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CATTLE AN13 JDAlitY FARMING. 



WEIGHTS OF DEVON CATTLE. The following are some of tlio weights 

 of live cattle of this breed, as recorded by Mr. Euren: 



Also average daily yield of milk 111 pounds: 



Another test gave a daily average for live months of 51.30 pounds; 

 for six months, 50.1 pounds 5 for seven months, 48. 7G pounds. 



Total from September 1 to March 31, inclusive, 10,341 pounds; to 

 April 30, 11,196 pounds. 



Decrease of stock. This has in a great measure arisen from the fact 

 of rinderpest having a few years ago been fatal to a large proportion of 

 the cattle then in noteworthy herds. Fashion also has had a marked 

 efifcct. Short-horns and Devons were at one time in such favor that 

 polled cattle were despised and their merits ignored. There is, how- 

 ever, at present a marked progress made in the breed; shortness of 

 numbers is being in some measure compensated for, noblemen and 

 gentlemen now sparing no pains to make the breed a success. 



Prices are from $195 upwards, according to pedigree. 



The soil of Norfolk may be divided into three classes: Light sands 

 of various qualities, low alluvial clays and loams, and loams of various 

 qualities, chiefly light incumbent on a marly clay. Suffolk is nearly 

 covered by diluvial beds. 



The surface is gently undulating except along the northwest and 

 some parts of the northeast border, where it subsides into low, marshy 

 levels. 



The temperature of this part of England is 62 degrees in summer, 

 37 degrees in winter, and the mean during the year 49 degrees. The 

 climate is somewhat colder than that of the southern and western 

 counties. 



THE ABERDEEN OR POLLED ANGUS CATTLE. 



This breed is principally to be found in the northeastern counties of 

 Scotland, Forfar and Aberdeen being the chief centers, and ithas existed 



