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much, as she has done for mo, that he should at least say a few 

 words to help her aloug. 



And I feel it fitting in showing cattle mainly of one breed — 

 hut it is possible that in the fitting of other breeds there might be 

 some things that would want to be a little different than it would 

 with the breed that I represent — I think the most important 

 thing of all is the growing and developing of the animal, I do 

 not believe that any animal not properly grown and developed 

 would make a first-class show animal. Not only that, but there 

 are a few people, quite a lot of breeders, who do not believe it 

 is worth while to fit animals to exhibit in the show ring. But 

 the growing and developing for the largest possible production ; 

 for the show ring; for the auction ring, and also to sell at private 

 sale, all come under one head — the proper growing and 

 developing. 



It may be best for us to begin at the birth of the calf. That is 

 my idea of where we ought to begin the development of the 

 animal for the show or for the largest possible production. 

 My way is, when the calf is born, when it is a few hours old, to 

 take it away from its mother, and to give it not over a quart of 

 its mother's milk three times a day for at least a week. A good 

 many breeders think it best to let the calf run with its mother for 

 a few days. In the olden days when the cow was raised in 

 the winter, they kept her for a few months on straw, etc. 

 She did not make up such large udders as now, and she did not 

 fill her udders with milk. 



In the last twenty-five years I have lost only two calves with the 

 scours. I get a good many letters every year asking what is good 

 for white scours and other things, and believe the trouble is that 

 nearly all the breeders either overfeed their calves or let them 

 run with the cow and give them all they want. In the last three 

 or four weeks we have had six or seven calves with scours, but 

 every calf is now doing fine. I always disinfect the navel im- 

 mediately after they are born, and keep doing it every day for 

 a week, with a solution of carbolic acid. The way to develop 

 the calves properly is not to let them have any set-backs ; grow 

 them in such a way that they will never get poor. After they 

 get to be a week old, if they are all right, I begin on their milk, 



