108 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JANTARY 30, 1864, 
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them, the la u experienced observer would discover in him a larger and less | dairyman and the butcher; they certainly possess im 
o s ma » aad cur 4 T, » pin m ES dad finely chiselled head, poe <r combined with a less | frames and are much longer than the North i Devons, at H 
youog man, to mind what I was alter wi em, as | pleasing ex prem Mon of the crescent-shaped upward | confess I do m like their wedge-like A 
they had been having 14 lbs. of cake per day upon the | horn, instead he deals pr and gracefully curved —— to gai | much credit either at the Shit i 
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named until the Smithfield great market, to whic Leger the justice to admit, they are now breeding animals | milking cows which approach nearest to the “ prize animal” 
most of them went ; they paid me about 8/. per head x loins, and more Meme V ith Tampa, Mees like their | quality and shape, and by using bulls which come from goog 
for 10 weeks’ feeding ; so I got a lot of extra good | original pomo the Devons, and I think t right rod milking owe, Y only to sustain the two qualities in thy 
manure Y i tel u ding so. ame ut to produ: Sw c wi 
I Sid kand n f nt eo. I p Pvt We find that particular breeds and varieties of a breed w more. However in South Devon these South Hams have the; 
» lk men Mut Or ve no ave = eM, | fo long before the modern scientific system of breeding stanch friends, and are said to answer a g purpose for 
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them i commence with M E: arti- | dependent on him for food, "tháy would degenerite if VIE we will hope, "ay up a fair store tor HAR Ka would on- 
ficial food, when cattle uem inio the stall and mere not ped t e mo under gar observation, RTE YE Horne iv vore Fees 
graduaily ri ise to 8 lb. s that the ey Pom 6 Ib. 8 vit all other breeds, so with the Devons, a great The offal of the is large, their flesh decid 
per day for the whole tim e they are feeding. If) difference is un hy in animals of the same breed, and | inferior to that of the North Bieber and when gen cae 
they do not pay for this quantity, they rarely will for | cattle of the like colour, and with similar chavaotetietie marks | n E — process) they ar s chiefly so sold in the neighbo 
unless ve pos e e beas eed, and when | about them, never theless satni e in their fee eding a and | r for provisions for aji e Navy. 
s ty & | eer properties. Tue Fegi reared in the north of the| oo ‘it appe - that each breed and variety of a 
finishing for Christmas m Tota. county is noted for his b carly coat, which he frequently | possesses its eculiar merits, each answering a bette 
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have found cattle in stalls gain quite as lished in 1808, he E Sur the Devin cattle as “active at 
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in my The cost of cleaning the stalls out, and the | excellence and numbers, Shan te TE eg T be uos gest’ ee sient ee RM EM ^ a io» " po iod - 
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manur rwards META zi diia set v being | ces Or ME Soka: afer Wied Biot sed lot we otters) “i is re “atuable for ° aptitude to fatten, for m T toud, 
ng "A s pm nor price to obtain those of the highest ?^ be choice rum ty of its beauti LL POE and martis 
that the one is shes y rs tena ant, the other is the | 7 proof and bes uty.’ Ban eepedial fi favourite of the butcher who 
duty of the landlord. We know nearly all the Norfo olk | I have been told re epeatedly by my father and others, and it I amiy "eve for og iv gà ffo s; been e moat va = 
beasts are fed in MA holding from 10 A 20 in each. | has been stated by the late Mr. soe yt AS et^ that when original type of the. Ee E ae to the north of Dem 
This is a system condemned, where there is | they were young a E nud — — A — t century, that | aod the very low ve " bird 
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Rent y of AT thi for nr; for I baya pe iud and | | than now ; that most of the county gentlemen and the majority | atmosphere, cite tite antcuaelitibe pom in-early autumnal 
well-bred , when the yards were | of the principal yeomen were breeders. By this I must not be rich curly coats, well adapted to their native home at the fot 
well littered T E prefer the open pud to the | understood to mean that they simply bred Silmad of ared of Exmoor rango of hills. Litte is kn specting tir 
not think the manure mad e 1 ed 1 D d | or 
with sa Near of it p - a env D ai ie da 7 | shape, and possessing great aptitude to fatten quickly, In fact, traced as the peculiar breed of the county from which the 
pan ya very | animals which would now be called choice, were then to bo taketheirname. Some persons fancy those ofa dark red colour 
in boxes, notwithstanding | found constantly in South Molton, Barnstaple, Bampton, or are the best, and that the’ animals of a lighter shade, almo 
what. many persons say upon the des i Ihave often | d ad cos local fairs or iw ; although at that time there approaching to chesnut, are in some degree related to the 
means of testing their relative merits, for those South Hams breed. It isnot so. Many of the best Devons! 
