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unless it be on a single cow as an experiment. At two years old 

 he may be used sparingly on twenty to thirty cows, and when 

 three years old he will be vigorous, and ought to be good for al 

 least five years' service of one hundred cows a season. When in 

 service his feed must be the best, and he should be groomed and 

 washed often. This is necessary to his best health, as is also 

 daily exercise. 



The following from the " G'nmtry Gentleman^'' is so admirable, 

 that we copy it and indorse it entire. VVorkhstg- Bulls. " 1 

 have one of Emery's endless chain powers to drive my hay- 

 cutter. My bull is an Alderney two year old, weighing a little 

 over nine hundred pounds. I put on the brake and had him 

 led into the power, where he had a small feed of oats given 

 him. While he ate these he was groomed and caressed. This 

 was repeated two or three days in succession. Then, while he 

 was eating, the brake was slacked a little, and as the floor 

 moved down (slowly, so as not to alarm him) he stepped 

 up to keep his muzzle at the oats. At the fourth lesson 

 he worked an hour, and cut hay enough to last my stock — 

 some eighteen head in all — two or three days. 



" We have not had the slightest trouble, and so much does he 

 appear to like the exercise and the pleasant remembrances of 

 the reward of good behavior, that 1 shall not be surprised if, 

 when he happens to find the door open, he should go in and run 

 the machine' on his own account. I intend to put up a circular 

 saw and let him cut my fire-wood. 



" jSTow for the advantages. The pampering and confinement 



which makes a horse run away will, in time, make a bull 



devilish. The work I give him requires no harnessing ; it is 



only an hour's walk up a hill of thirteen degrees elevation. It 



gives him an outlet for his superfluous spirits. It keeps him 



' in hand' and gentle ; it wears away the growth of his hoofs, 

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