Show bad practice to leave calf with cow very long A common practice Is to leave the calf with the cow for the first three or four days this plan allows the calf to be with ith the cow during the time when the udder Is inflamed however the longer the calf Is allowed to remain with the cow the harder it will be to teach it to drink if at first a calf does not drink readily from a pall it is advisable to keep it without food tor for at least 12 hours it Is then hungry and Is usually willing to try drinking warm whole milk fresh from the cow should be measured or preferably weighed into a clean pall the quantity of milk that a calf will do well on varies according to the size breed and individuality of the calf in general for jersey or guernsey calves one pound of milk dally daily for each ten pounds of live weight Is a safe quantity ayrshire holstein Hols brown swiss and shorthorn calves may be fed one pound of milk niilo a day for each eight pounds of live weight |