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CATTLE. 



if not his activity. The Hereford ox fattens speedily at an early age, 

 and it is more advantageous to the farmer, and perhaps to the coun- 

 try, that he should go to market a three years old, than to be kept 

 longer to be employed as a beast of drauglit. 



They are far worse milkers than tlie Devons. This is so generally 

 aknowledged, that while there are many dairies of Devon cows in 

 various parts of the country, (none of which, however, are very 

 profitable to their owners,) a dairy of Herefords is rarely to be 

 found. 



R.S&lLBEKt 



HEREFORD "WORKING OX. 



To compensate for this, they are kindly feeders. Their beef may 

 be objected to by some as being occasionally a little too large in the 

 bone, and the forequarters being coarse and heavy ; but the meat of 

 the best pieces is often very fine grained and beautifully marbled. 

 There are few cattle more prized in the market than the genuine 

 Herefords. 



The Devons and the Herefords are both excellent breeds, and the 

 prejudices of the Devonshire and Herefordshire farmers for their 

 peculiar breed being set aside, a cross for the yoke or beef of the one 

 will often materially improve the other. The Devon w^ill acquire 

 bulk, and the Hereford a finer form and activity. 



The Herefords are evidently an aboriginal breed, and descended 

 from the same stock as the Devons. If it were not for the white 



