76 HEREFORD AND DEVON GRADES. 



grazing districts, devoted to raising beef or working 

 cattle, they are highly and justly prized. 



The same may be said of the North Devons. The 

 pure-bred Devon bull, put to a good, young native 

 cow, produces a beautiful and valuable cross, either 

 for the yoke or the shambles ; and if the cow is a 

 remarkably good milker to begin with, and the bull 

 from a milking family, there would be no fear of mate 

 rially lessening the quantity in the offspring, while its 

 form, and other qualities, would probably be greatly 

 improved. 



Grade Devons are very much sought for working 

 oxen, and high prices are readily obtained for them, 

 while as beef cattle they are by some highly esteemed. 

 But, unfortunately, very few herds are to be found 

 where attention has been paid to breeding for milk; and 

 great milkers are the exception, and very rarely met 

 with among the pure breeds. In their native country 

 they are bred almost exclusively for beef. The estima- 

 tion in which they are held as dairy stock, even by 

 Devon breeders themselves, both in England and in this 

 country, has been shown in the low value placed upon 

 the development of the udder in the establishment of 

 the scale of points spoken of on a preceding page ; from 

 which it is evident that, in judging of them, it was not 

 contemplated that their milking qualities should be 

 taken into consideration. As cows for the dairy, there- 

 fore, they possess no advantages over our common 

 stock, and we should hardly look for improvement from 

 them in this respect. 



The Jerseys, as already seen, are justly celebrated for 

 the richness of their milk and the butter made from it 

 In this respect no pure breed can excel them. They 

 are, therefore, as a dairy breed, worthy of attention. 

 On farms where the making of butter is an object of 



