CHAPTER II. 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMPROVED TYPE. 



The attention given by the sturdy tenantry 

 of the Teeswater country to the production of 

 a superior grade of beef at this early date, as 

 indicated by the roster of names set forth in 

 the preceding chapter, was the response of 

 the farmers of that district to the demands of 

 Anglo-Saxon taste. On the opposite or conti- 

 nental shore of the German Ocean dairy prod- 

 ucts were esteemed an especial delicacy; and 

 so the low countries gradually became the 

 home of what subsequently developed into the 

 Holstein-Friesian breed. But the fox-hunting 

 Yorkshire "squires," and the bon vivants of 

 " merrie England " generally, demanded some- 

 thing more substantial at their banquet boards. 

 Rich " barons " of well-marbled beef appealed 

 particularly to the palates of the hearty Brit- 

 ons, and right royally did the stock-growers of 

 the Island meet the call. Widespread interest 

 in the breeding of fine cattle developed. At 

 Darlington, Durham Yarm and other central 

 points market fairs, the forerunners of our 



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