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DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



be a great diflference, not only in the quality, but also in 

 the quantity of food. Some are idle, while others are at 

 hard labor. Some give a bounteous supply of milk, or 

 produce young, while others are unproductive in every 

 respect. 



Give cattle a good supply of salt ; but let them judge 

 of this, and not put much on their food, and compel them 

 to eat too much for the sake of food. This is the case 

 when hay is salted liberally. Four or five quarts to a 

 ton is enough. If the cattle need more, let them have it 

 by itself. Give them a plenty of pure water, and let 

 them be so situated when sheltered that they can have 

 a good supply of pure air; they need much, as their 

 lungs are capacious. Close air will injure the quality 

 of the milk, as well as injure health. 



In cold weather, keep cattle well sheltered, and in 

 houses that are usually well ventilated, but which may 

 be made warm in cold weather ; and in mild weather, 

 open them for a supply of fresh air ; but do not let a 

 strong breeze blow directly upon them. Do not allow 

 cattle to lie out nights in the spring until the weather 

 and ground are warm, nor in the fall after the nights 

 become cool ; and in the warm season, cows, and oxen 

 at the time of laboring, should be sheltered during 

 stormy nights. 



REARING CALVES. 



The least troublesome way of rearing calves is to let 

 them take a natural course, and suck until old enough 

 to wean, w^hich, if economy be regarded as to milk, is 

 when they are about two months old. If a cow gives a 

 p:ood mess, a calf "wdll do well on half the milk by having 

 clover hay or grass, when a few weeks old, and his sizf 

 requires more food. But some who have a favorite 

 breed, and wish to make a large calf in a short time, 

 allow him to suck all summer, and sometimes two cows, 

 when large enough to require so much food ; and this 

 may be economy, when the animal, in consequence of 

 liberal feeding, can be sold at a high price. 



When milk is in great demand, or is much wanted ip 



