52 AMEKICAN CATTLE. 



and setting well back towards the hips, giving a snug, neat 

 belly. The flanks full, and low. The hips wide, and level 

 with the back. The loin full, and level. The thigh well 

 fleshed and full, the lower part somewhat thin, and gracefully 

 tapering to the hock; the leg below, small, flat, and sinewy. 

 The twist (the space between the thighs) well let down, and 

 open. The tail taper, like a drum stick, and terminating with 

 a brush of white hair. The color invariably a cherry red, 

 sometimes showing a lighter, or deeper shade, and the skin, 

 under the hair, a rich cream color. The bull, of course, Avill 

 show the stronger, and masculine character of his sex, while the 

 ox will develop the finer points of his condition, and the cow, all 

 the delicacy and refinement belonging to her race. 



In the roundness, and fullness which accompany the proper 

 development of the points named, the silky, wavy laying of the 

 hair, and the elastic touch of the flesh as the finger is pressed 

 upon it, every beholder will at once see, in appearance, a most 

 bloodlike and graceful animal. 



In size, the Devon is medium, compared with our native cattle. 

 A well grown ox, in good working condition, will range from 

 1,400 to 1,600 pounds live weight. The bull from 1,000 to 

 1,200, and the cow from 800 to 1,000 pounds. They sometimes 

 exceed the heaviest of these weights, but such are the average. 

 Fatted to a high degree, they will, of course, weigh heavier. 

 In size, it 13 said, in England, that they are larger than they 

 were a hundred years ago, before the attention of their breeders 

 was thoroughly attracted to their improvement. From time 

 immemorial they were chiefly bred in the northerly part of 

 Devonshire, (and thus called North Devons,) one of the south- 

 western counties, in a mild climate, abounding in good pasturage. 

 They have since spread into the adjoining counties, and many 

 years ago, (within the present century,) were taken into the 

 higher county of Norfolk, on the Eastern Coast, by the late Earl 



