Show BUILDING FOR CALF IS BIG ESSENTIAL Economical commercial dairying demands demands demands de de- mands that the dairy calves be raised by hand rather than by nursing their mother This fact makes It necessary necessary necessary sary to provide a place to keep the young oung calves while being fed ted milk say Prof J. J P. P La LaMaster laster chief of the dairy division Clemson college who suggests that the essentials for such quarters are 1 that they can be easily cleaned 2 provided with an abundance o ot sunlight 3 properly drained so as 85 to prevent any surface water from entering or from becomIng becomIng becoming becom becom- ing damp from any cause and 4 an arrangement which will permit the feeding and care of the calves with the least amount of or labor in quarters quarters quare that give the calv calves s enough room Calves raised on skim milk in practically practically every case develop the habit of sucking one another's ears navels navels navels na na- vels and udders immediately after atter being fed milk This habit often results results results re re- in fn the udders being misshapen or entirely blind In one or more quarters quarters quarters when the heifer comes in milk If It this habit was limited to the period period pe pe- Just after feeding milk the dIfficulty difficulty difficulty culty could be overcome by keeping the calves cal In stanchions for 30 minutes minutes minutes min min- utes or more after atter each feeding but during the day when the young calves become hungry they will start suck- suck g again To prevent this trouble each calf caU have a small pen ven of Its Us own ils lis Is not as hard to provide as might em A long pen six or seven feet de can be divided into pens by r gates across at proper distances pending on the number of calves on oa nd and the space available a To Tolke It easy to get he calves In and andt It t of ot the pens and tp to clean the theis is 15 these gates m may be be- befitted fitted with ad Bd a B- aEd Ed d d In the center e ter which passes Masses ov over r small Ismail pulley overhead and with a alight a light Ight attached on the other end enday avy y enough to balance the gate ills lIs will allow the gate to be raised ennead out of the way when not eded d The gate should be fitted Into oves ovea at each end formed by using 12 2 by Inch 4 upright and 1 by Inch 3 its ts nailed on each side to form the lot it 1 Such an on arrangement Is inex inex- naive and makes a safe and cont con con- pen for young calves |