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grained, juicy meat. They are good feeders, fatten quickly, and the 

 quality of their flesh is such that American butchers always prefer the 

 Downs for their market. 



They are not large animal?, but their flesh is laid on in the choicest 

 parts. In America their small size seems to be their great objection, 

 hence the animal is not largely bred. They would prove profitable in 

 hilly and mountainous sections, where the large, heavy cattle find it diffi- 

 cult to gather the grasses. 





DEVON HEIFER, "jENNY," IO562. 



As a Dairy Aniaial. The Devon does not give a large amount of 

 milk, but the quality is first-class, yielding per gallon almost as much 

 butter as the Jersey. Originally they perhaps produced more milk than 

 t'ley do at the present time, for the breeders of this valuable breed of 

 cattle worked toward a finer form, and heavier carcass, or the best beef 

 laid on in the most profitable parts. She is fairly well fitted for a dairy 

 cow, if bred in that direction, for she is easy to keep, has a good 

 disposition, and is easily managed. Her udder is small, soft and 

 tidy, and is well covered with silky hair, and her clean, tapering teats 

 are easily drawn. 



