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Show MANAGING A MATURE BULL Animal Should Be Kept In Well-Fenced Well-Fenced Pasture Ration of Wheat and Ground Oats Is Good. The service hull should he kept In a well-fenced grass pasture with a shed to go under in stormy weather during the grazing season. Give a mixed grain ration of wheat bran and ground oats. Give two or three quarts of grain night and morning. If grass is short, an armful of cornfodder should be fed twice a day. The cow to be served may be turned into the lot with the bull; after sen-ice, give a small feed of bran and while hull is eating, throw the stanchion lever, thus securely fastening the bull; the cow may then be removed without danger. By having the cows served so that part of the herd will come fresh in the fall and part in the spring, a regular reg-ular quantity of milk may be had the year round, without the necessity of Belling off half-fat cows at ruinous prices and buying in fresh cows at high prices. When this method is followed, fol-lowed, the dairyman is always in debt to the cow dealer. The bull should be kept in good thrifty condition. A cross bull may often be tamed by turning one or two dry cows into the lot with him. Bulls should have daily exercise and be grain fed. If this is not done, they may become impotent or slow in serving. The young bull should be kept in a separate pasture and not allowed al-lowed to run with the heifers. |