220 The Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. 
Vienne, who showed a lot of very fine specimens, won the 2500 
francs (100/.) offered for the best group of any working variety. 
So much has already been said as to the general characteristics 
of this breed, that it would be a needless waste of space to 
transcribe the notes we have in our note-book referring to the 
individual animals exhibited. Through favour of M. Caillaud, 
we are enabled to give a representation (Fig. 2, p. 219) of his 
handsome five-year-old cow, which won the second prize in her 
class. The first prize in the cow class was awarded to a very 
fine, thick fleshy cow, with excellent front and crops, belonging 
to M. Leobardy. jVI. Caillaud's cow, here illustrated, is quite a 
representative specimen of the breed. 
Salers. — Belonging originally to the group of the mountains of 
Auvergne, in which it occupied the central plateau, the Cantal 
of the Puy-de-D6me, and neighbouring Departments, the breed 
of Salers has long held a prominent position among the 
herds of France. It is mentioned by Mr. Richardson as the only 
one considered really good "all round, for work, for milk, and 
for meat " — a distinction which attaches to it more than ordinary 
importance. Its characteristics are striking, and the family 
" current," we should think, exceedingly strong. The colour is 
dark red, usually marked with white spots on the belly. The 
head is triangular in shape, the face being long and full, and 
thickly covered with curly hair ; the muzzle is black ; the 
horns are turned upwards in a strange manner ; the body is 
long, and wanting in depth ; shoulder and neck are powerful ; 
dewlap is very large ; top straight, but narrow ; ribs are short, 
and a little flat ; tail is pretty neatly set, just a trifle high ; 
flank is light ; twist and thighs are very round, and not 
heavy ; bone rather strong, but finer than that of the Limousin ; 
great muscles, long legs, and general appearance lively and 
durable. The outline, on the whole, is tolerably good ; and 
perhaps the general form resembles that of the Shorthorn 
more closely than that of any of the other French breeds, ex- 
cepting the Charolais. The frame of the Salers, however, is 
too narrow, and too far from the ground. It is stated that in 
the plains of Limagne and in the east the breed shows different 
colours — piebald, dapple, red, black, and chestnut ; and that in 
Limagne the body is thicker, and the legs shorter. The family 
stamp, however, is well defined all through. 
For activit}', endurance, and force at work they have very 
few equals, and are surpassed by none. At certain kinds of 
heavy work the Limousin, a thicker, lower-set race, might have 
the advantage, but for ordinary farm labour preference may be 
given to the Salers. True, the Limousin beat them in the con- 
test for the 100/. prize for the best working group ; but we were 
