ABSENT DEVONS.
It is a difficult question ; and there are signs of a real revival in the export trade in pure-bred stock. One eminent breeder at any rate expects great things from the new isolation arrangements on this side. If the Argentines will trust this insurance, as they should, the impetus to the export of cattle may be very great. The world has to come to us for pure stock, and the world is a various place needing various breeds. In Newfoundland they swear by the Ayrshire, in North Canada by the Hereford (which has been successfully crossed with the buffalo !). In the Argentine by the Shorthorn and Hereford. In parts of the United States by our Guernseys. Every- where the reputation of our polled stock—Suffolk Redpolls as well as the all-conquering Aberdeen-Angus. It is at least possible that districts in the Far East and the Antipodes, which have in the past imported a sprinkling of Devons and South Devons, may at any time find these or other local and smaller breeds peculiarly suitable to their soil and climate.
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