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cured unless the trainer is a patient man, able to control 

 his feelings, and quell any rising anger stimulated by 

 some accidental mischance. Impatience will make cows 

 vicious, and their owners, at times, brutal. An acci- 

 dental movement made by a cow, when the milker is 

 careless or incautious, may cause a pail of milk to be 

 overset. An impatient man will kick or beat the cow 

 for his fault ; for, as we have seen, he should at every 

 moment be on his guard for such accidents, and always 

 ready to avoid them. We should remember that the 

 man is the reasonable animal, able to exert self-control 

 and. to think, while the cow has only a natural instinct, 

 and that alone makes her suspicious and always on the 

 defensive against danger or attack. An unguarded, hasty 

 approach may cause a cow to kick or attempt to do it 

 instinctively, and to avoid all such dangers the dairy- 

 man should, as we have already shown, be exceedingly 

 cautious ; but when they occur, the greatest patience is 

 to be exercised. Cows should be pets, without fear, and 

 with affection for their keepers ; they are then most 

 profitable to their owners ; and to bring them to this 

 desirable condition of docility the dairyman must exercise 

 great and constant patience with them. 



Perseverance and common sense will enable one to 

 surmount difficulties and to apply proper remedies for 

 them at the riglit moment. Dairy work is full of risks, 

 and as few persons are able to meet every contingency 

 until they have long experience, it is necessary to perse- 

 vere in spite of disappointments, using good common 

 sense to make the lessons learned from time to time 

 available for future service. 



5th. A dairyman must be studious, and remember 

 what he learns, applying his gathered information to the 

 better working of his dair3\ There is no oth^r business 

 connected with agriculture which is so intricate and 

 involves so many uncertainties, or which requires 



