1 68 > V^_GALU2S>^ DEVONS. 



Other importations were made from time to time, notably in 1836, by 

 Mr. Vernon, of New York state, and in 1853 by L. G. Morris, also of 

 New York. Since that time, the Devons have been widely distributed 

 throughout the United States, and have taken a settled place among the 

 popular bieeds of the country. 



DESCRIPTION OF MODERN IMPROVED DEVON. 



Color a rich, deep red throughout, excepting a central tuft of long 

 white hair in the brush of the tail, and a white spot on the udder in 

 cows, and about the purse in bulls. Upper line almost perfectly 

 straight from the head to the tail ; in the bull, the neck is of course 

 somewhat arched above this level. The head is neat and trim, rather 

 long in the cow but short and masculine in the bull, and well pointed to 

 a bright flesh-colored muzzle ; eyes prominent, bright, wide apart, and 

 encircled by rings of flesh-colored skin ; horns rather long, slender, curv- 

 ing outward, forward and upward, waxy clear at base, and tapering to 

 almost needle-like points of darker shade. The ear is sprightly ; neck 

 small at head, without dewlap, and full and broad at the shoulders; fore- 

 quarters wide apart, showing good lung power, and slanting well back, 

 a feature in strict keeping with their well-known activity. The barrel is 

 round and close-muscled ; loins even ; hips square ; rump smooth ; tail 

 long, slender, and invariably tipped with white ; flank low cut ; brisket 

 deep, and legs short, straight and clean fleshed. We believe the above 

 to be a just and fair description of the breed as now known in the 

 United States, and to show the improvement which has taken place, we 

 quote the following from Low's Domestic Animals of Great Britain 

 (previously quoted), published 1842 : 



" Although the Devon ox presents a symmetry of parts which pleases the eye, yet 

 his form is not precisely what the breeder seeks for in an animal destined to fatten 

 quickly and arrive at great weight. His neck is too long, his chest too narrow, his sides 

 are too flat, his limbs are too long in proportion to his body ; or, in other words, his body 

 is too small in proportion to his height. The Devon ox is a kindly enough feeder, but he 

 requires good pasture, and a somewhat favorable climate, and could barely subsist on 

 food which would suffice to fatten some of the hardier mountain breeds of nearly his 

 own size." 



The following Scale of Points adopted by the American Devon Cat- 

 tle Club (L. P. Sisson, Wheeling, W- Va. , secretary) is now in general 

 use : 



COWS. BULLS. 



8 Head 10 



Cheek 2 



4 Neck 4 



4 Shoulders ... 6 



8 Chest 10 



8 Ribs 10 



16 Back .... 20 



48 . . Forward - . .... 62 



