Show But Built Pen Cuts Deaths A call can PIO rile Ilip p and healthy for young yount eels l says san John Bill Bill- nand Utah State Stale University Ex- Ex Ex l ns on cla dairyman The was develop d r I I duil dairymen lost many calve cal to and scours after Ih hy were VI kept in drafty damp I and improperly designed old barns FOlLOWING many talks talk with dairymen specialists I d a portable men nen which was Vas economical to build They used three 4 x 8 feet sheets of exterior plywood Thy y made the pen four feet wid wide right eight feet long and ap ap- approximately I J proximately four feet high and covered ered the rear of the pen with witha andI I a Pool five fi fool c sloping roof of cor cor- corrugated metal A bracket to hold a bucket of f milk 01 or water was attached for feeding A removable covered feed manger mangel that also serves as a 1 door was designed to keep clean dry hay and grain before the calf at all times It has hass s separate compartments for hay hayand hayand and grain and is considered one of the best features of the pen COST OF the material in eluding paint is approximately 39 30 and it can be constructed In hr less than four hours Plans flans i for the Movable 1 Calf Pen Plan No 6 are available through i I county offices in Utah V HJ 3 y I It Aiti Y i J j J r rN r N Inexpensive moveable pen provides clean dry housing for calves Utah State University plan no 6 available front from county agents offices office for 2 25 cents Best results are obtained if the p pen n is placed In an area convenient COlt ve n for feeding and on well drained ground such as sand or graveL It is recommended recommended mended that bedding be left to build up in the pen until time timeto timeto to remove rC the calf after it is taken off milk The pen should be sanitized sanitize and moved before putting a new calf in Barnard indicated the calf should be kept in the pen from two t to three months This would mean he said the pen could be used for four foul to six calves each year With an estimated usable period of 10 years this cuts the investment in each pen on a per pel calf basis to 50 cents to one dollar a year |