ESTIMATE OF INCREASE IN CATTLE 75 



There may possibly be a few calves born in the 

 spring of this year. Should they live, they ought 

 not to be reckoned in forming an estimate of in- 

 crease, and any heifer becoming a mother in her 

 second year wiU stand a grave chance of being per- 

 manently stunted in growth, even if she survive. 



Third Year. 



Original she-stock . . . . . . . . 50 



Calves (reckoning allowance of 50 per cent. 1 f„, ,„ 



of the cows calving), 22; 10 per cent.}- "{ tt -f •■« 



allowance for winter loss of calves, 2 =20 J 



Total of bunch . . . . 70 



Of these calves, it is, naturally, impossible to fore- 

 tell the sex of each, so, for the sake of argument 

 we will conclude that halt are male and half female. 



The only difference, by this time, to be noted be- 

 tween dogies and range-stock (if both should have 

 been put on the range) is that the latter will be 

 better developed, and more forward by nearly a 

 year (as far as appearances go), by comparison with 

 their " bobbed " brothers and sisters ; and your loss 

 of them in winter, in aU probabihty, would be less. 



Fourth Year. 

 Original she-stock 



Calves of third year 



Calves of fourth year, 22 ; 10 per cent, allow 

 ance for winter loss of calves, 2=20 

 Total of bunch 