wae on sys "den ng batons cattle plays were established. have ever seen were of the lighter shades of red, and in this 
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but newer yet § saw During the late war with Je , the excessive prices offered ' respect, viz. colour only, do they resemble the South Hams. 
d du urse no pnis water | o ACE ted many, ne 2 to sol their mata taek | Thirty years ago these light-coloured Devons be 
2 d, but all drains off in e quality o ese ‘an ma more plentiful than they are now. In summer their skins are 
" xs te a remain n Her wv t ie h iri o Autumn on Grass alone, they were then, as the ey are now (e res mottled with beautiful spots of 2 little darker shade than tte 
ate ord, in a istrict where straw is | mileh. e ws) always fit for the butcher, It is customary to ground colour of the skin; and I have seldom witnessed s 
lentifi d they are for bullocks in | drive thecows intotheyard to be d e. aveknownsome more pleasing picture tnan a herd of them, with. their beaut 
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or a time gen nei and a ci o! poppar vely vons are generall the best quality, i. e. 
EL dept. tell fen farmers how to make inferior stock were on farms, where those s papas | quickly ; but I consider ler thote of the darker shade (nn 
ocks | -per day, kind bi : | n proportion t 
.Now this is a question that "will, I think, m e| ew eae acted ry seeing th Tt is fat, e-objection to the. very dark shades being that the skin 
even a fen fi r to answer, as their s ash: fa is arily Devona. mere s becoming scares, bought as many as his farm an (rie qu itv of flesh. The best course to follow is the tis , 
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by the dry system. I wil here remark that my | handed dow: lo th uecessors, and in aum cet father, who received a carefully selected herd from Be 
experience as to the value oF straw is this ; ; sweet | continue in des same families to the present Aft father, and my own experience has confirme that 
Barley, Pea, and Bean stra d ; | years local cattle shows e — d Ya i their show. cannot be accounted for, and knowing that some of the te 
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Wheat I do not like for cattle “tt any time, although | fot eon well-bred animals Tem Fa eof the dite proved breui; pornak had white about the udder, I should 
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cattle in the stall for Christmas that eat 1 bushel AE ed, and were incited to assist in increasing, improving, and ' intervals some Lis as of the most eles it is tr pure 
w chaff per day; but they hava, a ike quantity of ring the Devons to their former pre-eminence and parity. = solely red parents, AX for more than a century, have 
old hay cheff, § Tbe, oloko andeorn, and 2 bushels of |a, Jongin, T Coamatesanen ARAA Ch tress PA coma io produce VM E E tes rae 
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S mede very much wan machine to prepare | increased and s Ag wi ape of being fad tothe, Y | som, they whenever gin grow as bani 
the straw in D digestible. hen than chaff, and I Shag oa bat he snd.s z SUE usa of Wes A rset, they the herd, and of "dy oh qui, 
LE pu agricu engineers will try and see ifr? nly extend a very large portion of When So ernia the isolated position of the ea 
something cannot be constructed. It is the indiges- | y. Vindsor, and oro ret ——— folk A eae com eaanleation wit cepe “4 anl within 
tibility of straw that prevents its being ue exten. Hertfordshire, Staffords! and the Isle of Wight; also tive mber t that it 3^ ended p^ 
z ; red into haces Ireland, Flaa, p Australia hree and wate but ing omg, EDU, d but not 2 E cattle brongt 
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boasts "of several valuable pin; where t:ey as eserv ed m Tatti opie flecting also cane s Jus preference wW 
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rsued 1 ce to the malt-tax. If we farmers | the change of climate and soil well, thrive where many breeds that in former days it would be impossible for an 
4 x * - ing, o. enu dive zs TA rapidly n most others, when they reach à nw home ee "Rooter breed el 
