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to force an acquaintance, no bustle or worrying them. After a 

 once repeated service confine the cow in the stall until her heat 

 fully passes off". 



Nine and one-half months is the average time of the cow, and 

 after about seven months' pregnancy, milking should cease, and 

 she should have good care, shelter, and warm beds, good food 

 and a plenty of it. She now has two lives to support, and the 

 quality of tlie calf will be greatl}^ aftected by the care now 

 given. The cow should not be allowed to lay on fot, but kept 

 up to a good condition. Mr. L. F. Allen in his recent publica- 

 tion says: "A breeding and milk cow, in all her bodily condi- 

 tion, should be gently and kindly treated. 



"She should never be driven at a pace beyond a walk. 



"She should never be jumped over fences or bars. 



" She should never be shouted at or worried in driving. 



"If they meet with objects occasioning fright or fear, let them 

 leisurely survey the obstacles until fear is removed. 



" Never suffer the cow or the herd to be worried by dogs. . 



" Be gentle with them always." 



Bulls intended for stock raising should be well fed from 

 their birth ; never fattened, but kept constantly and steadily 

 growing. Oat meal, barley meal, and peas are better than corn 

 meal, (in fact we recommend that no bull ever be fed on corn 

 at all ;) these, with milk and grass until he is eight months, will 

 insure great seminal and muscular vigor. Teach him to lead as 

 early as possible, and when he is nine months old put a copper 

 ring in his nose. Handle him often and gently, and in ninety- 

 nine cases out of one hundred he will be gentle in return. 

 Most of the viciousness of bulls is the result of either improper 

 handling, or no handling at all. When once they become 

 vicious there is little dependence to be placed on them, and their 

 keeper must be on his guard. Never use a yearling bull 



