The Portland daily press., 1874-06-15
Farm and Garden.
DEVON CATTLE.

l claim that as many pounds of beef, and
of as good quality, at least, can be produced
with the DevOns, on given amount of food,
as with any other breed, although it will re-
quire more animals to accomplish it. As
working oxen, they have no equal As dairy
cows, think very favorably of them consd-
ering their hardness, and the almost univer-
sal good quality of their milk and cream.
They are, also. to my eye, very beautiful. i
have owned and bred them, and what I now
write Of them is from experience.
once owned the COW, Lady Dimon, III.
H., No. 56S, which l exhibited at our New
England Fair, held in Rhode Island, in Sep
tember, 1867. She was, to my mind, the
model of perfection, and the beau-idsal of
beauty, and than which, / presume, no finer
or better bred animal of any breed stood on
the earth, either on this hemisphere or the
other. To the stock raiser and isolated farm
er, who wish to raise their male calves, they
can turn out dozen steer calves and grow
them up to almost a certainty of six pairs of
well-matched oxen, that are worth dollars
more for work than their weight for beef,
and they can also, I think, get as many
pounds Of beef as from the same food given
to or consumed by any other breed.
This is one of the oldest and most distinct
breeds of which have any knowledge.
There is no breed in England that can claim
such undisputed antiquity. That they are
distinct and strong breed is clearly evinced to
my mind by crossing them with other breeds.
bave repeatedly crossed them with the AYR
shires and Jerseys, and still almost invariably
got smooth red Devon appearing animal
When crossed in other breeds the progeny al
most universally take the color of the Devons.
Ihere is put one Dreed Oh cattle that can beat
them IN the Dutter DAIRY, and that is the Jer-
sey. Still l have known individual apimals
OF this breed to go far ahead OF individual an
imals OF the other, but that is an exception,
and not as rule applicable to the breed
Journal Of the Farm.
-l BUCKwHEAT FOB STOCK. sag1
O. uo ofta, boor norsors NH, o,,,.;d.r .har,-
so,,,o, ,ostod j., AZ ,,ot,ro of o.a, "a Ill,
relot;uap ;,oror.anoo i, +ha dn,,,ast;o aoarnn,r
or tha far,, S,eoL d;snoroz;,ai,, oS hnoL
,rhaat 81 ,.11 - r,,ars fro,,, sta ia co,n-
M0; ai;,s - .hn "a ..rorId nt;s oS tt,:ro.,
t,sS.n;rs ~ ~ ,ot.toas f,r fattaninc stneI,
o IN nreterence to bnckw wheat. at An exfraordi-
nary prejudice prevails among farmers who,
one Wouid suppose ougnS 10 khoW Detter,
tnaC leu uncocheu =. W -. Sneep ~ VIII naAe
inem 9izzy, tnat II win XIII pouitry' especiai-
~ turkeys, ied 10 tne.n III any quahtity,
anu tnat the straw VIII give pigs such Gu'a-
neous irritatiohs 70 cause sores peninu .neir
ears, etc. An experience IN tne use OF tnis
gram wouid serve 10 diSpei all sucn ianchui
notions, 1or IL Is admlraply aoapted 10 our cll-
mate, and one that answers the place to us,
that corn does. Ihe meal OF both grains can
only be eaten not as pan or grlddie CAKES,
and who would not prefer a breakfast OF
smoking buckwheat cakes to one OF Johnny
cakes. While for fattening cattle or pigs, u
IS the equal OF corn ia every rsspect. We
near sometlmes % 2, SKY onsnels ., uucawnea' ora
70 10 tue acre, Mnne LILY an aseiaso olUp'
Inc Prepala'on ioi ~ 'o1 - ,nuon Moae s, s 4.
PIE tnah ior corn' anu INC harvesting VI ~
ihewiSe; rl. =. u...; .,.,.
Mr. JoIh vonIs,on, S an eA.e!sNe 1a'ue
1eeoer OF new 1oIk otate says OF II: nave
Iatteneo many cal.e, an9 - iaI lnoie TT, sneep' on
all or Pa,' ouGn % ,ol sne iasS swetSy
years, any e ,"na. VIII ,"oon ~ o.i n;,, ,ts
uns,a, pontad. and T would rs,,ch rsthe,
have half buckwheat meal than all corn meal
to feed to three years old steers that have not
been fed grain.''-[CaI. Farmer.
l. EARLY rhAno'
The varieties OF pears which mature early
have not been regarded as possessing very de-
sirable QUALITIES. Inc Doyenne Ete anoros i
us the flrst taste OF tne Iruit' ripehing, as y
does, the iatter part OF 1uy, 1ut II a as very
small pear, decays raPiuly, anu tue nevoi a.lu
quality are no more tnah seconu OF .nIru rate'
The kostlezer, however, Is one wnich Iorihs
an exception to early pears as Grass. IL y
| spicy, Juicy fruit, Win sweet, aeiiSious na.
| vor. The Rostezer haidly ialls Dehind tne
| Spckel in quality, and the tree, altnOugI