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of Hereford cattle owned by Mr. Joseph Row- 

 lands, near Worcester, England, and conceded 

 by experts to be the best in that country, and to 

 learn that for a number of years the herd (over 

 one hundred in number) have been kept in the 

 open, the cows being placed in the barn for a 

 few days at calving, and that the prize winning 

 bull that heads the herd, "Tumbler," is sixteen 

 years old, and still used, and it is stated by Mr. 

 Rowlands is producing as good stock today as 

 ever. The significant fact about this herd is, 

 they are and have been perfectly free from tuber- 

 culosis. Another herd of Jerseys (although not 

 prize winners) are kept near there, under pre- 

 cisely the same conditions with similar results. 

 A breeder of prize winning Belgian hares has 

 kept these for a number of years without arti- 

 ficial heat, with the best of results with freedom 

 from disease, and the attainment of strong, 

 robust constitutions. When puppies are four 

 months old (in the winter time) they should be 

 placed in well built kennels, without artificial 

 heat. (Of course, this does not apply to a colder 

 latitude than Massachusetts.) 



The reason for choosing bitches that come 

 from dams noted for their large litters is this: 

 the chances are (if the dog bred to comes from 

 a similar litter) that they will inherit the pro- 

 pensity to give birth to large litters themselves, 



