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Show Natural Methods Upset in Teaching Young Calf. In modern dairy farming, because j of the value of whole milk and butter-fat, butter-fat, the dairyman upsets the natural method which the calf would follow In feeding and separates the calf from the- cow soon after birth. For the first few days the calf Is left with the cow, beeause'ef the properties of the milk, which puts the calf s digestive apparatus in good working order. Most dairymen leave the calf'with its mother moth-er for 4S hours, unless the calf Is sreak, when It . is tn'st. to allow It to remain longer. - The longer the calf remains with the' cow, however, the harder it Is to teach It to drink. |