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A DEVON COW. 
A DEVON COW. , 
Well do we recollect the delight our bound¬ 
ing heart experienced the first time we looked 
at Devon cattle. We were too young and inex¬ 
perienced then, to critically understand the 
difference between them,and native cattle; and 
yet, that they were infinitely superior some 
way, a-nd that we had never seen anything of 
the ox kind before so elegant, and so apparently 
high bred, we could not but inwardly acknowl¬ 
edge. They reminded us of a troup of Arabian 
horses, of a herd of deer, of the graceful, swift- 
I good in these respects, as the shorthorns; at ti 
same time their dairy qualities have become in¬ 
ferior to no other breed of their size. 
The cow below, won the first premium in her 
class, at the New-York State Agricultural Soci¬ 
ety’s Show, at Syracuse, in September, 1849. 
Grain and Stock in Mississippi. —A spirited far¬ 
mer in this state thus writes us. I intend to 
build a big barn soon, and what is more, fill it 
with grain and hay. This year I have 120 acres 
in corn, which will probably yield 4,000 
A Devon Cow.—Fig, 64. The Property of Ambrose Stevens. 
footed antelope, and the proud stag, with his 
high, tossing antlers. Yet, to realise such a de¬ 
scription, the Devons must be taken in their 
younger days, and when rather lean than fat; 
and not in the staid, solid proportions of the 
above matronly figure. ’Phis cow, however, 
shows what a Devon well fed, can do, and their 
great superiority as a grazier’s beast. Devons 
have been much improved in England during 
the past half century. Without losing anything 
of their fineness of limb, their briskets have 
been enlarged, greater breadth has been given 
to their loins, while the quarters have become 
fuller, and the twist better let down. In fact 
the best improved are nearly, if not quite as 
bushels, 10 acres in potatoes, 30 in oats, rye, 
and barley, 4 in pindars, 5 in millet, and 1 in 
garden, thus making 170 acres in provision 
crops for man and beast. I only plant 130 acres 
in cotton. I have no idea of making cotton to 
pay others to raise hogs, cattle, and hay for me. 
I have 3 mule colts, 3 horse colts, and 7 brood 
mares, besides farm stocks, hogs. &c. 
Effect of Hogs on Soil. —Mr. G. kept 30 
hogs in a field of nine acres during, the winter> 
for three years. It was in corn every year, and 
no other manure was added. The effect was 
visible in the appearance of each succeeding 
crop, and the third year the increase yield was 
about one-third. 
