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If oue prefers to breed for milkiug purposes, we would rec- 

 ommend the Holsteiu. Among the noted fiimilies of that breed 

 are the Artis, Aaggie and Netherhiud. Lady Fay, of the last 

 named family, gave 20,412 pounds of milk in one year, and 

 many others have given near that amount. There is the Ayr- 

 shire, noted for their milk and cheese qualities. The Devon as 

 a hardy race, the Short Horns for beef, all have their books of 

 registry for the breeder's benefit. 



Althouijh it is a law of nature that each animal differs in 

 some slight degree from every other, still, by careful and con- 

 tinued selection, we will effect wonderful results. 



Of the early care of the bull, I will say a few words. I take 

 the calf from its dam in two days from its birth ; give it new 

 milk for a week ; then warm skim milk with oat meal, the same 

 kind we have on our table ; increase it as the animal grows, 

 until six months old, with hay or grass. At two years I put a 

 copper ring through his nose. (I prefer copper to iron, as the 

 latter is apt to rust and make his nose sore.) I have him stand 

 in the barn with cows on each side of him ; this is essential, as 

 their company tends to make his disposition mild. Nothing 

 makes a bull so surly as to be isolated ; they, like the human 

 species, prefer company, and the more you are with your bull 

 the milder he becomes. 



CHAELES O. ELLMS. 



