Show k A i c farm Dairying 1 fi fit fita a Holstein Celt Calf V. V Care V.-Care Care of the Calf I By LAURA ROSE W Demonstrator and Lecturer In I at al the Ontario Agricultural Col Col- i J lege Guelph Canadas Canada s' s j Copyright 1911 by A. A C. C McClurg COM Co M r HERE Is It a difference rence of 1 J t among farmers as S to letU letti b n the calf calt suck the dam dain at Dl al alt r r- r k t Some take it away immediate lt 4 ly Iy but the for greater ter number Dumber leave the i calf calf with Its mother muther It at t least 3 four four hours bount after atter It Is born It t Is alz always always al al- i 1 z ways safer to to allow It to stay that ft length of time tim unless the cow Is ts known r rf j to be Ulous In which case the i f co calf It should J be e removed right a away way and andT T i not allowed to be licked by Its mother or to drink any of her milk Tuberculosis Tubert Tuber Tuber- J 0 I t Js is not bere hereditary but may be contracted To teach calf calt to drink It t a let get ii W quite hungry first then Insert two fingers fingers fin fin- rl gers In its mouth and lower its head bead Into th the pall paU Calf Calt feeders can be j and Ui th the bought by some It If the e S calf proves pro obstinate and obstinate and depend upon upon It some surely will-the will milk will wUl cool ol i while your patience is being tried It must be heated by adding a little hot f- f wl writer water t r to It for the young baby must r f not get cold milk mUk even when it is obstinate ob ob- Remember It is against nan nature na na- rt n ture for tor a young calf cal to put Its head bead down to drink so while it is learning 5 this we must be patient It will help matters at first to raise the pall pail or f better still a dish to the calf calt If It pos pos- r sible Never ever feed in hi wooden pails palls 2 They soon sour Always wash and scald the palls pails at least once nce a day It ItT t T takes less time lime than to to bother with sick calves fK As a u rule it Is a good plan to feed teed the calf nIt whole milk for the first three wet weeks lu though there are many strong ones ID which would stand the change to t. t at two weeks At first give from six to eight pounds two and one- one i half to three and one-half one quarts according according ac ac- cording to the size of ot the- the calf twice i x daily dally At the end of three weeks I IfE It fE should get from eight tp ten pounds SS Q lq q the event of ot a Q calf calt from any cause causo not getting the first milk s Which is very vry laxative and intended by nature to cleanse the bowels of ot the thew w young animal It Is advisable to feed It It with the milk from the freshest lowest te testing cow you have at the e. e same time watching carefully to see If It tl the e bowels are acting If not give i about two about two tablespoonfuls of ot warm raw rawS S i linseed oil or castor oil aU r repeating the i dose if necessary Jersey milk is often otten too rich In fat for tor the calf calt to do well on It Such milk should be diluted with water Or give the calf calt milk from another fresh tresh cow of low test If you ha have ve one s i In feeding calves by hand band said an f expert stock raiser to me I 1 would i. i never be without a thermometer and andt t some means of f weighing the milk as as I 1 would far rather let a calf go without a aS ameal Y w S meal than hn have ve It get a couple of i pounds too much milk or have it get it SS nt at a temperature of 70 degrees If it It had been n used to getting it at 00 degrees which Is about right When heating milk for calves it is best to place the vessel containing It In Ina ina a pan of hot water wate then there is no nor r danger of its being burned or boiled boiled- One great advantage of separator skim skim- milk Is that If fed Immediately it Is at atthe atthe the right temperature and Is fresh and sweet Besides I think the thc animal heat In the t-he milk mUk has a certain vitality In It The froth should be removed It is not g good d for the calf sometimes causing colic In changing from whole milk to skim skim- milk do not be In too great a hurry T Take ke at least a week to ma make e the changeAt change At two or three weeks the calf will begin to eat a little hay bay and should be provided with some nice bright 5 clover hay It should also get a little meal about this time A good plan isto Is Isto to fill the hand with bran and crushed oats oata and when the calf has finished Its milk hold bold your fingers for it to Buck suck and while It Is doing so work the meal a little at a time into its mouth month with your thumb Another plan Is s to put a little meal into the bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom of the pan pall Just as It has finished drinking Some give It a few tew whole oats The chewing and mixing of the food with saliva promote digestion and thrift A little pulped roots IsI Is la lar r I led ed by the calf call and tends to keep the appetite keen If It you wish to fatten fatten fatten fat fat- ten a calf give It some fat producing food such as a little cornmeal A calf of two months should not r get over eight quarts of ot milk per day at four months it cannot make good goodr r nse use of more marc than ten quarts With this It should get two quarts of at mixed t