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Show SEPARATING CALF FROM COW Allow Young Animal to Remain With Dam for Day or So That It May Receive the First Milk. i i i It Is well to allow tho cult to remain re-main with tho dnm for n dny or two ln order that It may receive the colostrum, co-lostrum, or llrst milk. Colostrum milk has n purgative effect which nlds In cleurlng out tho calf's digestive system. sys-tem. If the mother's milk Is very rich, It tuny bo necessary to feed milk with it lower percentage of butterfnt. It Is somewhat easier to tench young calves to drink than It Is to teach older old-er ones, but In either case It Is necessary neces-sary for tho calf to become hungry by the omission of ono or more feeds before be-fore It will drink milk from u pnjl. Ono method of teaching tho calf to drink Is to get It to suck the attendant's attend-ant's linger us Its mouth.comes In contact con-tact with the milk In tho pall. Tho linger can bo withdrawn griidunlly, nnd tho calf will usually continue to tuko ln tho milk. ratlenee, rather tliun force, Is 11 prerequisite on the part of tho feeder. |