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The qualities of the sire require a like exsimma,tion.— Extracts 

 by Henry Meigs. 



DEVON CATTLE. 



[From the Prize essay of De Caird on the Econoinical and Agricultural Situation, &c., of the 

 Counties of England. Translated into French from De Cairds English work. By M. 

 BanceUn Dutertre, Paris. Extracts translated by H. Meigs, October, 1854.] 



The county of Devonshire presents a very interesting view on 

 account of its variety. The greater part of its surface is very 

 unequal, forming undulations with valleys sheltered from the 

 cold, and very full of verdure. The climate especially suitable 

 for the dairy. The people irrigate some of these rich little val- 

 leys. Cattle are peculiarly suited to Devon. Her race is one of 

 the most graceful and best shaped of Great Britain. It has been 

 ot late years considerably improved. The cattle, cream and cider 

 of Devon are generally esteemed. 



The Devon people yoke two young or two old cattle together, 

 and plough about one acre a day. They get from sixteen to twen- 

 ty-four bushels of wheat an acre, or thirty-two bushels of barley. 

 They get ten or fifteen hogsheads of cider from an orchard per 

 acre. There are farms producing 150 hogsheads a year, half of 

 which is drunk by the laborers. It is estimated that each of 

 these laborers drink three and a half hogsheads a year. The 

 wages of these men average from $1.75 to $2 a week, and from 

 three pints to two quarts of cider a day. Each man brings, in 

 the morning, his wooden bottle to receive his share for the day. 

 The women are not employed in out-door work. 



CLIMATOLOGY. 



[Extracts by H. Meigs. U. S. Patent Office Report, 1853. Vol. 2.] 



Distribution of rain in the temperate latitudes of the two con- 

 tinents. Observations adequate to a perfect judgment not yet had, 

 but the older United States are illustrated in this report : 



Inches. Averages of years. 



New- York, 42.6 23 



Savannah, , 53 4 14 



Astoria, 87.2 11 



Sitka in Russian America, 79.5 2 



Albuquerque in New Mexico,... 8.4 3 



