Show stanchions ARE NEEDED FOR CALF turned turne d loose too soon they get bad habits habit if young calves are not given good attention during the first few months of their lives they will become undernourished lack in size and often become practically worthless for breeding animals when fall and winter calves are given good attention they will generally grow into better cows than spring dropped calves as they will be old enough to go onto pasture in the lie spring and make satisfactory gains allik Is the alie food provided by nature for calves and man has never found 6 a substitute that equals it whole milk Is needed for the first mouth month or at least during the greater portion of it after that time skim milk way may be gradually substituted as the calves will commence eating grain and liay hay the maximum amount of whole milk to feed ts Is twelve pounds dally and sixteen pounds should be the maximum amount of skim milk used individual stanchions are needed in feeding calves by hand in tills this way each calf will get its own allowance of milk grain can be put in the palls after the milk is consul consumed ned and the calves will gradually learn to eat cat if the calves are turned loose too soon after they are through drinking they will of often ten acquire the habit of sucking ears cars etc which will re result ault in poor gains after two or three weeks the whole milk may be gradually substituted with part skim milk and the proportion of skim milk gradually increased as the calves gain in size and age the milk from the mother should be fed for the first few days as it Is laxative lasa tive in character and will help get the bowels properly cleaned cleanliness in the calf stables and feed buckets Is essential in pre preventing scours and other similar troubles sunlight Is necessary it if the calves mako make tho the best gains fresh water should also be supplied as the calves will drink a considerable amount A sunny protected lot where the calves may run during warm days will not only give them exercise but will help to keep their stables in better condl tion and furn furnish ish them sunshine calves need some whole milk to get good start calves calva which are only one week old need some soine whole milk if they are to got get the best start however some people follow the practice of buying calves from dairymen tind and raising them on substitute rations the united states bureau of dairying recommends the following formula which has been used with considerable success by many dalry dairymen men fifty pounds corn meal finely ground 50 pounds linseed meal 15 pounds oats finely ground and rolled 10 pounds of dried blood flour 10 pounds skim milk powder one half pound salt the above combination of feeds are carefully mixed together one half pound of the mixture stirred into four and one half pints of boiling water and fed when sufficiently cool makes a feed for a calf which Is one month old two feeds are necessary dally the amount may be doubled by the time calves are two months old calves may gradually be shifted to a ration that la Is less complicated at that time |