PRACTICAL HERD MANAGEMENT 1001 



beef cattle management. We refer to John Letham. 

 He has had a long and successful experience, and we 

 doubt if a better or more practical statement touch- 

 ing the right handling of a breeding herd has ever 

 been put on paper than that which he has prepared 

 at the author 's request, and is submitted herewith : 



"The management of a breeding herd is not a 

 very complex problem if you keep close to nature. 



THE WOODS PRINCIPAL, CHAMPION BULLOCK INTERNATIONAL EXPO- 

 SITION 1901 Bred by Geo. P. Henry and fed by John Letham 

 Weighed 1,645 pounds as a yearling: sold at 50c per pound. 



Abundant pasture and pure water easily reached in 

 summer, well ventilated barns for the cows and 

 young calves and good, dry, well bedded open sheds 

 for the yearlings and two-year-olds in winter are all 

 that are necessary for success. If these simple re- 

 quirements were followed we would hear but little 

 about -abortion, tuberculosis, scours, foul-feet and 

 many of the troubles that plague the caretakers and 



