Excerpt from Davy's Devon Herd Book: Containing the Names of the Breeders, the Ages, and Pedigrees of the Devon Cattle, With the Prizes They Have Gained A straight and at back, with never a hump She's wide in her hips, and calm in her eyes, She's firm in her shoulders, and thin in her thighs She's light in her neck, and small in her tail, She's wide in her breast, and good at the pail She's fine in her bone, and silky of skin, She's a grazier's without, and a butcher's within. Having been asked to speak of the colour of the Devons, as some persons fancy those of a dark colour are the best, and those of a light colour in some way related to the South Hams breed of Devons, I can only repeat, in answer to the latter supposition, a remark which fell from a friend of mine, namely: That the North Devons differ from the South Hams beasts. In almost everything which is necessary to constitute a good animal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."