LEG eT NE, : o CR o. i ye: good pasture. ere are some scep! persons journey; so that a fres| val other 
Pra mig 2) Agees injustice, for we well know | «ho complain of the want ot e Ene at 20 in the Devons of CET and the herd of a "y Aire b a 
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in RUE EIS fab for the. purposes s of world, Thís improvement has been — by a prede e rdc i Totiki. yf an o iginal — ‘gst 20% 
pare e of the best materials for the purposes of propagation, bave lain dormant, and is gradually wearing out. Ími, o 
give the Bel of experiments as to the value of malt hout the admission of any foreign blood. The Devons be understood to argue in favour of a mixture of wh 
7] A d for cattle. lknow Ba much jt its value—that | which tnd aro red hie to the grazing districts in the Midland that I should wish calves to be so marked. THO TGS Dee 
ch oer in the west of the county and in the are tor! is ~~ red. In the north of the coun 
I have an ani ge up for show purposes, P —— and ai ribera rcgi bony sort of generally has a soft, rich, curly coat of hair, W whilst those pas 
tesi is nothing like a portion of pU ground fine, P ima] ; but they ge p ually Wüdergoloe i Son rove- in the sir districts of Devon ənd in Somerset ha ae 
mixed with its food. I now use several hundred Le ent for the last few Paesi by the intr oaet of well-bred and strai — r hair, not usually so fine and curly. water, t 
rs of Barley every et if I were allowed | North Devon bulls, rough th rcr epus of the prizes produced by time, soil, climate, and I will add TA 
; 3 offere desires spicutüral s E ere I w mark, that I their colour and hair, is duly sporeeiotut; and it 1$ Devon 
turn this into malt, instead of its be Bess tO | think there is Which landowners could more known fact that mary animals are sent to North changin 
the pro produstion po pe be used priced meat, (viz., por. k), Bat rom mo benefit it thelr farang’ at hei then teat a pa Lies meri uering, with the two-fold eon! P grazing an and 
t now would in pum we f and re i s friend. 
De T un vn E e the | tock come yee Pr bulls are too goung, | oletronghy i this subject, and wrote to e P^ 
ould, m sure, ye says a MUR ore than a year old, they soon get barren, | Robe Seah: who resides on eee ane who tr 
bills, perhaps at five or six yours old, If the bu EAE oped after ag with me as to the influen se of our dian 
where antry may avail themselves | her e pere: E iter? 'says—'' Having had int one Temarke! 
lin byw Au he increase of Hears corio Mae ej yreatey | | 1000 hend of cattle to summer on the hills, I aniis? 
BREED OF CA TTLE Posten, gerne peers benefited. | this change to advantage; the thick shortlegser messi 
There is ety of the Devon kept in the southern | invariably do the best. In fact, animals of large etura I 
er | part of the Witte known ERA the provincial term of the | smooth coats do not improve, but. in most instances Ton st 
“South Hams rap e dirtrict in which they | worse condition than when — to us. This is also 5g, qni. 
of a Sees colour than the North | the foot of our Exmoor Hills, at North Molton, Molland, od, | 
ireand ussex Devon, and 1 ndi must have been originally a’ mixture | the neighbour! hood, where most of th e best Devons as Tos - 
heyresem- EAM North Devon with the Guernsey. They are large | aud w any are also sent for s panim grazing. peu 
framed, coarse boned, good milkers, with Haay t coy with s some being, “ We "tend e ni North p 
rat tbeelier à and large offals. A friend of mine in speaking of them, ie a | to darken, and curl thelr eoata- we find them ll better 
mr odi ei ies difference | little severe when he says, '* The North Devon differs 8 ago Messrs. Bult -— Qe (ew ibe Bote 
the Sussex beast might pet South Devon in everything whic pependit. d Meina d vale of Taunton Dene) bought. rd 
won good animal.” They are now quite a distinct variety, Lcd bull, Hundred Guinea (59) of Mr. LEE I se aed 
ad | argue that they answer the double purpose of Peleo left Molland, when his hair Tabled that 3 
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