Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

CATTLE.
not equal to the others ; but possess a tendency to fatten and acquire
extraordinary bulk, scarcely inferior to that of short-horns.
As either of these found their way to other districts, they mingled
to a greater or less degree with the native cattle, or they felt the
influence of change of climate and soil, and gradually adapted them-
and each assumed a peculiarity of form
selves to their new situation ;
which characterized it as belonging to a certain district, and rendered
it valuable and almost perfect there. The Cheshire, the Derbyshire,
the Nottinghamshire, the Staffordshire, the Oxfordshire, and the
Wiltshire cattle were all essentially long-horns, but each had its distinguishing
feature, which seemed best to fit it for its situation, and
the purposes for which it was bred. Having assumed a decided
character, varying^ only with peculiar local circumstances, the old
long-horns, like the Devons, the Herefords, and the Scotch, continued
nearly the same. There is no authentic detail of their distinguishing
points. From hints given by old writers, we may conclude that some
of them at least were characterized by their roundness and length of
".arcass, coarseness of bone, thickness and yet mellowness of hide, and
lie rich quality although not abundant quantity of their milk.
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OLD CRAVEN LONG-HORN BULL.