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families, where proper care and attention have been 

 given to this quality in breeding, yield largely. It is, 

 however, as a breed for general use, combining beef, 

 labor and milk, in fair proportion, that the Devons will 

 generally give best satisfaction, as they are hardy 

 enough to suit the climate, and cheaply furnish efBcient 

 labor and valuable meat. 



Farmers, whose ideas upon stock have been formed 

 wholly from their experience with Short-horns and their 

 grades, have often been surprised at witnessing the 

 facility with which Devons sustain themselves upon 

 scanty pasturage, and not a few when first critically 

 examining well bred specimens, sympathize with the 

 feeling which prompted the remark made to the reporter 

 of the great English Exhibition at Chester, after exam- 

 ining with him fine specimens of the Devons— "I am 

 delighted ; I find we Short-horn men have yet much to 

 learn of the true formation of animals ; their beautiful 

 contour and extreme quality of flesh surprise me." 



The Herefords are an ancient and well established 

 breed, and are probably entitled to be called a race. 

 Little is known with certainty of their origin beyond 

 the fact that for many generations they can be traced 

 as the peculiar breed of the county whence thej-- derive 

 their name. Youatt says that " Mr. CuUey, although 



