| Show 4 1 H i r ta i i 4 ii i i 11 1 1 1 developing THE HEIFER PROF J A MCLEAN department animal husbandry massachusetts state agricultural college improvement in the dairy can be achieved only by raising and developing heffers heifers into cos cons that I 1 are superior to their mothers the proper lion of the sire Is one of the greatest influences in the improvement of the herd but of equal lm porta port oce arice Is the groining grow ing and developing of the young things atter after they axe aie born tor for the best beat bred calf may develop into a scrub cow if 1 it receive scrub treatment granting that the calf Is born right due care must be taken particularly during its first three months for the first ti twenty enly tour four hours let it suck its ita mother this Is better for both the co cow and the calf atter after the first day remove remone the youngster ster horn front its mother and foi at least ten davs dais feed upon whole milk if the calf Is doing well uell it at the end of that time balm mill milk may grad nail be for the whole milk till bv the end of three weeks the calf Is entirely upon skim milk As soon as the calf ailt mill ill begin to eat cat glain teed feed a mixture of bran corn and crus crushed lied oats mixed in equal parts bv bi weight allowing it to have hane as much as it will clean up telco a div day rabe skim milk should be continued until six sit months of age although the amount should never greatly exceed 15 pounds per day at about sli six becks of ago age calves cales generally begin to eat roughage and it Is very important to furnish them with as much roughage of excellent quality as they will eat for bay or grass Is nee essary tor for the proper development of the calf we want our dairy cows to have great digestive capacity to get this they must begin earl to eat rood good hay there la Is no lie better lie ha than alfalfa of high quality where it la Is not obtainable mixed clover hay or rowen will be found most excellent to the above felis feeds add healthful conditions such as aa comfortable moderately farm arm quarters air cleanliness sunlight clean feed palls and teed feed troughs or buckets are absolutely essential and exercising opportunities and at the end ot of sl c months the heifer should hao haio made an e cellena start most calves are dropped in the spring of the year sear yet I 1 believe better are aie obtained if the heifers heffers dropped in the early fall ire kept tor for the herd for calies dropped then are nearh six months old nhen griss comes and are glnn laige enough to withstand ith stand illes flies and other sum mer iner troubles and cin can mike make the act be use of th grass spring cales mill do as well mell it kept in M the stables during the first surn summer mer for like chil dren they me ate subject to slight disorders although not serious should not be neglected |