crushed grain per day and all ail the bay hay it can eat At six sir months the milk allows allow allow- s t and e may be dropped out or before that time Ume If It milk Is scarce Weaning ar the the calf calf from frolD milk should ld be slowly l no J J 1 done flone one by substituting water gradually Calves should have fresh clean water to drink from babyhood to maturity Do not forget the supply of salt forthe for forthe forthe the calves Occasionally put a lump of fresh sod In the calf pen pea The calves seem to enoy a taste of earth It Is always well weil to substitute something some som thing to replace the fat taken from fed to calves When making the change from whole milk a tablespoonful tablespoonful tablespoonful table- table spoonful of ground may be added to the milk If It flaxseed Is used and there is nothing better it should be bewell bewell bewell well boiled and from a half hair cupful toa to toa toa a cupful of ot the Jelly added to the warm milk To make the Jelly take one pint of whole flaxseed to four tour quarts of water add n a little salt soak overnight and boll for an hour bour next morning Some put Into the milk a aUttie aUt- aUt little little lit lit- tle tie of of the oatmeal porridge made f for t r breakfast rth rDe be taken en to ext exterminate y j y dangerous visitor An hour dev ed- ed edthe to the removal of manure and rub ruhl ruhlin the in which flies files will m am- lish more than days spent in kil kill i ng flies The city health board reque rall all al l I all citizens to maintain sanitary CIal c CI on their premises and I 1 nt Int eD officers will wiIl be pleased to inv I een pen penant en wherever unsanitary conditions I i 1 ant antos nt l complained of The state health bo boi os Q S 1 an in a. a au ins tour ms ills milk an nil on OtI the tue farm uses too fol following o- o lowing mixture to make a thin gruel a n substitute for tor milk One hundred bundred pounds ground pounds low grade flour twenty-five twenty pounds ground flaxseed In raising calves It Is very unwise to pour the milk Into a trough and let them all drink together Calves should not be exposed to extremes extremes ex ex- In weather and are better to tobe tobe tobe be housed most of the time for at least the first six months of their lives The calf's skin is tender and may blister bUster and become very sore If It exposed exposed exposed ex ex- posed to the hot sun A nice clean gross grass paddock develops the muscles and keeps them in general good health When calves cal sweat badly there Is probably probably probably ably bad ventilation in the stable Give them plenty of fresh air all even though It be cold The pen must be frequently cleaned out be kept dry and have plenty of litter or the tho calves will not thrive and andare andare andare are sure to get some of the many troubles which attack young stock It 0 4 k 4 i 4 F. F r u JERSEY COW AND DEB HEB CALF Is a good plan to sprinkle the floor with land plaster and occasionally spray the pen with a n good disinfectant disinfect disinfect- ant Scours Scours Scours-or or Diarrhea The most frequent trouble In raising a 0 calf call on is scouring The reason of this In nearly all cases Is Indigestion indigestion In in- digestion due ue to one or more of the following preventable causes canses Too roo much milk sour milk when the Cal calf has been used to sweet changing front from whole to too suddenly irregular Ir ir- Irregular regular hours of feeding dirty tee feedIng feeding feed feed- Ing pails palls and dirty wet bedding Th The disease frequently begins with const constipation pation which soon gives way to diar diar- rhea eL Should the calf begin to scour at any time give It Just about half halt Its usual ration for tor a feed teed or two and two tablespoonfuls of raw linseed oil or castor oil Some add twenty drops of ot laudanum When the scouring has stopped gradually Increase the feed until the calf Is getting Its regular al al- lowance There are several remedies for scours recommended by different authorities Of Ot these the most popular seem to be raw eggs flour limewater black tea and blood meal The latter Is highly recommended as a calf feed About a teaspoonful In the milk Is said to bea be bea a cure for scours and If fed ed regularly I tie a 0 preventive i a. a The first year year when when she Is a calf calf Is Is the most Important In a cows cow's life lite Stunt the calf calt and It can never develop Into the profitable cow which good care and thrifty growth would have bave produced It Is true that the cow Is partly born and partly made Our aim should be to train the calf alf to make use usef of ef f coarse foods Dehorning Where a large number of ot cows run ruI together it Is probably the safest and best plan to ha have ve them dehorned though It certainly detracts from their appearance The best time to dehorn Is In to Calves may be be- easily dehorned when a few tew days old Clip the hair ball where the rudimentary horns appear and with a moistened stick of ot caustic potash rub the little buttons of ot othorn horn born until the skin becomes Inflamed and tender to the touch One application application tion Is usually sufficient As caustic potash burns be careful not to get it iton 1 iton it- it on the he hands bands or on the calf's calt's bead head |