BREEDING HEIFERS — BULLS. 9 



keeping my stock healthy, I use the following : One-quarter of 

 a pound of sulphur and quarter of a pound of saltpeter, to a 

 peck of salt. I have used this mixture with great success. If I 

 have a case of abortion in my herd, I take the cow out at once, 

 and if not a very valuable cow, put her to feed for the butcher. 

 If I save her to breed again, I keep her from the rest of the 

 herd for fully three months, for obvious reasons. 



BREEDING HEIFERS. 



I breed my young heifers at from the age of fifteen to 

 twenty months, and generally in July and August, if I can. 

 My cattle are kept on the same fields they winter upon, until 

 the middle of June, at which time they are put upon their 

 Summer pasturage. No more cattle are put upon the old pas- 

 ture until the following November. By this rest of the 

 pasture, the fields recuperate and have again a good supply of 

 grass for the stock to winter upon. 



My mode of watering is to dip the water into troughs, 

 which consumes the time of one man. The water stands in 

 the well from four to eight feet from the surface, and there is 

 no difficulty in obtaining a bountiful supply. 



BULLS. 



I feed my stock bulls from two to four quarts of oats and 

 corn per day, with plenty of timothy hay, also about eight 

 pounds of sliced beets each in the Spring of the year, increas- 

 ing the oats and decreasing the corn in breeding season. The 

 cows are kept in a herd together, with a herdsman to watch 

 them when they come in season. When this is observed, they 

 are driven to a breeding-yard, and bred as desired. 



If the day is warm, the cow is allowed to cool for one hour 

 before the bull is allowed to go to her, the cows then being 

 placed in the yards alone until quieted. This is followed up 

 until the whole herd is served, after which a bull is turned out 

 with the herd to make sure that all the cows are with calf. I 

 consider one good service all that is necessary. I am of the 

 opinion that a yearling bull is better for heifers under two 

 years, as they are not so apt to strain the heifers by heavy 



