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Show RAISING CALVES FOR PROFIT Wisconsin Specialist Gives Interesting Hints About Building Up Money-Producing Money-Producing Dairy. G. C. Humphrey, a Wisconsin dairy specialist, gives the following facts about building up a profit-producing dairy from home-raised calves: Use only a good, purebred sire, take good care of the cows, and keep the calves "comiDg" right from birth. Dry the mother off six weeks before be-fore date of calving, otherwise the calf may be weak or undersized. Give the mother a clean, comfortable comfort-able box stall a few days before calving, calv-ing, where she may be quiet. Leave the calf with its mother the first two to four days, so it may get the colostrum, or "first milk." From then until four weeks old, feed from two to five pounds of its mother's 'M (Mi Growing Into Money. milk three times a day. After two weeks give a little choice hay. If the calf seems unthrifty or. weak, feed four times a day and give slightly slight-ly less at a time. Overfeeding is more dangerous than underfeeding. Keep the pails clean and give milk warm, as nearly as possible possi-ble the temperature of freshly drawn milk. Beginning the fifth week, gradually substitute skim milk for the whole milk. About the eighth week increase the amount from six to ten pounds twice daily. Do not feed the froth which rises in separator skim milk, as it is likely to cause indigestion, bloat and scours. |