GENERAL CARE OF CATTLE. 



ALL practical breeders find that it is the little 

 affairs of every-day life which really demand 

 the most constant thoughtfulness and cause the 

 greatest amount of perplexity. This is natu- 

 ral enough, the more so that in a large degree 

 these things can only be learned by experi- 

 ence. Assuming this to be so, not only in a 

 large degree, but absolutely, those who have 

 taken the pains to supply manuals for the aid 

 of the perplexed among agriculturists have 

 almost entirely neglected the subject of the 

 practical care of cattle. This is certainly to be 

 regretted, and the omission needs to be sup- 

 plied. That this will prove difficult is beyond 

 question. That it is, therefore, the better 

 worth attempting is equally certain. I shall, 

 then, in a running comment endeavor to give 

 such practical hints as may perhaps prove of 

 assistance at least to the young and inexperi- 

 enced breeder. There are many points of view 

 from which this subject might be approached, 

 and an analysis from each of these standpoints 

 would demand a different method of treatment. 

 It has seemed to me to be most simple and 

 rational to adopt the view which looks at the 



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