Tina, not to question your abitlity to read this old stuff at all but could it be possible that the writer of this word made a funny M...making it look like a N? Neat Cattle vs. Meat Cattle....... Well lo and behold.....I got out my "Concise Genealogical Dictionary" and what did I find but "Neat Cattle"....def. being.....bulls, oxen, cows and ox-like aminals..... Ok ....I knew this book would come in handy!!! pj