South Devon Cattle. 6'3' 



and his hide weighed 210 lb., but the bone was exceptionally 

 small. 



In 1904 Mr. F. W. Rowe (Lostwithiel) won the West of 

 England Show Championship at Plymouth against 82 animals 

 of various breeds with Sweet Briar, a heifer which alive 

 weighed 17 cwt. 3 qr. 8 lb., and dead 11 1 cwt., with 164 lb. of 

 loose fat. The next year 74 competed for the honours, and 

 another Cornishman (Mr. W. M. Roberts) was placed first with 

 the ox Jumbo, but 1 lb. short of 22^ cwt. The Smithfield 

 winners were out of the championship record here. Of Mr. 

 F. W. Rowe's winner the butcher's report was that " the flesh 

 set beautifully firm, and there was no waste in cutting." 



Mr. B. Luscombe's (Aveton Gilford) first prize steer at 

 Smithfield in 1907 at 23 months 26 days weighed 15 cwt. 1 qr. 



5 lb., and showed an average daily gain of 2*37 lb. and per- 

 centage of carcass to live weight of 66*78, the hind-quarters 

 being 64 lb. heavier than the fore. The daily gain in weight 

 was unapproached by any breed there. In the block test 

 Mr. Wroth's heifer was first when alive, and her carcass scaled 

 1,179 lb., the percentage to live weight being 64*95, and each 

 hindquarter proved to be 12 stone in advance of the fore- 

 quarters. The butcher who purchased her reported that she 

 carried the most flesh on her back he ever saw, and was most 

 satisfactory, without an ounce of waste, full of good quality 

 lean, and of delicious flavour. 



In 1908, at Smithfield, Mr. W. M. Roberts' Ernet/, which 

 took the breed prize at Smithfield, had a live weight of 2,114 lb., 

 daily gain of 2*05 lb., and percentage of carcass to live weight 

 of 62*34. Mr. J. S. Wroth's South Devon under two years old 

 was fourth in the carcass competition. 



In 1909 Messrs. Whitley won the chief breed prize at 

 Smithfield with Primley Manager II., weighing 16 cwt. 1 qr. 



6 lb. Mr. F. W. Rowe, who was second with Jului PeeJ, 

 showed in various exhibitions in the West the 22 months old 

 steer Robin Hood, which weighed 15 cwt. 1 qr. ; and many 

 have been and are annually prepared for the Christmas sales 

 which reach that figure, and 18 cwt. when under three years 

 old. 



Mr. T. Winser sold one under two years old in December, 

 1910, the live weight of which was 17| cwt., for 43Z. 5s., this 

 being a remarkable illustration of what the breed can do 

 in early maturity, and how remunerative it is to the feeder. 

 In the same year Messrs. Whitley obtained 47/. lO.s. for a fat 

 ox aged two years and eight months, while at Newton Abbot in 

 Deceml)er, 1911, a steer over two-and-a-half years, exhibited 

 by the Misses Carew (Haccombe), realised 511. 10s. 



Five breeders were represented at Smithfield by leviathan 



