Show 1 g 1 w N I 1 developing THE DAIRY CALF keep the helfer heifer growing feed her liberally but do not fatten her what feed to give by Y K K X parka copyright 1914 thu the development of it a dairy call cal should begin in ili tho the site alro and lain dain brick back several generations to illustrate li 11 there Is land enough to keep a cow find and money being distinctly an all object it Is decided to buy a heifer calf and rills raise 0 it with this end in view the milkman or butcher la Is interviewed anil and being an obliging chap lio lie indi finds a pretty little bossy drops 10 into lite his pocket and tile the prospective it ie installed for two years tho the beast le Is fed potted and watched over and at last the tha eventful day arrives arrive when with new milk pall in hand tile the falln lly ily gather in the barn to watch tit milking the result about eight quarts quart s tally dally at first that sounds very well ell but watt wait a moment tho the massachi betts betta agricultural college has found the keel heep of a cow feed insurance taxes depreciation etc costs per year so BO lot let us do some figuring might eight quarts for days tho the cow being dry two months yearly gives 2400 quarts which it sold bold tit nt six cents per quart would return a loss of not quite what we had reckoned on Is it therefore a future dairy cow should come from a line of good nill kers at least on the sires side and will cost as aa a calf about 25 but the money la Is well expended and the calf once purchased tho importance of ti up ending pending thought HB as well as feed in ili its development should not be forgotten especially during the first six elx months feed new milk tile first two or three weeks four to six quarts dally daily divided into three feeds then gradually substitute skim milk and continue so to feed until six months old skim milk and well cured hay alfalfa falfa or clover fed three times dally daily should make the bulky part of the ration silage may take the place of one feed of hay when three months old and may be fed twice dally daily after six six months in ili addition to bulky feed the calf requires grain to furnish nutriment and stimulate growth peed feed little at first about a halt half a pound a da lay in a clean boeden box and gradually increase until two pounds tire are given A good mixture consists of cornmeal ground oats and wheat heat bran in equal parts and a halt part of linseed see meal feed the spring calf in the barn the first summer and when a year ear old turn her into a good pasture when no other food will bo be rep rp quiren fall all c calves a I 1 V e a 15 should h 0 uld 11 not ot b bo 0 obliged to depend entirely on pasture until eighteen months old keep tile the heifer growing feed her well but do not fatten her |