Show easy to teach baby calves to eat dry food task Is simple after calf gets first taste a dairymen who visit the experimental peri mental farm always remark on the well developed calves raised at the farm and question the men in the calt calf barri barn how calves can be taught to eat dry feed nt at such an early age getting the calf started on dry feed is really a simple task and does not require a great deal of time says W R arends call calf raising authority with purina mills when the calf la is four days old the feeder should allow it to suck his tanger for a few moments to start the flow of saliva in the mouth while his fingers are bolst most the feeder should dip them into calf startina st artena and slain again let the calf suck them thus the te calf gets his first taste of dry feed drop feed into mouth the next step is s to hold the head up open its mouth and put a little calf st artena on its tongue the q 0 2 0 Y an MM o ax A the feeder should drop i a little dry feed into the mouth calf starts chewing immediately arid and Is then well started on dry teed feed arend says finally the head should be guided into the feeder containing the calf st artena arteria so go that thereafter it will know where to find dry teed feed no milk after first month by the time the calf is a month old no milk at all is needed because the complete needs are taken care ot of by the calf st artena hay water and a little salt this eliminates all bothersome work with gruels and bucket feeding and actually gives the calf a more complete and nourishing feed atlan mills milli atone alone can supply KIM is about 87 per cent water which means that a gallon of milk weighing eight and two thirds pounds contains little more than a pound of solid feed A growing calf needs more solid feed than can possibly be consumed in milk a alone I 1 one feeding calf startina st artena hay water and salt along with milk the first four weeks and then cutting out milk completely and putting the calf entirely on dry t led eliminates the danger of scours caused by feeding too much milk calf raising book available A vest pocket book on calf raisins Is available without charge at any feed store where purina chows are sold it answers such questions as what the baby calf needs when to start dry feed how bow ion long milk should be fed teaching the calf the easy way calf costs moneymaker money maker heifers heffers hei fers scours and de horning borning and preparing calves for the show ring |