THE GENESEE FAEMEE. 



HEEEFORD CATTLE. 



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The Herefords, as grazers, are unequalled. They are larger than the Devon, mature 

 quite as early, and their beef is finely grained and mottled. For workino- oxen there is 

 none better. They are more powerful than the Devons, though perhaps not quite so 

 active. They are better milkers than the improved Short-horn, though, we think, not 

 quite equal to the Devon — certainly not equal, in this respect, to the Ayrshire. We are 

 not aware that there has ever been any conclusive or satisfactory practical test of the rela- 

 tive feeding qualities of the Durham and Hereford. It is, however, the general opinion 

 that the Durham will lay on fat more rapidly than the Hereford or any other breed. 





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THE PROPERTY OF ALLEX ATKAULT, GENESEO, M. Y., WINNER OF THE FIRST PRIZE, $25, 

 AT TIIE NEW YORK STATE FAIR, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Marshall gives the following description: "The countenance pleasant, cheerful, 

 open ; the forehead broad ; eye full and lively ; horns l)i-ight, taper, and spreading ; 

 head small ; chap lean ; neck long and tapering ; chest deep ; bosom broad, and pro- 

 jecting forward; shoulder-bone thin, flat, no way protuberant in bone, but full and 

 mellow in flesh ; chest full ; loin broad ; hips standing wide, and level with the chine ; 

 quarters long, and wide at the neck ; rump even with the level of the back, and not 

 drooping, nor standing high and sharp above the quarters; tail slender, and neatly 

 haired; barrel round and roomy; the carcass throughout deep and well spread ; ribs 

 broad, standing flat and close on the outer surface, forming a smooth, even barrel, the 

 hindmost large and full of length; round-bone small, snug, and not prominent; thigh 

 clean, and regularly tapering ; legs upright and short ; bono below the knee and hock 

 small ; feet of middle size ; flank large ; flesh everywhere mellow, soft, and yielding 

 pleasantly to the touch, especially on the chine, the shoulder, and the ribs ; hide mellow, 

 supple, of a middle thickness, and loose on the neck and buckle ; coat neatly haired, 

 bright and silky ; color a middle rod, with a bald face characteristic of the true Here- 

 fordsliire breed." 



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