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by a wall, the door between the box and the yard being always 

 open. They have, therefore, open air treatment all the year 

 round. 



" Prevention of tuberculosis is better than cure, and there- 

 fore you should see to it that your cattle are living in a healthy 

 atmosphere. If the air is pure the cold will not hurt them. 

 At the same time we must remember that tuberculosis is an 

 infectious disease, and therefore care must be taken that no 

 animal affected with the disease is kept in the herd." 



Practically the same method of rearing in the open air is 

 carried out by Mr. T. H. Bainbridge, Eshott, Northumber- 

 land, in the management of his valuable herd of the same 

 cattle ; they are kept as much in the open air as possible, and 

 the cattle have no other shelter than that of open sheds in the 

 fields in winter; when the cows are brought indoors to calve 

 they are kept in well ventilated byres, and the young calves 

 are with them for a few weeks after calving. 



The herds at Benton and at Eshott have always been remark- 

 ably healthy, and no doubt this is owing to the open air treat- 

 ment they receive, and the natural conditions under which 

 they are kept. 



Yolume I., part 4, of the Proceedings of Armstrong College 

 Agricultural Students' Association contains a suggestive paper 

 by Mr. Wade, Agricultural Instructor, co. Kildare, Ireland, 

 on " Cheap Shelters and Sheds for Farms." 



