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engaged in breeding either sort as a special business must finally 

 settle it ; in the mean time, candid people will acknowledge that 

 both are excellent, each in its way. 



Youatt says that the Herefords fatten to a much greater 

 weight than the Devons, and that a Hereford cow will grow fat 

 where a Devon would starve. They are very hardy, and will 

 do well with only the same care required by our native breeds. 



3. The Sussex Breed. The Sussex ox holds an intermediate 

 place between the Devon and the Hereford ; with much of the 

 activity of the first and the strength of the second, and the pro- 

 pensity to fatten, and the beautiful fine-grained flesh of both. 

 Experience has shown that it combines as many of the good 

 qualities of both as can be combined in one frame. The Sus- 

 sex cow does not answer for the dairy, her milk, although of 

 good quality, is so small in quantity that she is little regarded 

 for making butter and cheese. The prevailing color of the 

 Sussex cattle is a deep chestnut red.* 



4. Ayrshire Breed. The Ayrshire breed, which is considered 

 the most valuable in Scotland, is of the small size and middle- 

 horned race. In modern times it has been much improved. Mr. 

 Aiton, in his Survey of Ayrshire, thus describes this fine breed : 



"The most approved shapes in the dairy breed are, small 

 head, rather long and narrow at the muzzle ; eye small, but 

 smart and lively ; the horns small, clear, crooked, and their 

 roots at considerable distance from each other ; neck long and 

 slender, tapering toward the head, with no loose skin below ; 

 shoulders thin ; fore-quarters light ; hind-quarters large ; back 

 straight, broad behind ; the joints rather loose and open ; car- 

 cass deep, and pelvis capacious and wide over the hips, with 

 round, fleshy buttocks; tail long and small; legs small and 

 short, with firm joints ; udder capacious, broad, and square, 

 stretching forward, and neither fleshy, low hung, nor loose; 

 the milk-veins are large and prominent ; teats short, all point- 

 ing outward, and at considerable distance from each other; 



* Youatt 



