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two popular branches or families of the breed, derived from two noted 
cows, called Motile and Pigeon , which lived about one hundred years 
ago. The former is red, with a white or mottled face, frequently with 
some white along the back and belly ; the other a grey, approaching a 
strawberry-roan. Youatt, speaking of the Herefords, says: “They 
fatten to a much greater weight than the Devons, and run from 50 to 
70 score [1000 to 1400 lbs.] the four quarters. A tolerable cow will 
average 35 to 50 score [700 to 1000].” 
The Devon belongs to the Middle-horned class, and is regarded as 
indigenous to the section of country from which it takes its name. 
There are two varieties of the breed—the North and South Devon. It 
is of the former we particularly speak. From the earliest times to 
which accounts of them reach, they have maintained their principal 
characteristics unchanged. They have always been of a red color, 
varying somewhat in shade, the lighter having latterly the preference, 
as giving better quality of beef—the cows in some families having a 
little white about the udder. They have always been admired for beauty 
of form, sprightliness and intelligence, adaptedness for labor, and good 
tendency to fatten. The ordinary weight of fatted oxen of this breed, 
at four to five years old, is 800 to 900 lbs. Show animals in England 
have sometimes weighed as high as 1400 lbs., the four quarters. The size 
has, in latter years, been considerably increased, in a portion of the 
breed, by propagating from animals selected with reference to this result. 
At the same time a stock has been obtained which, in addition to in* 
"creased size, is also improved in respect to shape, early maturity, ten¬ 
dency to fatten, and generally in quality of flesh. The North Devons 
have become considerably known in some parts of the United States. 
They are better adapted to soils of inferior quality than cattle of larger 
size. They succeed well on the hills of New England and similar parts 
of New York, and appear to have done better at the south than any 
other English breed. 
The West Highland is an indigeneous breed of Scotland, belonging to 
the same general class as the Hereford and Devon. In originality of 
character, hardiness, vigor, and symmetry, the West Highlanders have 
no superior. They also fatten easily, and live on the roughest feed. The 
late John Price, a noted breeder of Hereford cattle, regarded them as ap- 
