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THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



details of the training referred to takes much time, but 

 they are usually part of the price that must be paid for 

 show ring honors. 



Washing cattle to be shown. — While the practice 

 of washing from one to several times is extended, more 

 or less, to all classes of beef cattle, and, in some in- 

 stances, to the other breeds of cattle, it is done to a much 



PURE SHORTHORN STEER, CRIMSON ROBE 



An International Ciiampion 



(By courtesy of the owner, Minnesota Experiment Station) 



greater extent with the former. The following are 

 prominent among the benefits claimed for washing: 

 (i) The dust, which would otherwise be present, is re- 

 moved from the hair, and this effects a considerable 

 saving in the amount of grooming that would otherwise 

 be necessary, and (2) this healthy action of the pores 

 of the skin is thereby promoted, and this has a beneficial 



