CHAPTER VI 



CATTLE DEVONS AND SUSSEX 



The Devon Breed Two Branches North Devon Early History 

 Historians : Sinclair, Culley, Fraser, Marshall, Young, Polwhele, 

 Lawrence, Parkinson Period of Degeneration Francis Quartly 

 Davy and Merson - Holker and other old Herds Prominent 

 Breeders Somerset Type South Devon or South Ham Points 

 Origin and Milking Qualities Prominent Breeders The Sussex 

 Breed Points As Work Oxen As Steers Introduced to Smith- 

 field Club by Edward Cane Fat Records Low on their Geographi- 

 cal Position. 



r I ^HE Devon Breed is primarily divided into (i) North, 

 -L and (2) South Devons. 



The North Devon is the original true and hardy type 

 belonging to the elevated region in the north of Devonshire. 

 As represented by the best specimens, this division of the 

 breed is unsurpassed for compactness and symmetry of 

 form. It is smaller than the Hereford and the Sussex, two 

 breeds to which it is allied. The colour of the hair is whole 

 red with often conspicuous dappled markings, that of the skin 

 is orange-yellow, but inside the ears from orange-red. The 

 yellow tint is specially noticeable around the eyes and muzzle. 

 A small patch of white hair is a common marking on the 

 belly in front of the udder of the cow or the scrotum of the 

 bull. At times it extends till it reaches the fore-legs, and 

 may thus be recognised as corresponding to a limited extent 

 with the white under-line of the distantly related Hereford. 

 The white hairs, sometimes mixed with the natural red brush 

 of the tail, and also in patches on the body, are further proofs 

 of the tendency to develop white markings. The head is 

 adorned, in the case of the female, with particularly elegant, 

 creamy-white, sharp-pointed, black-tipped horns of medium 

 length, having a good elevation at the junction with the 

 head, and curving upwards. In the bull they are shorter in 



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