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Show HAY TEA AND OIL MEAL FOR CALVES ly C. A. Pontius. We feed our culves now milk for three orour wekt. or until tho calf Is In good enough condition to takq Ihc r her feed: then we mako n feed by scalding clover loayos. or making what Is called hay ten; add about ono-half ono-half pint old process oil monl por coif (Increasing or decreasing the amount of oil meal nccordlng to condition and sire of calf). Always give UiIb ten nice nnd warm, but not hot, never al-1 al-1 lowing any hot lumps of meal ln the feed After this Is fed. thsy arc given a liberal amount of wheat bran and shelled corn, with plenty of good clover hay. Care must bo used and conditions of each calf noted at every meal time, to see that you are not pverfeedlng. or not having your feed In proper copdltlon. A great, deal do- ponds upon tlie Judgment and common sense of the feeder. We always favor raising lato fall or winter calves, because wo can glvo them bettor attention during the, win-lor win-lor season, being fed In this way until we turn to pasture along tho middle of May or llrst of June. Then the oil monl feeding stops and thoy are given n liberal foed of whent bran with a gprlnkle of salt 'In bottom of trough: this with pionty of fresh water will mako them thrive. It may bo well to give my reasons for not raising summer calves by this method. Summer calves nro likely to bo neglected and underfed, or, what Is worse, overfed. Tho cnlf must fight flies from morning till night, and when It goes Into winter quarters it Is put entirely on dry rations and never does ho well. A heifer to' mako a good cow must have a good bringing up nnd must never be allowed to stop growing from the time It Is dropped until It becomes a cow. Once stunted, It will require a never ending amount of work and patience to put I- In growing condition again, ana nine tuu out of ten this can never be done. |