Show some requirements for right start of calves ohp dairy call calf six to eight months old should be provided with salt it Is best to keep a small box la in the calf pen or stall with suit salt in it at all times the calf will then take lust just what la Is needed more than 56 per cent of the body la Is made up of water and for digesting the teed feed regulating the body temperature and other body purposes seg the calf needs 4 to 6 gallons of clean fresh water every day so the club boy should see that his calf has all the water it wants and that it Is 13 watered during warm days three times sunshine Is necessary for normal growth of the calf but like most good things the calf can get too much therefore see that your pasture hns has plenty of shade to which the calf can go to lie down and chew its erd during the heat of the day when the dairy calf Is weaned from skim milk it should be eating calling grains and hay bay well A good legume I 1 liay I 1 ay like alfalfa soy tean bean or lespedeza should be fed this bay Is necessary to furnish minerals to build bone to supply protein for muscle building and to furnish bulk tor for developing ve large feed capacity during the lly fly season a liberal use of the curry comb and brush will help keep the hair silky and the skin oily both of which will tend to keep off flies file teach the calf to lead by the halter balter this summer the best way to do this Is to lead the calf to pasture each morning and back to the barn at night |