Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-26
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lishf REAikTNG:lCA "a
oft6is,is the season when our stock
farmers, of almost all kinds. begin 70 {inl
crease. few words on the subject OF;
rearing calves May not be entirely with.
out sProft and Interest to my brother far
merss Among farmers there are many
different ways of rearing all kinds OF
stock Iii truth, almost as many as there
ara farmers. The cheapest and best.
mode is undoubtedly the, one which
should be adopted. The present higG
prices of cheese and butter. render the
farmer anxious to secure the profit anc
the use of the whole of his milk, il
possible. Some indeed, kill their calves
in order to make as much butter and
cheese rs possible but l think this il
wrong. for judging from the statistics,
the inhabitants of the United States art
increasing much faster ,thanthe means e
furnish them with the most wholesome
INJURIOUS meat, beef. Every farmer should
rear his calves. if possible; for the de-
mand for and price Of cows and beef cat.
tie are constantly and gradually increas.
ing. ss
My plan for rearing calves is as follow:
When a COW is about to calve, sh'
should be shut up in dry yard alone ;
audsif the weather is inclement, yarc
in which there is shed, which sould be
weligIttered. is preferable. Ifnot thus
shut up. cows at this period, are yer!
liable TO seek a low. wet spotin distan
field from which, if wesk, it will be ne
cessary to bring the calf, which will b.
some trouble. and sill more. if the COW
is inclined 10 be vicious. Let the calf re
main with the COW from one to two days
according to itsstrength. Calves learL
to,drink more readily, when taken away
from the COW MS young as may be. When
learniugsiim TO ctiuk. keep him separate
from the other calves, but in a small per
adjacent to them this will make him
more con!ented than if entirely alone.
Toflearn the calf TO drink Take new
milk. Just from its moi her, and having fill.
ed basin holding from a quart to two
quartsA insert one or two fingers and hold
his mouth in the basin if necessary. and
thus when he gets cleverly to drinking
slip them out. and when he stops sliI
them IN again as be ore. 1.-The is sulkN
and refuses to drink thus, hold up hi.
head almost perpendicular. inserting the
finger as before, and from the tin basin
pour the milk slowly down his throat. Il
will not be necessary, however, to pur
sue this course often as he will common
ly drink in The first mentioned manner
1t will not take more than three days to
learn a calfto drink readily and when this
is done. it is much less trouble to feed
him than by turning him in with The cow
When calf is from one 10 two week.
old, he can be fed on skim. milk. which
has been allowed to stand 12 hours
When one month old he can be fed with
skim milk which has stood one day.
After The grass has started to grow
and the calves have learned to drink
have small pasture. say one acre. more
or less, according to the number of calves
near the house. Have trough made Of
sufficient size. slip out rail, (if raj
fence, and leave an opening large enough
for their heads. Place the trough By
the opening on the side opposite the
calves. in their reach, and IN which they
can be fed with as little trouble as hogs
Calves fed in this manner may no
thrive quite as well at first. as in the nat
ural way. But they can be fed thus a
long as desirable. twice day. and thel
once a day, and gradually tapered of
If reared in the natural way. the farmer
loses one half or more of the milk, 70
two months or more. and then they gen
orally become poor. and by the the tim
winter sets in, they are behind those rear
ed by hand. Besides, cattle are general
ly worth Eve dollars per head more, whel
reared by hand, at three years old, eithe
as steers or heifers, on account Of thei
gentleness, and easiness to break eithe
to the yoke or to milk.
Calves during the first winter, should
kept by themselve, have shelter, plent
of fine hay and water.