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VOL. XXV. NO. S. 
WHOLE NO. 1152 
[Entered tiecurdiiiK to Act of Coiwetw, in the year W72, by*P. I). T. MuuRg. Uittm offloe or the I.ih rivrtan of Congress, at Washington] 
==g?) graceful, and exhibits a refined or¬ 
ganization of animal qualities un- 
surpassed by any breed. The ex- 
pressltm Of the face is gentle and 
intelligent; the head small, with a 
F Jp broud, indented forehead, tapering 
considerably towards the nostrils; 
W5 y| the nose of a creamy white; the 
fj m eye bright and promincut, encircled 
by an orange-colored ring; the jaws 
clean and free from flesh.; the ears 
thin. The horns of the female are 
long and spreading, gracefully turn- 
od upwards, and tapering off tow- 
ards the ends. The general aspect 
of th© head should in many points 
resemble tliut of the deer. The 
horns of the bull are thicker set 
and more highly curved, in some 
instances standing out nearly 
square, with only a slight inclina¬ 
tion upwards. 
“ Red is the true Devon color> 
which varies from a dark to a light¬ 
er, or almost to a chestnut shade. 
In summer the skin is mottled with 
beautiful spots of a slightly darker 
shade than the ground color of the. 
' “ The outline of a fat Devon very 
nearly approaches a parallelogram. 
The frame is level from the tops of 
the shoulders to the tail; the belly is longi¬ 
tudinally straight, and well filled out at the 
tlauks. The breast is wide, coming out 
prominently between the fore legs, and ex¬ 
tending downwards almost to the knee 
crtlsimnt 
DEVON CATTLE 
Captain J. T. Davy, Editor of 
the English Devon Herd Book, 
says the Devon breed of cattle be¬ 
longs to the middle-horned variety 
(he classifying the earlier breeds as 
long, middle and short horned) and 
as evidently an aboriginal one. He 
says the middle - horned varieties 
are fairly good milkers, but are re¬ 
markable for the quality rather 
than the quantity of their milk, 
which yields a larger proportion of 
cream and butter; and be asserts, 
“as a general rule the better the 
milking properties of cattle, the 
more are they disposed to internal 
accumulation of fat.” 
Of the distinctive external char¬ 
acteristics of the Devon, he says: 
“Notwithstanding his curly hair, 
the skin of the Devon must, be mel¬ 
low and elastic. Experience shows 
that some animals fatten faster 
than others. On ‘ handling 1 them 
we find the skin and parts beneath 
soft and ‘mellow.’ This ‘mellow¬ 
ness ’ is a kind of softness or elastic 
ceived upon pressing the skin v 
fingers, and is a favorable sign of 1 
tude of an animal to fatten. The 
are the cellular membraues, whic 
TO SAfNTIO^tXINrGfl-I^VIVi: CHURCH. 
[See Page 137.] 
1 the possession the Devon breeders in attaining this desira- 
store stock do- ble object; they consider au animal of little 
of membranous value if it cannot be fattened without very 
>n of fat. None extraordinary food. 
■ successful than “ The general form of a Devon is very 
