The Book Shed

Much wear to tips, corners and edges of book, slight damage to spine. clean and unmarked; no jacket. Quite scarce. 42 pages of period agriculutral product ads with advertiser index. First printing, no others noted. "...this book shall be looked upon as the standard history of the breed." Sussex cattle are a red breed of beef cattle from the Weald of Sussex, Surrey and Kent in south eastern England. Descended from the draught oxen long used on the Weald they were selectively bred from the late 18th century to form a modern beef breed which is now used in many countries around the world. The Sussex is one of several similarly coloured breeds of southern England – the others, (thought by some to be descendants of the ancient Sussex cattle) include the North Devon, the Hereford, the Lincoln Red and the Red Poll. Ox ploughing continued longer in the Weald and on the South Downs than in most parts of England, and so the Sussex remained until relatively recently as heavy boned, large shouldered, draught animals. The stronghold of Sussex cattle in Britain remains the Wealden counties of Sussex, Kent and Surrey, but they are not particularly common even there, and are rare elsewhere in Great Britain. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.