THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



MARCH, 1859. 



PLATE I. 



"NAPOLEON": A Devon Bull, 



THE morERTY OF MR, JAMES DAVY, OF FLITTON, BARTON, SOUTH MOLTON. 



Napoleon, bred by Mr. Davy, is by Quartly's Earl of Exeter, the first prize bull at tbe Windsor 

 Show, out of Curly (97), a favourite cow of Mr. Davy's, and still in his herd. 



Napoleon has only been twice exhibited in public — in June, 1857, at the Newton Meeting of the Bath 

 and West of England Society, where he took the second prize for bulls over three years old, and in the 

 July following, at the Salisbury Meeting of the Royal Agricultural of England, where he took the first 

 prize of £30, as the best aged bull. The Newton show of Devon bulls was the best ever seen iu the West 

 of England, and the judges commended the whole of the class in which Napoleon was shown. Again, at 

 Salisbury it is long smce there were such a lot to pick from. Napoleon himself is of a very beautiful cha- 

 racter and quality, and considered particularly handsome. 



Mr. Davy, of Flitton, is the most extensive breeder of the famous North Devons, and he has now a 

 herd numbering over ninety in head. He sends many of his cattle to America, Australia, and other dis- 

 tant parts, as well as commanding the best of the home market. He has just sold two bulls of very high 

 quality to Lord Leicester, for use at Holkhara. 



Mr. Robert Smith, in his report on the Chester Show, thus writes of the Davys and the Devons : 

 " Captain J. T. Davy's grandfather was an early and zealous breeder of North Devons as far back as 100 

 or 120 years ago. At his decease Mr. Wm. Davy had a portion of the herd, and bred some first-class 

 animals, which were subsequently bequeathed to his son Mr. James Davy, of Flitton, who has turned them 

 to good account. Captain J. T. Davy has still retained some of the old family sort. It is to this indefati- 

 gable gentleman that Devon breeders are indebted for the 'Devon Herd-book.' He published his first 

 volume in 1851, the second in December, 1851, and the third in 1858. It is admitted that these volumes 

 contain a faithful report of the pedigrees of the greater number, if not all, of the best Devons. The fact 

 that these Herd-books have been repubUshed in the United States is strong corroborative evidence of their 

 value. In this 'Devon Herd-book' mention is made of 29 prize bulls; 27 of them are descended from 

 the bull Forester. Again, there are 34 prize cows ; 29 of these arc descended from the old cow Curly : 

 both bull and cow are of the Quartly tribe of Devons." 



PLATE 11. 



"CONFIDENCE:" a Norfolk Cob, 



THE PROPERTY OF MR. HENRY OVERMAN, OF WEASENHAM. 



" Norfolk," said Lord Albemarle, at the last meeting of the county agricultural society—" Norfolk 

 produced good turnips, good partridges, good turkeys— good everything in fact ; aud he remembered that 

 in his younger days it produced also a good breed of trotting horses. Who did not recollect the famous 

 trotting Fireaway ? He was afraid that the breed was now very nearly extinct ; though he should, person- 

 ally, be very happy if it were not." Mr. Spooner, one of the judges, during the course of the evening, 

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