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bred, and never let him serve a cow but once 

 at a single heat. The cow after having been 

 served should be taken away at once, com- 

 pletely out of the neighborhood of the bull. 

 At first he will try to follow her, but he will 

 soon learn to understand the procedure, and 

 having served the cow will walk off and make 

 no effort to follow her. Such a training I 

 esteem of the greatest value. There is no fret, 

 no nervous running about, no bawling after the 

 cow; and this is no less for the good of the 

 bull than, as we have already seen, it is for 

 the cow. Sometimes a cow that has given 

 trouble about standing may be turned in and 

 allowed to run with the bull for several hours, 

 when he will serve her several times. This 

 sometimes leads to a shy breeder being got 

 with calf, but it is a bad, rather than a good, 

 plan for a regular breeding cow. and is not de- 

 sirable for the bull. It should be a rare excep- 

 tion, and used as a forlorn hope only. 



In conclusion let me urge, what has been 

 touched on already above, namely, the reaction 

 on the bull's temper and disposition of his treat- 

 ment. Handle a bull gently and kindly from 

 the time he is calved until he attains to matu- 

 rity and grows into old age, and there will be 

 very little to complain of in his temper. If 

 never aroused, the temper of most animals, 

 especially if of a heavy bodily habit, is kindly. 



