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NEW EXvlLAND FARMER. 



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A FULL BLOOD DEVON BULL. 



The lover of good cattle ■will scarcely be able 

 to forbear a criticism of the above symmetrical 

 and every way beautiful portrait. Look at the 

 head, and see what a brilliant eye it has, what 

 slender and clean jaws ; then glance at the legs, 

 fashioned as though cut out in a modern lathe 

 for turning irregular surfaces, and then at the 

 extreme appendage, so small, long and graceful ! 

 Look at the straight back, the short neck, the 

 powerful shoulders and brisket, and every part 

 filled with muscle or fat, all so attractive that an 

 alderman's mouth might water upon beholding 

 him. 



This animal was bred by Col. L. G. Morris, 

 of Mount Fordham, N. Y., and is the property 

 of the Hon. John Wentworth, of Chicago, Il- 

 linois. 



As oxen, the Devons make as good as ever 

 need to be yoked — there are, perhaps, none bet- 

 ter. They are strong, docile, quick, have good 

 length of legs, are excellent travellers, and are 

 handsome ; and when done with the yoke, they 

 make most capital beef. 



Devon cows, as milkers, are frequently of a 

 high order, having all the good points and qual- 

 ities of the best milch cows. Occasionally there 

 is one giving milk of the richest quality. They 



are preferred by some to all other cows for the 

 dairy — but as a general thing, do not stand quite 

 so high as the Ayrshire. 



MILLER'S STEAM WAGON. 



In Marysville, Cal., a steam wagon has recent- 

 ly been put in operation, and is represented to 

 have proved a complete success. It is designed 

 for travel on common roads, and to do heavy 

 work with great power and steadiness. Mr. Mil- 

 ler, the inventor, has been constantly engaged 

 for the last two years in improving the mechan- 

 ism of his wagon, and in satisfying himself that 

 the principle of his invention was correct. As 

 is usually the case with inventors, he has strug- 

 gled with many difficulties, but has at length, 

 as we learn, the satisfaction of seeing that his 

 labors have resulted in producing a new and val- 

 uable means of locomotion. We compile the an- 

 nexed description of the wagon : 



It is twenty feet long, by seven and a half feet 

 wide, and is driven by a fifteen-horse engine, 

 geared to work up to thirty-five or forty- horse 

 power. It is constructed to move on endless 

 tracks, that are laid down and taken up as the 

 wagon proceeds. 



These tracks are carried round on large wheels, 

 of five feet diameter, to which motion is given 

 by the engine, and the weight of the wagon is 

 supported on small truck wheels of two feet di- 



