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Show SUPPLY OF WATER AND SALT Two Essentials Should Be Given to Calves After They Have Reached Proper Age. Fresh water should be supplied to calves more than a month old. In cold weather it Is well to warm the water, so that a sufficient quantity to supply sup-ply the calves' needs will be drunk. A smaJl amount of salt should bo supplied sup-plied to calves 2 to 3 months old. A lit t io may be sprinkled in the feed trough of it may he kept in a box to which the calves have access at will. Tank Heater Pays Well. A tank heater pays big dividends. If the d:tiry cow be compelled to drink Ice cold water she must use heat and energy from her body to raise the I temperature of the water up to body j heat. This detracts from the energy available for milk production. Crowding Calves Is Bad. The practice of crowding calves closely into small pens or of tying them in dark corners of the barn without permitting them to exercise should be discontinued. i |