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Show Newly Born Calves Must Be Given Special Care During the winter time, newly born calves should be kept away from drafts in the stable in order to avoid colds and pneumonia, warns a writer in the Pralirie Farmer. Leaving the calf with its mother during the colostrum period, which is about four days, will make it more resistant to sickness. After the period with the mother the 1 calf may be fed from a bucket, three or four times a day for a few days, and then twice a day as the calf grows older. With a bucket-fed calf the greatest cause of digestive disturbances is Irregularity Ir-regularity in amount of milk, time of feeding and temperature of the milk that Is, outside of drafts and dirty milk buckets. After four or five weeks the calf may be changed from whole milk to skim-milk, taking about seven days to make the change. Good quality legume hay and a grain mixture of coarsely ground corn and oats, with some bran and oilmeal added, should be placed before the calf. It will learn to eat in a very short time. Fresh water wa-ter and salt should be accessible at all times. Milk may be discontinued at the age of six months. |
