56 A COUNTRY READER. 



The shorthorn is level from the neck to the 

 tail in some cases as level as a table deep from 

 the hip to the udder, light in the fore- quarters, 

 wide at the shoulder top. The shorthorn treads 

 along lightly and gracefully, carrying her well- 

 bred head high, and "with pride. 



Don't forget that this profitable breed of short- 

 horn cattle has been reached by breeders, first of 

 all knowing what they require, that is to say, 

 knowing their own mind ; and then by only rear- 

 ing the calves of those mothers which approach 

 the nearest to the requirements of the breeders. 

 In other words, the shorthorn has been brought 

 to the useful breed it is, by accurate observation, 

 and then careful selection and preservation. 



Remember, you can all do a great deal to 

 improve the milking powers of your herd of 

 cows, or of your one cow, by only keeping and 

 rearing the calves of those mothers which have 

 yielded you a plentiful supply of milk. 



This of course means keeping careful record of 

 the amount of milk that each cow gives each 

 day; and this naturally means taking trouble. 

 But nothing successful has ever been accom- 

 plished, whether in the country or in the towns, 

 without hard work and taking trouble. 



<A11 painstaking and wise work will in time 

 grow its crop of corn. All slovenly and ignorant 

 work will in time grow its crop of weeds. 



