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THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



hy any means, but it is Iielpful, as the activity of flies 

 decreases with the decrease of light. 



There should also be protection from the waste of 

 energy in taking food. This, probably, is a kind of pro- 

 tection more frequently lacking than protection from 

 the other influences mentioned. Insufficient pasture, in 



PRIZE-WINNING HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN COW 

 (By counesy of the owner, G. W. demons, Brantford, Onl., Canada) 



the absence of other food, is a fruitful source of loss to 

 the dairyman. While grazing in the pastures the exer- 

 rise thus taken, up to a certain limit, will be helpful to 

 stamina, and, therefore, directly or indirectly helpful to 

 milk production. lievond this point, however, it tends 

 to lessen milk production and does not at the 



