North Devon cattle
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The Devon is a traditional British breed of beef cattle. It originated in, and is named for, the county of Devon in the West Country of England. It is a deep rich red in colour, and so may be known as the Devon Ruby or Red Ruby;[4]: 45 it may also be called the North Devon to distinguish it from the South Devon.
History
The Devon is a traditional breed of the county of Devon in the West Country of England.
A herdbook was started by John Tanner Davy in 1850. A breed society, the Devon Cattle Breeders' Society, was formed in 1884, and took over management of the herd-book.[5]: 168
By the early twentieth century the Devon was widespread. A census in 1908 found a population of close to 500,000, outnumbered only by the Shorthorn – of which there were about ten times that number.[5]: 168 [6]: 25
In the United States
In Australia
Devons were popular for use in
Characteristics
References
- ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Breed data sheet: Devon / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Cattle). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2022.
- ^ Transboundary breed: Devon. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2022.
- ISBN 085199430X.
- ^ ISBN 9781780647944.
- ISBN 9780747807643.
- ^ "Home is where the bullock is". Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ ABC Rural
Further reading
- Clive Thornton, (1993). Red Rubies: A History of the Devon Breed of Cattle, Manchester: Gabriel Communications. ISBN 9780949005861.
- Philip Walling (2018). Till the Cows Come Home: The Story of Our Eternal Dependence, Chapter 11
- Albert Beer, Sean Beer (1998). Red Rubies: Jewels in Exmoor's Crown. Exmoor Magazine, Issue No 4, Autumn 1998, pages 16–18.
- J. Sinclair (1893). History of the Devon Breed of Cattle, London.
- John Tanner Davy (1869). A Short History of the Rise and Progress of the Devon Breed of Cattle, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. 30, pp. 107–130.
- Richard Trevor Wilson (2012). The Rise, Fall and Restoration of a Native Breed of Domestic Cattle: The Devon Red Ruby of Southwest England. In: L. Marin and D. Kovač (editors) (2012). Native Species, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., pages 57–83. ISBN 978-1-61470-613-7