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required of him. The observation of his keeper must regulate 

 the quantity. The feed should be regular, at each meal, and 

 given three times a day. No positive rules for the hours of 

 feeding can be laid down, and the discretion of those who have 

 charge of the animal, must mainly govern. "When in service, 

 if confined in a stable, a moderate amount of exercise by walk- 

 ing, should be given him daily. It not only adds to his activity, 

 but stimulates his virility, and better insures the certainty of his 

 procreation. 



Grooming with the curry comb, or card and brush, and fre- 

 quent washing with water, and occasionally the use of soap, is 

 as necessary to a choice bull as to a stallion. A clean skin, and 

 lithe limbs, promoting good action, are a decided advantage to 

 -him not altogether for like purposes as in the horse, to 

 show his paces. The bull should have a majestic walk, and 

 be quick and vigorous in movement. So treated, his calves can- 

 not but be the better for it. A dirty, dandruffed bull, unkempt, 

 and slovenly in appearance, always shows to disadvantage, and 

 any breeder having a just pride in his cattle, will bestow equal 

 pains in keeping his bull in the best condition of appearance, as 

 he who prides himself in owning an "Ethan Allen," or a "Lex- 

 ington" horse. 



