314 CATTLE-BREEDING. 



development of method along the animal's indi- 

 vidual growth, and makes the discussion of the 

 methods to be used follow the evolution of the 

 animal's life history. This will bring before 

 us all the questions affecting the physical side 

 of the animal, either directly or indirectly, and 

 while such questions as those of shelter, feed- 

 ing, and so forth, demand a more exhaustive 

 treatment by themselves than can be given in 

 such a general discussion as is attempted in this 

 chapter, they will nevertheless require some 

 mention here, thus entailing a certain amount 

 of repetition; yet such repetition will be from 

 the nature of the case illustrative, and may 

 perhaps be pardoned for this reason and for the 

 occasional advantage which practical points 

 gain by the accentuation arising out of such 

 reiteration. 



CALVES. 



We cannot begin our care of the individual 

 animals too soon. The demand for attention 

 begins not only at birth, but rather some hours 

 at least before birth actually takes place, in 

 order that it may be carefully provided that the 

 dam comes to calving in a safe and suitable 

 place. This event of entry into even so cold a 

 world as this of ours is no doubt a highly im- 

 portant what men call an "epoch-making"- 

 event to the youngster so informally ushered in; 

 and it is scarcely less so to the owner. Every 



