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when fed for the purpose, make not only go®d beef, but equal to 

 the best. Oxen from this stock are nearly equal to the Devons. 

 Their color is usually black and white. 



But in endeavoring to breed for milk it should not be forgotten 

 that all the excellent characteristics are rarely found in a single 

 breed. Thus we must not expect to find good milkers among the 

 Shorthorns, nor have choice beef from the milch cows. A cow 

 cannot make milk and beef at the same time. If her tendencies 

 are toward milk, she will be hard to fatten ; if she keeps extra fat, 

 it means that she is a better flesh-former than milk-producer. A 

 great deal depends on the feed, as a matter of course, but the 

 breed must first be taken into consideration if an increase in the 

 herd is contemplated. 



Now, no matter in how many points the farmer's experience and 

 judgment may serve him, there are some animals that will fail in 

 their milk when pregnant, and it is exceedingly difficult to distin- 

 guish them. They are generally the plumpest, roundest and most 

 attractive-looking cows, and should be avoided, because they are 

 not profitable. By the marks on them which Guenon has pointed 

 out they may be avoided. It is rather difficult to describe these 

 points without the engravings, but they will be found delineated 

 and described in How to Select Cows, sent by mail by the pub- 

 lisher of this volume upon receipt of fifty cents. 



STALL-FEEDING CATTLE. 



Breeders differ on this important subject. A good way is to 

 give turnips in the morning, followed by hay, chopped stuff, at 

 noon ; then some hay again ; turnips in the evening, followed by 

 hay to last through the night. Exercise a litde daily, affording the 

 animals an opportunity to drink when out for exercise. In the 

 Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, Canada, the following is 

 the time-table adopted for feeding stalled cattle in order to fatten as 

 rapidly as possible : 7 A. M., turnips and hay ; 8.30 A. M., meal and 

 bran; 11.30 A.M., turnips and hay; 1.30 p. M., meal and bran; 

 4 p. M., turnips and hay ; 8 p. m., meal and bran. Exercise for 

 about twenty minutes daily, and water, though they rarely drink 

 when fed turnips three times daily. The average quantity of food 

 given is as follows : sixty pounds turnips, twelve pounds hay, twelve 

 pounds grain, and three of bran. 



