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The size of the Devon shows considerable variation. Naturally 

 Devons are of the smaller class as seen in beef-cattle classes in 

 America, and this is one objection that has been raised here 

 against the breed, together with the fact that the steers will not 



Fig. 213. Fern of Halsden, champion Devon cow at the show of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of England in 1904. This shows the beefy type of Devon. From 

 photograph, by courtesy of William Cooper & Nephews, England 



fatten as rapidly as some of the other kinds. Mature cows, 

 according to Sinclair, weigh from 1300 to 1500 pounds and 

 bulls from 1500 to 2100. 



Two types of Devons essentially exist. Those in north Devon 

 have always been of the smaller form, and beef production has 

 been emphasized with them. In south Devon, where the breed 

 is known also as the South Devon or South Hams, the cattle 

 average larger, are lighter colored, tend to be coarser, and are 

 more productive of milk, due, it is said, to the blood of Guernsey 

 cattle. These two types have been more or less intermingled, 

 but the best breeders of to-day advocate adherence to type. Ero- 

 fessor Robert Wallace, in his work on the " Farm Live Stock of 

 Great Britain," gives a third (a special Somerset type), found in 

 north Devon. These cattle are larger, have a more droopy horn, 



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