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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



NORTH DEVOXS. 



Purity of blood, as traced back satisfactorily to importations of both dam and 

 sire, from known English breeders, or as found in the lately established Herd 

 Book, for North Devons, and without this, an animal cannot compete in this 

 class. 



The Head should be small, lean and bony ; the forehead wide, flat, or 

 from a fullness of the frontal bone over the eyes, somewhat dishing ; the 

 face straight ; the muzzle line ; the nostrils open ; the lips thin and rather 

 flat, ^ 4 



The JsTose of a light delicate orange color, 4 



The Eye should be bright, prominent and clear, but mild and gentle in 

 its expression, as indicative of that spirited, but tractable disposition so ne- 

 cessary to cattle that must bear the yoke ; a beautiful orange-colored ring 

 should invariably surround the eye, 4 



