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Many of them have been excellent milkers, and some of theE 

 extraordinary, for their size. "We once had two three year oL 

 heifers, with their first calves, which gave for some three month 

 after calving, on pasture only, with steady milking, an averag 

 .of eighteen quarts per day; and from cows whicb^e have a 

 difierent times sold to go to other States, the acTOunts of thei 

 milk have been equally good. It is but fair to say howevet 

 that after we commenced crossing our cows with bulls of late 

 importations, some fifteen years after the commencement of thi 

 herd, the large milkers were not so nuaaerous, although the catth 

 from these crosses were somewhat finer. The bulls we usee 

 were apparently bred from stocks highly improved, with ai 

 effort more to develop their feeding properties, than for thi 

 dairy. After all, our Devons yielded, on an average, quite ai 

 much as any common cows we ever kept, with much less con 

 sumption of forage. 



"With all her alleged deficiencies, the Devon possesses th( 

 inherent qualities of a good milker. Her dairy faculties may be 

 bred out of her by neglect of that important item, and with t 

 view to give her an earlier maturity, and more weight of flesh ; 

 but even under that system, she will occasionally persist, as we 

 have known in various instances, in giving a large flow of milk, 

 exceeding many common cows of equal size. On the whole, 

 from the accumulated accounts we have received from time tc 

 time, coupled with our own experience, we pronounce the 

 Devons, as a race, when hred with an eye to the development of thi 

 dairy quality, considering their size, and consumption of food, 

 good dairy cows, both in the quantity of milk they give, and 

 the butter it yields. 



AS A WORKING OX. 



In this valuable quality, no animal of the same size and weighl 

 equals the Devon — for the following reasons : They are, amonc 

 cattle, what the "thorough bred" is among horses. Accordins 



