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XIV. Weights of the Devons. 

 While the Devons are called small cattle, they are only relatively so in 

 comparison with Short-Horns and Herefords. A full-grown ox in good 

 condition will weigh from 1,400 to 1,600 pounds, and when well-fatteneu 

 they will reach 2,000 pounds. The cows will weigh from 800 to 1,100 

 pounds, and the bulls 1,200 to 1,400. We bred one that at 8 years old 

 weighed 1,819 pounds, and he was as extraordinary in his fineness and 

 style, as a premium taker, as he was in weight ; not large to look at, but 

 weighing like a lump of lead. 



XV. Sussex Cattle. 

 Sussex also has long been noted for a breed of middle-horned cattle — 

 all red, but lighter in color than the Devons, larger and in every way 

 coarser. Still they are better milkers than the Devons and fatten kindly. 

 There are a number of breeds allied to the Devons or descended from 

 them in England. The Sussex is one of these breeds. 



XVI. The Sussex Color. 

 The color is a light chestnut or blood hay, much lighter than the true 

 North Devon, but fully as uniform. The cut of a Sussex cow will, with 

 the description given below, serve to explain the i)oints of difference. 

 They are mentioned here mainly, if not solely, for the reason that they 

 have been sold as Devons. If you buy Devons, or any other highly-bred 

 stock, be sure there is no stain in the pedigree. It is a matter of the 

 utmost importance to the breeder of high-caste cattle. 



XVEI. Distinguishing Marks of the Sussex. 

 On this subject Youatt says : " The horns are more tapering, pushing 

 farther forward, and turning up more. The head is small and well formed, 

 the eye full, large and mild in the ox, but rather wild and unquiet in the cow. 

 The throat is clean and the neck long and thin, but coarser than in the 

 Devon. The shoulder is wider and rounder on the withers ; straighter 

 from the top of the withers towards the back, and carries much flesh, 

 giving too much weight to unprofitable parts. On the other hand, the 

 barrel is round and deep, the back straight, and the back-bone entirely 

 hidden by the muscles on each side. The heart and lungs are full and 

 large, and the belly and flank capacious. The barrel is well-ribbed home. 

 The loins are wide, the hip-bone low, free from raggedness, large, and 

 well spread, and the space between the hips well filled up. The tail, 

 which is fine and thin, is set on lower than in the Devon, yet the rump is 

 nearly as staight, for the deficiency is supplied by a mass of flesh and fat 

 swelling above. The hind quarters are cleanly made, and if the thighs 

 appear to be straight without, there ia ulenty of fullness withh.. 



