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Show ----- i , FZEDSG THE DAIHY CALF THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE NEWBORN J CALF RESTS UPON ITS FEED, CARE AND j MANAGEMENT, f I By D. H. Otis, Wisconsin, J Young calvcfl need whole milk for 1 the first few days. The calf should 'always have the first or colostrum milk of tho cow and bo allowed to nurso the cow until tho eighth or ninth milking, when the rnllk Is suitable for human food. Feed often with small amounts to avoid over feeding Teach the calf to drink and feed whole milk for at least threo weeks, changing to a skim milk dlot gradually Tho amount of milk fed ohould bo carefully regulated. A good plan with the normal calf Is to give -1 pounds (2 quarts) of whole milk threo times per day, fed sweet and at blood temperature. In tho state of nature tho calf gets milk containing about 3 per cent faL Our domesticated domesti-cated cows have been bred In some instances to givo nearly twice this amount. Milk that Is too rich may cause serious trouble from scouis, I and in feeding such milk care should be exercised to give limited amounts at tho proper temperature The feeding feed-ing of "whole milk should bo con- i tlnued for about three or four wcoks, when tho number of meals may bo reduced to two per day From one-half one-half lo a pint of skim-milk may now be substituted for an equal quantity of whole milk. The amount of skim milk may be gradually Increased and the amount of whole milk correspondingly corres-pondingly decreased until, at the ond iof a wook or 10 days, the calf Is get- I ling all skim milk. I Skim milk Is a Hioip feed for calves but should bo fed cnrcfully In limited quantities nnd only whllo it is warm and swfft. Skim milk mav form the principal diet of tho nir for elfrht months or a your, r irtirv cklm mi'k should always bt past unod to avoid the spread of tul orrulosK The V"st skim milk Is that which Is fresh from the Boparator and still warm. Experiments Ex-periments show that It Is only one-fourth one-fourth as csjpciKivo to rnlse a calf on klm milk as whole milk. Two pounds of grain with tho proper amount of skim milk equals one poundof butter fat. Buttermilk or whey may proflta'ih bo fed to calves. Grain tor calves should be fed first whllo the cnlf Is r.w'te small with a Uttlo bran to aid the calf in learning to tt. High priced concentrates arc unnecessary and givo no better results re-sults than corn meal, onts and bran, ground barley, etc , whon fed In proper pro-per combinations. At four toJ six woeks a calf hos good teeth and can grind his own food A variety of fowls Is advantageous and best result re-sult will usually be secured from mixtures. The following list may servo, ns a guido to the calf feeder In making selections or combinations to suit hli conditions: ' I 1. Corn meal gradually changed . I in four to six weeks to shelled corn 1.1 with or without bran, ' 2. Whole oats and bran. 3. Whole oats and corn chop, tho V latter gradually replaced by shollcd J' corn In four to six wooks. K I 4. Ground barley with bran or ll shelled corn. ji 5. Sholled corn and ground Kafir j, corn or sorghum. f 6. Whole oats, ground barloy and -j bran. - 7. A mixture of 20 pounds of corn 1 meal, 20 pounds of oat meal, 20 flj tl i L ''-'U ry irjp V '"riM. (Si Pip ' Feed the Calf In a Comfortable Stanchion. , t '. pounds of oil meal, 10 pounds of V blood meal and 5 pounds of bono J' moal, changed to corn, oats and bran r when calves are threo months old. 1 I 8. A mixture of 5 pounds wholo oats, 3 pounds bran, 1 pound corn meal and 1 pound of linseed meal. I The calf may be taught to eat grain by rubbing a little on Its mouth whon ,1 it is through drinking milk. From i this It will soon learn to eat from tho feed box. The roughage for calves should I first bo fed at two or threo weeks of i age when tho calf begins to cat grain. " Good clean hay, either timothy, bluo grass, clover or alfalfa may bo used. Corn sllago is an excellent calf feed when fed In moderate amounts. Good 1 pasture Is an essential after four to J six months of age. and if the calf is f; turned out for only a few hours cich day at first, scours will bo avoided. j " 1 M hon It comes to a question of do- elding whether you shall send the boy i' to agricultural college or buy another h blooded bull, givo the boy tho benefit ' of tho doubt : |