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AMERICAN CATTLE. 



all their due share of merit. Our cut is that of a prize stall-fed 

 steer, at four years old. It shows his flesh-taking quahties in 

 high perfection. 



Plate 4. Devon Ox. 

 AS A BEEF~ ANIMAL, 



"We must place the Devon in the first class, for fineness of flesh 

 and delicacy of flavor. Its compact hone gives it the one, and 

 its rapid and thorough development under good feeding gives it 

 the other. In growth and size it matures early, equal to 

 the short-horn, and its meat is finer grained, juicy, and nicely 

 marbled, (the lean and fat intermixed.) In tlie London markets, 

 Devon beef bears the highest price of any, except the Highland 

 Scot — usually a penny a pound over that of larger breeds, 

 and our American butchers quickly pick the Devons from a 

 drove, when they can find them, before most others. They feed 

 well, take on flesh rapidly, and in the quality of their §esh, are 

 all that can be desired. 



The following weights of Devons from tho London, Smith- 

 field markets, nvp given : 



