. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. THE DEVONS. impairing, in the slightest degree, his activity, his beauty, or his pro- pensity to DEVON ox. Commencing to Feed. There are few things more remarkable about the Devon cattle than the comparative smallness of the cow. The bull is a great deal lesi than the ox, and the cow. smaller than the bull. This is some disad- vantage, and the breeders are aware of it; for, although it may not be necessary to have a large bull, and especially as those of any extraordinary size are seldom handsome in all their points, but some- where or other present coarsenes
. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. THE DEVONS. impairing, in the slightest degree, his activity, his beauty, or his pro- pensity to DEVON ox. Commencing to Feed. There are few things more remarkable about the Devon cattle than the comparative smallness of the cow. The bull is a great deal lesi than the ox, and the cow. smaller than the bull. This is some disad- vantage, and the breeders are aware of it; for, although it may not be necessary to have a large bull, and especially as those of any extraordinary size are seldom handsome in all their points, but some- where or other present coarseness or deformity, it is almost impossi- ble to procure large and serviceable oxen, except from a somewhat â roomy cow. These cows, however, although small, possess that roundness and projection of the two or three last ribs, which make them actually more roomy than a careless examination of them would indicate. The cow is particularly distinguished for her full, round, clear eye, the gold-colored circle round the eye, and the same color on the inside skin of the ear. The countenance cheerful, and the muzzle orange or yellow. The jaws free from thickness, and the throat from dewlap. The points of the back and the hind quarters different from those of other breeds, having more of roundne« and beauty, and being free from 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 Youatt, William, 1776-1847; Martin, William Charles Linnæus, 1798-1864; Stevens, A. New-York, C. M. Saxton
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