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try beautiful cow, possessing great scale, fine character, and heavy flesh. 
h. Thomas's " Kosaline " is a very nice cow, but did not appear quite so 
loomiug as on some previous occasions. Mr. Burchell Peren's " Eosalie " is 
f very good quality and character. 
i In Class 43 — Heifers in-Milk or in-Calf — the place of honour was 
ecured to Mr. James's " Kosebud," an extremely beautiful, short-legged, 
■itin-coated heifer, of fine quality and character. She is unexceptionally 
'■effect. Mr. Philip Turner's heiler is also an unquestionably grand speci- 
'len, with plenty of scale, flesh, and quality. Mr. Harding's "Lady Annie" 
leserved the third prize, although Mr. Peren's "Coinpton Kose" trod closely 
,pon her heels. 
I'he Yearlmy Heifer Class was very good indeed. The first prize was 
iken by a splendid heifer of Mr. T. G. Carwardine's. She is as nearly perfect 
jay be, very level, with beautiful character, and superb quality ; with 
she will tone down into jierfection itself. Mr. Taylor's " Cherry " is an 
iceedingly nice heifer, full of quality. Her Majesty's " Duchess of Edin- 
urgh" is a heavy-fleshed, good quality heifer; and Mr. Evans's "Lady 
■lanche " (the Pieserve Number) possesses fine character, and is very promising. 
In Class 44 Mrs. Edwards's heifer-calf, " Mabel," has plenty of quality and 
ood hair, rich in colour ; likely to make her mark in the future. Mr. 
leren's " Lady Lottie " promises to grow into a show animal. Mr. Turner's 
Constance " was the Reserve Number in this class. 
Our remarks must end here. The Herefords as an entire lot were — if not 
uite so numerous as on some former occasions — certainly not behind any 
revious exhibition for their general excellence. Undoubtedly the prevalence 
f foot-and-mouth disease kejit many of the best specimens of Herefotds at 
ome ; but we must emphasise our report by adding that the animals shown 
istained the reputation of the breed, and afforded another proof, if, indeed, 
ach were needed, of the great superiority of this breed for its aptitude to 
evelop into early maturity, for its general hardihood of constitution, its 
.apacity to thrive in all climates, and for its unquestionably pre-eminent 
•ivantage in being able to lay on more flesh in a given time, and with a given, 
uantity of food, than the animals of any other breed. 
Wm. Taylor. 
Thos. Eogers. 
EicuD. Bach. 
It is personally gratifying to me to find the Judges of Devons, 
liile they praise the animals exhibited at Taunton, reporting : 
W e feel it necessary, however, to remark that a great number 
if the cattle exhibited as Devons do not possess the true North 
Oevon type in any respect except that of colour." There is no 
leed, as the Judges say, to disparage the larger breed, whose more 
oomy frames may be well suited to the rich grazing land for 
/hich Somersetshire is famous, but it may be asked whether the 
time has not come to establish separate classes of Devons ? It 
'3 invidious for a Judge to be called upon to decide between the 
lerits of two animals so utterly dissimilar as one of the great 
)evons, of which there were so many at Taunton, and one of 
IP dainty North Devon type, with which the Quartly herd was 
Iways so successful. I called the attention of more than one 
xperienced judge to the apparent coarseness of many of the 
)evons ; but I was met by the reply that the time had gone by 
