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VOLUME XXIX.—No. 5 . 
NEW YORK, MAY, 1870. 
NEW SERIES—No. 280. 
DEVON CATTLE FROM THE 
The above engravings are portraits of animals 
owned by Hon. E. H. Hyde of Stafford, Conn., 
and were taken from photographs. The cows 
were in full milk and the bull in fair working 
order only. It is impossible to show in any 
engraving the beauty of this breed which owes 
so much to its rich, almost cherry-red color and 
white horns. It is a snug, tightly knit race, very 
different from any other, showing no indication 
of intermixture of blood in its origin—and hence 
by many claimed, with good reason too, to he 
the original breed of Great Britain. Modem 
breeders have perhaps introduced a dash of 
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Shorthorn blood to give greater aptitude to fat¬ 
ten and earlier maturity. The Devons are me¬ 
dium-sized cattle, the bulls often rather low in 
stature; the cows of fair size giving 14 to 20 
quarts of rich milk, valuable for both butter and 
cheese making; tlie working oxen, both pure 
Devons and grades, are among the very best in 
the world, for everything except very slow 
heavy work. They are spry, intelligent, handy 
and trusty,fast walkers, and we have known them 
fair trotters; and they make, when fattened 
young, the very best beef of our markets. 
Devons are rather slow in coming to full size 
and maturity, hut they fatten easily, and last 
in full vigor as cows and oxen until 12 to 18 
years old. The cows are docile and quiet, and 
the steers easily broken. Upon the whole, the 
Devon probably combines all good points and 
valuable qualities to a degree not approached 
by any other breed. These cattle are hardy 
at the South, and their activity adapts them 
to pick up a fair living where Shorthorns or 
Herefords would starve. It is not very unusual 
to find among the cows deep milkers, giving 
over 20 quarts of milk, and in quality of the 
milk takes high rank next to that of the Jerseys. 
H Y D E .—Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
