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years old, developing in a marked degree in the warmer climate 

 and with better keep. On their return to Winsford Hill the 

 best mares, if any are wanted, are kept, and the others go 

 to Bampton Fair. Other well-known breeders are Mr. Turner, 

 of Holland, Mr. Richard Westcott, of Hawkridge, Mr. Daniel 

 Evans, of Winsford, and Mr. Smith, of Natsleigh. 



Large numbers of ponies are sold at Bampton annually, the 

 Fair being held on the last Thursday in October. Prices, of 

 course, vary. The following realised prices during the past five 

 years show the average : 



Two-year-olds on a few occasions have fetched 101. and 

 121. A pony from the Lynton Show was sold for 25Z., ten 

 others have fetched 20^ each, and several others have changed 

 hands at from 16/. to 18/. A stallion realised 25/., and two 

 mares 20/. each — to go to America, but these prices were the 

 result of private sale. 



The Board of Agriculture fully realises the value of mountain 

 and nioorland ponies, and in 1912 appointed a committee to 

 advise as to the best means of improving these ponies and 

 helping the breeder. As a consequence premiums are being 

 allotted to each breed, which will, it is believed, much 

 encourage and stimulate the breeders of ponies. So far no 

 attempt has been made in the direction of the formation of 

 societies for the improvement of the breed, on the lines of 

 those to be met with amongst the Welsh pony breeders. 



Ashwick, A. C. MaRDON. 



Dulverton, Somerset. 



DEVON CATTLE. 



From earliest records Devons can be traced as the breed 

 peculiar to the county from which they take their name. 



The cattle of England may be divided into three varieties — 

 Shorthorns, Middlehorns, and Longhorns. Many assert that 

 Middlehorns, of which the Devon is a variety, are the 

 descendants of the aboriginal cattle of England. There are, 

 however, several other theories as to the source from which 

 the present North Devon has been evolved : that it is sprung 

 from an offshoot of the red Salers cattle, a French breed ; that 

 they may possibly be the result of a cross between the Flanders 

 and those of the country ; or that they may be of Spanish 



