b4 Cattle Problems. 



flavoring qualities and relished juices pertaining to whole- 

 some quality, in all the muscular meat parts of cattle. 



Good handling qualities in the skin and flesh are a con- 

 sequence of good health ; and the prime conditions nec- 

 essary to good health are : pure, wholesome food and 

 water, with full voluntary exercise — or enforced activity, 

 if exercise be not freely taken — where the air is pure. 



The locomotive organs were given for, and probabl}' 

 perfected by activity ; and exercise is necessary to main- ■ 

 tain their strength and perfection. So of the lungs, in 

 all locomotive animals \ their size and power, and the 

 quantity and purity of the blood, are a consequence of, 

 and nearly proportioned to activity. So there cannot be 

 full vigorous health, or good handling qualities in cattle, 

 unless they are permitted or compelled to take at least a 

 moderate extent of exercise, daily, in pure air and com- 

 fortable surroundings. 



In another chapter we have alluded to the quality of 

 milk, as being rapidly affected by taints, or bad quality in 

 the food, air, or water of cows. Of course, as to new 

 milk, the quality of the blood is previously deteriorated. 

 Any one desiring wholesome milk, should therefore be 

 careful to ascertain the quality of the feed and water and 

 air consumed by the cows yielding the milk. The flesh of 

 the animal is in a similar manner deteriorated by impure 

 aliment or air; and, of all natural agencies, full and daily 

 active breathing and exhalation are the most important in 

 maintaining a healthy quality of blood. In fact, it is im- 

 l)ossible for a healthy quality of blood to be maintained 

 without regular daily exercise, and full breathing in 

 cattle, as well as in horses ; the fact of its necessity being 

 recognized for horses, as it must be for cattle, before lung 

 plague, and other diseases that are the result of prohibited 

 exercise, will disappear. 



Consistently with the principles advocated in various 



