CATTLE— C ARK AND MANAGEMENT. 



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In Kentucky they practice another 

 mode of breaking steers, which is thus 

 described : Where the establishment is a 

 large one, and there are some to be broken 

 in every year, the fixture and practice 

 here recommended would seem to be eli- 

 gible and judicious. " Get a strong post, 

 eight feet long by two thick; plant it 

 three and a half feet in the ground, well 

 rammed ; round or level the top of the post 

 and leave a pin to it, or make a mortice 

 and insert a strong two-inch pin of tough 

 wood in it, perpendicularly at the top, six 

 or eight inches long. Then get a tough 

 sapling twenty-five feet long; measure off 

 at the small end of it the usual length of 

 a yoke, and bore the holes for your bows. 

 Then bore three holes, or more if you 

 choose, four, eight and twelve feet from 

 the other end of the sapling, of the size 

 of the pin in the top of the post, giving 

 the shortest lever first, draw your steers 

 up, let them be young or old, gentle or 

 wild, it makes no difference ; yoke them 

 to the end of the pole ; but instead of 

 tying their tails together, if you wish 

 to avoid bob-tailed oxen, tie their loins to- 

 gether with a good rope, wrap up their 

 head halters, clear the front, and let 

 them go; round and round they will go 

 with a rush; drunk — drunker still they 

 grow, until groaning, down they drop. For 

 a while they lie panting and looking wild ; 

 at length they leap as if suddenly frightened, 

 rush round and round again, grow drunk 

 and drop again. Leave them, they will 

 repeat the experiment, until reeling, they 

 will stop or stand. In a few hours you 

 may lead them around by their halters. 

 Uncouple them from the pole, or yoke 

 them to your cart, and drive them where 

 you please with safety. 



CATTLE, Cow, Bulling in, to Produce, 

 and Treatment of Bull-Burnt. — It some- 

 times happens that the cow will not stand 

 to the bull at the time that the farmer 

 wished, so that either the calf is dropped 

 a month or two after the most convenient 

 and piohtable time, or the most valuable 

 season for making butter and cheese is lost. 

 Some cows are thus backward because 

 they have been previously starved; a 

 week or fortnight's better keeping will 

 usually effect the desired purpose. In- 

 deed, if the animal has been well kept, 

 and is in good health, there will be little 

 trouble from her unwillinsmess to asso- 



ciate with the bull, but occasionally some 

 of a contrary nature. 



Many recipes have been given by vari- 

 ous authors to hasten thi period of the 

 cow being in season. A very common 

 thing with the farmer is to give the cow 

 that is wanted to take the bull a quart of 

 milk immediately after it has been drawn 

 from a cow that is in season. Two or 

 three good cordial drinks, such as Cordial 

 Drink No. 31 will be more serviceable. 

 A few malt mashes, oats, carrots, etc., 

 may likewise be given. We would earnest- 

 ly advise the farmer never to have re- 

 course to cantharides. It is a danger- 

 ously stimulating medicine; some cows 

 have had suppression of urine quickly 

 following the exhibition of it, and others 

 have died from inflammation of the sex- 

 ual parts. 



On the other hand, cows should not be- 

 too fat at this time, because they will fre- 

 quently then not stand the bulling. A 

 fat cow should have a dose or two of 

 physic and be bled ; a lean cow requires 

 better keeping. 



The sheath and penis of the bull occa- 

 sionally becomes swollen and tender, and 

 full of little ulcers, with fetid ichorous 

 discharge. The animal can seldom be 

 managed unless he is thrown, when the 

 yard should be drawn out, and all the 

 sore places bathed with the Lotion for 

 Bull-Burnt. (See No. 54, Domestic An- 

 imals, Medicines for.) 



A few application of this will give 

 speedy relief, and heal the sores. 



The shape of the cow will sometimes 

 inflame and swell, accompanied with con- 

 siderable pain at the time of staling, and 

 also a thin ichorous discharge. The part 

 should be washed with this lotion, or a 

 little of it injected up the shape with a 

 syringe. 



CATTLE, Cow-Pox.— This disease used 

 to be generally confounded with sore 

 teats, until, Jenner discovered its preserv- 

 ative power against small pox. Other 

 scientific men have since proved that it is 

 identical with small-pox — that it is, in 

 fact, the small-pox of the cow. 



It appears under the form of pustules 

 or vesicles on the teats, which are easily 

 broken in milking, and which, left alone, 

 break of themselves, and discharge a thin, 

 unhealthy fluid. The pustules are sur- 

 rounded by a broad circle of inflamma- 



