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the assurance that the cattle taking part in them are but 

 good examples of the bulk, and that at home there are scores 

 and hundreds equally good. 



The Societj" owes much to the late Mr. W. P. Vesper, of 

 Merafield, Mr. J. S. Wroth, of Aveton Gifford, Mr. T. Cundy, of 

 Devonport, and Messrs. Whitley, of Paignton, for keeping the 

 breed in the forefront at the chief milking trials. 



In 1904, at the Dairy Show, Mr. Thomas Cundy's Primrose 

 attracted Avidespread attention to the South Devons by her big 

 triumph. Among 144 competitors she scored 139"8 points — or 

 17'3 above her nearest opponent — -won the Barham Challenge 

 Cup for milking trials, the Spencer Challenge Cup for the 

 greatest number of points in the Show by inspection, milking 

 trial and butter test ; and the Lord Mayor's Cup for the best 

 cow, other than shorthorns, in the milking trial and butter 

 test. 



In 1905 the South Devon cow Alice won premier place for 

 dairy qualities against all breeds (excluding Channel Islands) 

 at the Royal and at the Dairy Show. Mr. Cundy's Sweet 

 Briar got within two points of securing the Lord Mayor's Cup. 

 At the 1908 and 1904 Bath and West Shows, Mr. Cundy's 

 cows won the milk and butter tests against all comers, while 

 Mr. Vosper's Honesty 3rd repeated the performance at that 

 Society's Nottingham Show in 1905. In the following year, 

 at the Dairy ShoAV, where, for the first time, South Devons had 

 a class to themselves, Mr. Cundy's Iris in 21 hours yielded 

 63"15 lb. of milk, producing 2 lb. 0^ oz. of butter in 24 hours, 

 was reserved for the Barham Cup, and took the champion trophy 

 for any other breed but Shorthorns and the prize for the most 

 and best butter. In the same year Mr. Vosper's Primula 

 carried off first in the milk test at the Royal, first for milk and 

 second for butter at the Bath and West, and first inspection 

 prize at the Dairy Show. 



At the 1907 Newport Show of the Bath and West Society 

 Mr. Vosper's Honesty 3rd, 94 days in milk, yielded 61-2 lb. of 

 milk, from which 2 lb. 7| oz. of butter were made, in 24 hours 

 beating all In-eeds for both butter and milk. Mr. Wroth's 

 Nosegay 4t}t, in milk 123 days, stood second with 45 lb. of 

 milk and 1 lb. 10^ oz. of butter, and Mr. Vosper's Dairymaid 

 third. 



Experiments made at the Royal Show at Lincoln (vide 

 official report) in 1907 proved that the milk of the South 

 Devon and Channel Island breeds of cattle produced the best 

 and most valuable cream. At the last five exhibitions of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society the performances of the South 

 Devons — and the weight of the cows should be considered in 

 conjunction with other factors — have been as follows : — 



