. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 476 CATTLE The size of the Devon shows considerable variation. Naturally Devons are of the smaller class as seen in beef-cattle classes in America, and this is one objection that has been raised here against the breed, together with the fact that the steers will not. Fig. 213. Fern of Halsden, champion Devon cow at the show of the Royal Agri- cultural Society of England in 1904. This shows the beefy type of Devon. From photograph, by courtesy of William Cooper & Nephews, England fatten as rapidly as some of the other kinds. Mature cows, accord
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 476 CATTLE The size of the Devon shows considerable variation. Naturally Devons are of the smaller class as seen in beef-cattle classes in America, and this is one objection that has been raised here against the breed, together with the fact that the steers will not. Fig. 213. Fern of Halsden, champion Devon cow at the show of the Royal Agri- cultural Society of England in 1904. This shows the beefy type of Devon. From photograph, by courtesy of William Cooper & Nephews, England fatten as rapidly as some of the other kinds. Mature cows, according to Sinclair, weigh from 1300 to 1500 pounds and bulls from 1500 to 2100. Two types of Devons essentially exist. Those in north Devon have always been of the smaller form, and beef production has been emphasized with them. In south Devon, where the breed is known also as the South Devon or South Hams, the cattle average larger, are lighter colored, tend to be coarser, and are more productive of milk, due, it is said, to the blood of Guernsey cattle. These two types have been more or less intermingled, but the best breeders of to-day advocate adherence to type. Ero- fessor Robert Wallace, in his work on the " Farm Live Stock of Great Britain," gives a third (a special Somerset type), found in north Devon. These cattle are larger, have a more droopy horn, Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York, Ginn
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