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Show LIVE STOCK TOPICS. THE PRODUCTION OF A DREED OF HORNLESS CATTLE. Haw ft Jfaar Haro f riiti cattia it n Jar Until lp n it Connect laitt Farm. l'lrturo nf Maw Cmud l'ollarf low, 1 ClooU Mllltara an.t flaotla. Hoytnrothrrn,of to Canaan, Conn , 1 pb Rra-lmlly breeding n moo of hurnlfM rattlo. On of tluae covrt, hiwn In the f. let tire, lnu m pretty n lbitnf' m a fah onablo girL TI10 Itiiral New Yorker irlrm a highly lntmtlna u-rount c( their model farm, which furnWiMcwi-tinclngaTtloncotliatagrHiUuro furnWiMcwi-tinclngaTtloncotliatagrHiUuro In Xtw rnirluil can itlll l tiuulo to j-ny where tho farmer nilzm braliii with liU toll How tho New Canaan broil of lKll(Ht cattle wm built up. Tho Utiral Now Yorker rvlitpiaifolluv at 'Die ItoyU haro never .wen able to oj nny tun for horns 011 dairy cow, Homo wn nzo tliey beg-in to collect a j.I-nI herd. Hero noil thorp, r-xcattoe.1 about thocomitry, tbey funml Mmnl)'cow no ono knowi how they came to bo with out horni. A fire dcttroynt alt their cattle, an 1 they then Uvn opaln tho alow tiwk of hunting for muler." One of the Lent cowa dropped a puIM bull calf, and illi him at lhehralof tho herd It wa aoon eaay to prod nee idled calm. Tho prevent bull I00V1 jiko au AynhtrovrltU a dwhof Jtiwy Mood. Mauyof U10 cow 4 plainly how the Jemy character! ntlca, while the Ayrnhlro color largely predominate. They are 0.1 pftitb n ihoip. They are aboto tho Averse at mllken, and the milk U of ftxcelluut quality. A typical I Irture of tho head and ihoulder of one, of th La "new htwV U aliovru la tho Ulutratlon. hew cixtAf rou.ro row. With tli. horn. Irrl stock It to next to lcipo!b1o to obtain n horned calf. Horned covraaro sometime bonft.it, but User urn dl-homed ft ooon a jiosslble At least .3iier cent, of thn calve from ! theso dishorned cowa anl tho jiollcil I Lull aro polled. The catllo are faslenM !ii tho .'arson' stanchion, an 1 the I jelled beads at. cum there, llonii nro not noteasary to lioU an animal's I l.rol In tho Uncui(.nt Tlin olon ual on the I laco aru Devour, w itU fino lugo liorm, but Mr. llojt propoMi to try jullnl oicn, too. Tho bull U worked In a treal jncr. Tho cattlo are w ill foJ and carl for. Tiro larco illoa aro MIcJ every year. A cooil deal of the i ullage corn U crown rlott by tho Uirn. on ground whira nnnery Xock la "liouletl In" until .Miy. Dry lUlU from which ear corn is liuikvl aro run throoitlt tho cutler and fed dry or lib the lla;o. Hut llttlo liny ii fed, tho atallia and llano affording "rouithaie" enonjh. It vayi Utter t ell timothy Iwy anl buy talkaul Ijraln. In former ) ear many loin c f root were grown, but the alio has mado the root croi a "back number." Clover vras tried In the Uo one year, but '11.1 not provo wholly aallifailor). It tnmetl out atronir m-lllnir atuff, unidraAaut to liandlo. Tho com Ii itnun.l. "coli and all," an 1 largo qoontitieaot bran, oata, cotton acid meal. inlddlliiK', ilc, nro lwught nud feiL The grain Ii fed dry or acattored on tho nulUte, whlUi la ft thiM tiuica a day. Iho cow a aro turned out to water every d ly. Tho niitcr l 1 rouiht to tho J latm by invana of a hjilraallo ruin, vhlcliliM been In uwilncslKo, bult-able bult-able lwa carry It all over Ibo bullillnKS and Into ccn mi lent tanl, aliont which the 1 cowa duiti r llko ahcen bur-t.lua bur-t.lua milk l aold to tho l(pal crcinwry. Ho manure la hauled orwheeKl out Into the barnyard, whero it lies until Hauled for tho crops. Mr.Jlojt Is con-lnicd con-lnicd that it will Iiy him to hnlld n roofovvrthls ard to prole t tho cows and the manure from tho rain. Ho abut wants some more iconomlcal way of Celling the minur out of the stablo than vlieelinsltout. The lums and he.ls nrelmllt cloo togither, nnd sU-i nro aivcd wbenecr It is ilbl to aao thua. I-rJon nf renllna ai.. A corn'indent of Tho Ilotky Mountain Mount-ain llusbandman, r-uhln t of Iho ad-Tantaea ad-Tantaea of sheeu over Ljttlo on tho western ranges, aayai It Is u noted favt tliat there Is far lew alarm over tho lima-jt lima-jt of short wlnur fel amoneshetn o uers than liny other tlM of stockman. The reason of this la that akecptbrltv oiMcry short fenl,nl when thiro are any tnlnts lure along tho foothills Hock way bo kept fslrly wi II, e en if tho gr im La ln cl wtly graao.1 In tho summer. It la alio a fact (hat It Is iwulhlo to kep threo or four thousund shwpon bay about ai easy n to keep many liundred catllo. hhaep do nut aem to consume food In proportion to ialtl 1 his Is probably duo to tho f ut that they aro kept constantly rustling for thrm-slvo thrm-slvo tlirouubout tocli day, cxrept when it Ii storming, while cattle having no herder are 1m lined to lay urounl Iho tiieinlsM aud not go out to fee.1, en In iiliauiit wcatlur. bhi aro better Ldaptcl to tho riliinitni condlUou of our rangis by far thau initio. |