350 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



Spayed Cows, the Advantages of. — The fol- 

 lowing are the reasons why dairy men should spay their 

 cows, when not intended for breeding : 



1. Spayed cows are more easily kept in good condition 

 than cows not spayed. 



2. They are less liable to sickness of an epizootic 

 kind, and when sick, more certain and easy of cure. 



3. When epizootic diseases are present in the vicinity, 

 or even in the herd, spayed cows are always in condition, 

 and fit for the butcher, and to prevent loss and save ex- 

 pense in the treatment, with the attendant risk of loss of 

 some, and loss of condition and milk of all that are affected, 

 they can be sold not at a loss as is the case with cows not 

 spayed, and when pleuro-pneumonia is among them. 



4. Spayed cows give the same quantity and quality of 

 milk all the year round, if they are properly fed and cared 

 for. 



5. Ten spayed cows will give the year round as much 

 milk as double the number of cows not spayed, thus 

 saving the interest on the outlay for ten cows, together 

 with the absence of risk from loss of some of the principal 

 by death of one or more from sickness, or accident, not to 

 speak of the feed of ten cows. The feed of ten cows and 

 the manure of ten cows, the farmer can best tell the 

 difference in their value. 



6. With spayed cows there is no risk to run from milk 

 fever, nor troubled with cows called buUers. 



7. To fatten a cow, spay her and not give her the 

 bull, as is the present custom by which feed and time are 

 consumed, and yet the animal still is not very fat after 

 all for she has to provide fattening substance to the calf 

 in the womb, whereas if she had been spayed, would have 

 been appropriated to herself; nor is this all, 'for the calf 



