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keep his best ones, he will in a short while 

 have a herd of only heavy milkers. 



Young calves that are to be fattened should 

 be fed only such food as will produce rapid, 

 thrifty growth, so that they may be gotten in 

 readiness for the market at as early an age as 

 possible. Young dairy animals may be fed any 



In her lifetime she provides man with one of 

 his chief and best articles of food, — milk ; and 

 after her death she supplies him with more 

 meat than any other animal. But that is not 

 all ! The skins of cows and oxen are used for 

 many purposes, and form a very considerable 

 article of commerce, to which they contribute 



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food that insures thrifty growth, but foods of 

 a coarse nature are particularly good, espe- 

 cially such kinds as clover, alfalfa, and cowpea 

 hay ; pasture grasses, corn ensilage, and roots, 

 being succulent and juicy, are also excellent. 



As we have already remarked, the cow has 

 many claims to be considered a domestic ani- 

 mal, though from a point of view different 

 from those of the dog, the horse, or the hen. 



calf-skin bindings. The intestines, blood, and 

 fat, not being eatable, are utilized in tech- 

 nical manufactures, and the horns, after pro- 

 ducing trumpets for war and cups for convivial 

 friendship, serve to make a variety of "art 

 objects." The bones, ground and prepared, 

 are transformed into fertilizers, and are also 

 bought by the manufacturers of glue and 

 frelatine. 



