130 CATTLE DEVONS 



Holcombe Barton, Wellington, Somerset ; Earl Cawdor 

 Stackpole Court, Pembroke ; John Chick, Compton Valence, 

 Maiden Newton, Dorset ; W. J. Chick, Stratton, Dorchester ; 

 E. Clatworthy, Cutsey, Wellington, Somerset ; Lord Clinton, 

 Heanton Satchville, Beaford, North Devon ; Robt. Cook, 

 Chevithorne, Tiverton, Devon ; C. L. Hancock, Cothelstone, 

 Taunton, Somerset ; H. C. Hancock, Milverton Court, Taunton, 

 Somerset ; R. D. Hancock, Halse, Taunton ; Samuel Kidner, 

 Bickley, Milverton, Somerset ; William Kidner, Kingston, 

 Taunton ; Wm. Lethbridge, Wood, Okehampton, Devon ; 

 T. S. Morgan, Whimple House, Exeter, Devon ; J. F. R. 

 Morris, Prixford, Barnstaple, Devon ; E. C. Norrish, Gays, 

 Copplestone, North Devon ; Hon. E. W. B. Portman, Hester- 

 combe, Taunton ; Viscount Portman, Bryanston, Blandford, 

 Dorset ; George Risdon, Dunster, Somerset ; B. C. Shepherd, 

 Knowle Hall, Bridgwater ; A. C. Skinner, Pound, Bishop's 

 Lydeard, Taunton ; Hon. Mrs Tremayne, Sydenham, Lew 

 Down, Devon ; Abraham Trible, Halsdon Barton, Cookbury, 

 Brandis Corner, Devon ; Wm. Tuckett, Stockleigh Pomeroy, 

 Crediton, Devon ; J. C. Williams, Werrington Park, Launce- 

 ston, Cornwall ; Sir F. Wills, Bart., Northmoor House, 

 Dulverton, Somerset. 



The type of North Devons peculiar to Somerset has in 

 recent years been coming to the front and growing in favour, 

 on account of its large size, due to the richer and deeper 

 soil and better climate prevalent in that region. With 

 increase in bone, there is a tendency to coarseness of 

 figure, and Somerset breeders strive to counteract this by 

 using bulls reared in the north of Devonshire. A parallel 

 example to this is to be seen in numbers of the Ayrshire 

 breed reared away from their home conditions and highly 

 fed. The horns of the Somerset type are more inclined to 

 droop than those of the original North Devon. There is a 

 growing foreign demand for these cattle. 



Being originally a mountain breed, the Devon is hardy, 

 strong, and active. It was long famous for supplying useful 

 oxen for farm work, but its employment in this way is now 

 much restricted. As a breed for milk production, it has 

 been and still is inferior. The cows give but a small 

 quantity of rich milk, and tend to go dry early ; yet many of 

 the dairies in the counties of Somerset and Dorset are filled 

 with Devon cows of the larger type, and excellent milking 

 animals now and then appear in herds not specially bred for 



