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twelve months after he has been deprived of 

 his mother's milk. In the conditioning of 

 thin cows and young stock too much corn 

 should not be used. Ground oats, bran, a little 

 oil-cake, roots, shredded fodder, good grass, 

 hay, or even clean, bright straw may all be re- 

 sorted to with profit, and a mixture of these 

 feeds is always preferable to an exclusive use 

 of any one of them. Feeding, however, is an 

 art that cannot be taught from books. A ra- 

 tion that will suit one case will fail in another. 

 Not only the kinds but the amounts to be 

 given can only be satisfactorily determined by 

 a careful study of the individual peculiarities 

 of different animals. 



To succeed in Short-horn breeding it is im- 

 portant that one have a genuine love for the 

 work. Both the owner and the herdsman 

 should find a keen delight in the company of 

 their cattle, and if on terms of intimacy with 

 favorite animals so much the better. Kind 

 treatment should at all times be enforced. 

 Young bulls are frequently rendered vicious 

 by injudicious punishment. All bulls over 

 twelve months old should have rings inserted 

 in their noses, so that they may be managed 

 with safety. An unruly bull should never be 

 used or tolerated unless of such outstanding 

 excellence that his services seem fairly indis- 

 pensable, and if proved positively dangerous 



