VOL. XXIX. No. 4 
WHOLE No. 125a. 
PRICE SIX CENTS, 
S2.50 PER YEAR. 
[Entered aceoriling to Act of Congress, in the year 1S7-1, by the Rural Publishing Company, in thotofBce of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
more than the first-prize Devon ox, which 
was one year older. 
The other animal represented is tho first- 
prize young Devon steer, one aged two years 
and two weeks, belonging to her Majesty, 
the Queen, and bred on the Prince Consort’s 
model farm at Windsor; his sire was Napier 
and his dam was Lavender. 
of their physical nature is not fully satisfied. 
If at such a time a little nicely cured Bowed 
corn or corn fodder is placed before them, 
they will eat it with a keen relish ; but care 
must be taken to feed only in small quanti¬ 
ties at first, and in such a maunerthat, it can¬ 
not be trampled under foot, Ur eat care is 
also necessary in the gradual increase of 
cured feed, otherwise a large proportion will 
be wasted and tho animals not thrive as well 
as when required to eat all that is given 
them. 
By commencing to feed thus early, and 
feeding judiciously, a stock of cattle can be 
carried into the winter in fine condition ; 
and although quite a portion of the winter’s 
fodder has been used, yet it will be much 
easier to carry them through on the remain¬ 
der than upon the whole amount, if the feed¬ 
ing had not commenced until the pasturage 
had entirely failed and the herd had lost 
somewhat in condition. It, is an easy matter 
to allow animals to get poor during the au¬ 
tumn, but not so easy to fatten them again 
after tho commencement of whiter months. 
That tho time of commencing to stable 
cattle has very much to do wit h their health 
and thrift during the winter, is evident to 
any observing person who has the care of 
stock; and it is uiy opinion that even our 
best and most; successful dairymen and stock 
raisers fail to a greater extent in this direc¬ 
tion than any other. It is too often the case 
that stables are not in readiness for lihe cat¬ 
tle when the first severe storms of autumn 
come upon us, and the poor, sorry brutes, 
drenched with rain and shivering wiih cold, 
are obliged to seek shelter for the night as 
best they may, instead of enjoying the pro¬ 
tection of a comfortable stable. That this is 
PRIZE FAT CATTLE 
We give herewith portraits of two of the 
prize animals at the Mmithfield Club (Eng.) 
Christmas Show, Tho animal in the fore¬ 
ground was the Winner of the £4<J cup, as the 
best female in all the classes, and of the £100 
champion plate, as the best animal of all the 
cattle, a heifer named Lady Flora, three 
years and two months old, owned by Mr. 
John Walter, M. P., of Bearwood, Wok¬ 
ingham. She was bred by Mr. Henry Mick¬ 
le m of Rosehill, Henley-on-Thames ; her sire 
was the eleventh Baron Wetherby, and her 
dam was Ringworm, whose sire was Fair- 
leigli. She weighed 18 cwt., or ‘A}4 cwt. 
CARE OF FARM STOCK 
Tftk time to commence feeding cured fod¬ 
der must depend, to a great extent, upon 
the condition of the autumn pasturage and 
the amount of sowed corn or other soiling 
crop that can be kept in a green state to 
supply the place of the natural grasses. The 
proper time to commence such feeding may 
be easily determined by the restlessness of 
animals, plainly indicating that some want 
