To neat stock. ! have. b. experience, be.
come Sufficiently 81 isfied relalise 10 the
value Of the Deyons for agricultural pur-
poses, ~ adapted TO this sertion, saw
western New York but have not been
exact. As 10 give in quarts and pounds lie
results OF their milk and butter products.
can repeat what | have frequently
stated, and kno~ 10 be true, tha, the DE-
suns. - 4 breed Of nral.caIlle. on lie
whole, are nor excelled BY any, fnrlahor.
beef. or dairy, in quantity or qualify, or
proportion Ii The food they consume.
They cross well with our native caIlle;
better Than any other Of tie imporcd ami
mails. and wherever The cross has been
tried has almost invariably produced
good stock. haye been in possession
Of then nearly twenty years, and have
raised many valuable amin Is; aud with
but very few exceptions, il is rare to find
a-poor animal Of the breed, that has had
any chance .. keeping. always fed
uniformly well. but never extrayaganIly,
in order 10 produce a great size. One
COW sucked two calves; The calves were
then fed with roots or mill-leed, and straw,
until spring, 50 rs no, to lose flesh, Lut
NOT 10 improre ia condition. Straw and
roots have generally been my winter for
aye, and clover their summer pasture.
The oxen are sufficiently large for la.
Dor. aud will weigh from 1000 to 1900
l5s.. grass fed. They are very active,
doeiIc, and easily made tract,ble; are re-
markably good travellers. hardy, and ca
SLY kept. The cows will weigh from
800 10 500 pounds, grass fed, aud give a
fair quantity of very rich milk. Their
baef isexcelleut, being very fine, and well
mixed with fal and lean. surprising any
other breed in that respect. They fa,.en
quick, aud always prove well when
slaughtered.
The bulls, generally, are smaller than
the oxen, and inferior in beauty, but the
proaf Of good sire is The value o! his
stock; anil there are no other cattle which
will 50 generally give 10 the color, sprighI-
illness, aud general features of the breed
10 their offspring like the Devon bull.
Mr.. ]. A. Frost, Of Rochester. who
perhaps has bought aud slaughtered for
the past 90 years. more cattle than any
other man in western New York, gives
il as his opinion, that The Dsvons are the
most valuable cattle in this country for
beef. am glad TO learn that you have
resolved TO let the public know their true
valae: but you must be careful not to
over.ra,e them, or it will produce a re.
action. Whea we state facts relative
10 any particular variety Of stock, we
should mention the poor, and the mid
ding, as well as the good ones. for ex'
,raordinary animals are rare in all breeds
One very valuable trait in the Devons is
the general uniformity. There is one strik'
ing fact which is well known in this sec
ton; tina, wherever there are any Devon:
To be found, the eastern buyers are certain
10 pick them up as soon as the owner:
will part with them.
Yours most sincerely,
WILLIAM EApnf1TT