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Show m FACD STANCHIONS ARE NEEDED FOR CALF Turned Loose Too Soon, They Get Bad Habits. If young calves ure not glwu good ittlentloQ during the Ural few months of their Uvea they will become undernourished, under-nourished, luek In hlu, and often become be-come practically worthless for breeding breed-ing unlimila. When fall unci winter calve are given good attention they will generally grow Into better cows tlnin spring-dropped calves, us they will he old enough to go onto pusture In I lie spring and make satisfactory gains. Milk Is the food provided by nature for calves und limn has never found a substitute that eijuals it. Whole milk In needed for the tlrst month, or at lenst during the greater portion of It. After that time skim milk may be gradually substituted as the calves will commence eating grain and buy. The maximum amount of whole milk to feed Is twelve pounds dally and sixteen six-teen pound should be the maximum amount of nklin milk luted. Individual stanchions are needed Jbi feeding calves by hand. In this way each calf will get 1U own altowanco of milk. Grain can be put ln the pulls ufter the milk Is consumed and the calves will gradually learn to eitt. If i the calves are turned loose too toon ! after they are through drinking they will often acquire the habit of Bucking Buck-ing ears, etc., whlcb will result ln poor gains. After two or three weeks the whole milk may be gradually substituted sub-stituted with part skim milk and the proportion of skim milk gradually Increased In-creased as the calves gain In size and age. The milk from tbe calf's mother should be fed for the Brat few days as It Is laxative In character and will help get the bowels properly cleaned. Cleanliness In tbe calf stables and feed buckets Is essential ln preventing scours und other Blmllar troubles. Sunlight Sun-light Is necessary If the calves inuke the best gains. Kre&h water should also be supplied as the calves will drink a considerable amount A sunny, protected lot, where the calves muy run during warm days will not only give thera exercise but will help to keep their stables In better condition condi-tion and furnish them sunshine. |