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Show DAIRY NOTES. 1 The calf is a baby animal and should be treated with baby kindness. kind-ness. Pet it and it will repay you. Feed the calf with milk that is sweet and warmed to about 95 degrees de-grees F. Its digestive organs arc weak and not capable of taking care of sour, cold milk. After the calf learns to drink water, the water should be warm. It likes it far better bet-ter than cold' water. Dairying and selling the butter only will help to maintain the fertility of the soil better than any other kind of farming. Butter Fontaines very small amounts of soil elements. Gentle treatment of the milk cow will always be rewarded by the animal giving more milk and giving it freely. free-ly. Don't swear at the cow and don't kick her or hit her with the milk stool. She will get her revenge by giving a decreased yield. Scalding water and direct sunlight are effective in cleaning milk utensils. They both kill bacteria. Bed the dairy cows well. The piore tedding they have the more manure will he made and the more floor liquids absorbed. Feed the cows rough feeds for bulk, green feeds for good appetite and digestion, but don't forget to feed them some concentrated feeds from which an abundnnl flow of milk can be made. There is no better feed for young 1-igs than fresh skimmed milk. It is also a good supplementary' feed for brood sows and, in fact, a good feed for hogs of all kinds and ages. There is now a great demand for good dairy cows and prices will stead ily rise for many years to come. Newly settled sections of the west arc calling loudly for hundreds of cows, but who will supply them? Breed your cows to the very best sire of the best milk record that can be found, and save all the heifer calves. Make these calves grow into big, strong cows and they will be worth money. Do not stand back on the price, ibut breed to a really good animal ani-mal if one is available. A few dollars extra in the season will mean many dollars extra in the calf. Journal of Agriculture. o |