Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-24
rrOa The Gsne.sr rauuor,
Devon Cattle.


We have the pleasure thu, month OF rrc
seating to the reader. of the Gcnc,co Far
mcr beautiful pOr,rai, OF Devon Cow.
;. l.. G5oials, Secretary OF the Maine Board
of Ner.culturc. in bi. excellent, work on the
- Principles OF Breeding remarks as fol'
low, in regard to the qaalitio. of DsvOu cat
tie
=. TIE North Ds1ons arc deemed to be Of
longer siaDdin: than any other o' the Dis.
tlnci trce'l. Of England. and they have been
esteemed for their good qualities Tor several
centuries. Mr. Geors- Turner. a noted
b-eclrr Of Dcvons. describe, them as iol
lows:
"'Thsir color is generally a brish, red.
bat yaryiu: li,,le, either darker CT more
yellow they have seldom any white except
about the udIyr oi the COW or belly OF the
bull. AMI thi. y bat little sccn. They have
Ion. yellovi,h horns. beautifully and grace
fully curved. noses or muIIlcs white. with
expanded no.:r,l.. eve. foil and prominent.
but calm. ears Of moderate .ifc and yellow
i.h in.iI,, uecks rather long. with bu, little
dcw'ap, anl The head well =, on, shoulders
obliquo with small points or marrow bOnc-.
le-. email nd straight. and feet IN proper
ti5u. The che: i Of moderate width, ard
the rihs round auj well expanded, except
in some Instances. where too great attention
has been PAID 10 the hind quarters at the
expense OF the fore, anl vhi,h has caused
falling ~. or ll,ns.,. teh,ni the shoulders
The lltus are lrsi rate. wide. long and full
G,sh. hips round and moderate With: rumrs
level AMI we'll SLED at tho bed f, tail foil
near the rump and iaPcrins much At the
top. The thighs Of the COW are occasionally
bot the bull and OK are flll OF mu,cle. with
a tecp ani rich aIHk. On tie whole. there
= scarcely any breed Of cattle - rich and
mellow in i,s touch, - silky AMI fne IN IT.
hair. and altogether 30 handsome 10 Us ap'
pearaucs as ih, North Devon, added to
which they have a greater proportion OF
weight IA The mo.t vulnerable Jllnis aud
les, IN the coarse. than any other bFcSd. and
also consumes le-- food IN It's production.
"' ~ mixer. they arc atou, the same as
most other breed. the general average Of
dairy Of COW. ts.ns Abou, one pound Of but.
ter pr day from each COW during the sum
mer months. although in some instances the
be-, bred CIV, give great deal more.
". working oxen they greatly surpass
any other hrcci. They are perfectly dociie
AM excellent walkers. are generally worked
until I've or six year, oll, and then ia;'encd
at lcss expense than most other oxen
II, D,,ons have b,cn less eI,en'iSely,
aad more recently. introduced TEAM the
SAor,.horn. bat the experience Of thos' who
have fairly tired them fully sustain, the
opinions. given Of them. aud they promise TO
become lav0riie and prevailing breed. The
usual Objection made to them by those who
hay5 been accustomed 10 consider improve
myut in cattle TO be necessarily connected
with enlargement, Of s,Is, i.. that they are
too small. Bu, rhsiF size. instead OF bein.
ayal,i objection. is believed to Be recon.
menIali5n. the Devons ben: as large a. the
fertility Of New Eugland coils generally are
capable Of feeding fully aud prOhishly.
7 Their qualities US working oxen are un.
riyallej. NJ other breed - uniiOrmly for
n,.hi0s such active, Joeile, s,rnn: aud hardy
w6rker. as tie Devons. and their uniformity
- such as to r,nicr i, very easy 10 match
tbem.
Tsc Dsv0n' are no, generally deep milk.
er.. but the milk u richer than tha, Of mos,
other Srecl.. /, j.. however. as breed for
general use. combining beei, labor and milk,
Ia fair proportion, that The Devons will zen.
erally give the bcs; satisfaction, as they are
hardy enough to sui, tie climate, and cheap
~ furnish ,ileisn, labor and valuable meat"