. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. CATTLE, TRAINING AND WORKING. 649 generally cause it to be jet down in plueo again. Use soothing words when tlic animal is quiet, and low but tirni words of command


. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. CATTLE, TRAINING AND WORKING. 649 generally cause it to be jet down in plueo again. Use soothing words when tlic animal is quiet, and low but tirni words of command when refractory. If the udder is , as is very often the case soon after calvin"', bathe it carefully -with cold water, so as not to shock the animal. She will soon come to associate a feeling of relief with the operation and lilce it. lu fact, the whole art of training may be summed up in the sentence: Use discretion and judgment, and shoio yourself superior to (he bndeâin truth, its friendly master. The conquering of brute force by brute force is a relic of barbarism. There are vicious animals as there arc vicious men ; there are dangerous animals as there are danger- ous men. Both may have been bred or educated thus. Vicious men are placed where they cannot injure their fellows ; vicious animals had better (ro to tlie butcherâthey are as unprolitable to breed from as they are useless for what may be got out of them. As showing tie effects of bad and good handling, we â¢rive the pict ire of a cow made wild '.nd vicious b}' bad handling, and that of a cow used to kind treatment and gentle but firm handling. Tile reader can drnw his own conelusions as to which is the best system. REbllLT UF KiOOO UAMJLINU. Feeding at Milking Time. Some persons, to induce gentleness, give the cow a mess before sitting down to milk. This is a bad plan. It leads the animal to expect it, and if it is not given, even if she is gentle, she is restless and discon- tented. The


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