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to husbandry, when they first landed in the wilderness. The deep 

 red color was a favorite in early times for cattle, and they were 

 very much brought to New England. The Herefords formed a 

 very fine breed for fattening. Many of them were a deejj red, 

 with not a white spot on them ; the cows were said to have been 

 excellent milkers, some ot them yielding seventeen pounds of 

 butter a week. The Devons were better adapted to this country 

 than most of the other races; they were full of activity, healthy, 

 full of spirit and courage, broad foreheads, clean limbs, with a 

 pleasing vivacity of countenance, full of agility, sure footed, 

 capable of traveling at a high speed, with a disposition to fatten 

 unequaled by most other races. Coming from a mountain country 

 in England and Wales, the breed suited the soil and climate of 

 New England; they readily acclimated. These cattle are quick 

 and honest at work; docile, and not inferior milkers. The race 

 of pure red cattle, however, seemed to prevail more in Connecticut 

 than in any other of the New England States. The middle part 

 of Connecticut, including the towns of Middletown, Wallingford, 

 Berlin, Guilford and East Haven, Hartford, Farmington, Wethers- 

 field and others, is now distinguished for a fine breed of improved 

 Devons. Such a great variety of races being introduced into the 

 country at its early settlement, many of the original stocks have 

 been crossed out, forming an entire new race, superior to the ani- 

 mals of any other country. I have seen tlie Leicester and the 

 Irish lopped liorns, the Galloway ox with its progeny, mixed with 

 cattle from Suffolk and Norfolk counties, England, the Shropshire, 

 the Derbyshires, and many others of the Long horned race. Tliese 

 occasionally show strains with an enormous growth of horns. 

 The Yorkshire cattle in New England have undoubtedly been 

 the stock from which many of the best milkers are obtained. I 

 have seen a small herd of cattle, mostly red, with a small band 

 of white around the middle. My brother, now living in Hamp- 

 shire county, Massachusetts, is working almost the best pair of 

 cattle I ever saw; they are a white, with every mark of having 

 descended from a cross on the Chillingham Park cattle; black 

 noses, and black inside of the ears. Many of these crosses of 

 color are found in Maine and north New England, and put on an 

 orange or cream color. 



