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The stock I fed were four last season's calves, two Ayrshircs 

 and two Dcvons, one year old this spring, very near the some 

 age, and were fed alike in every particular. They were fed 

 two different times, ten days at each time. I weighed the 

 cattle every day, also the hay that they consumed. 



The Dcvons gained in flesh the first ten days, 34 pounds. 

 The Ayrshires " " " " 20 " 



The Devons " " second " 29 " 



The Ayrshires " " " " 20 " 



The Devons look the best, plump and in better flesh than 

 the Ayrshircs. 



I think that in new England, where we have poor pastures 

 and get our hay by the sweat of our brow, we had better turn 

 our attention to raising Devons in preference to any other 

 stock. The cows will make as much butter as the Ayrshires, 

 but do not give so much milk, about one-fourth less. For 

 oxen they cannot be beat — quick and easy to be taught. The 

 difference, then, is in the one-fourth more skim milk that you 

 get from the Ayrshires to pay the one-third more that it costs 

 to keep them. 



NORFOLK. 



CATTLE BREEDING IN NORFOLK COUNTY. 



BY SANFORD HOWARD. 



In accordance with the request of the officers of the Norfolk 

 Agricultural Society, I herewith submit a few suggestions in 

 regard to cattle breeding in this county. 



The question may be raised in the outset, whether it is expe- 

 dient to breed any description of cattle here. It may be urged 

 that the comparatively high price of our lands and their 

 general inferiority for grazing purposes, render the breeding 

 and rearing of stock unprofitable. Admitting the soundness 

 of these objections, in the main, there may still be an advan- 

 tage in rearing a particular kind of stock, or at least it may be 

 shown that one kind may be reared to better advantage than 

 another. 



