Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-03-20
Rear Your Heifer Calves.

'pol CNNN w wv HlfsU"31HVNA VI bNTAul'
aud lat the Brighton and Cambridge markets,
have for more than a year pas, been bring.
ing from thirty.fye to iifIy dollars, and the
supply, at these prices, has scarcely b,cn
equal TO the demand. Cows that are ol
largr size. and that give an extraordinary
quantity Of milk through a large portion OF
the year, ell at prices varying from sixty.
I've 10 one hundred dollars Good looking
two.vcar old hcifcr.. in calf, Of almost any
brccd. scll quickly at thirty to forty dollar,,
aud it Il some rari,diir breed and Of sup,
posed merit, frequently command fifty dol.
lars Mix /, in demand, and will continue
70 be -. and ought to he supplied 20 a.,
cities by lho., living near them, in Abur.
dance and of the hcst quality.
We arc aware that even with thosr vhu
can winter from ten to forty head OF cIttlc,
it i, often found inconvenieut % rear a.,
c,l,c. and produce their own cows. II,
calyc, rcluir, constant and careful attention.
and vhcn old enough ,n frcl thomsrl,cs
Ta,tansc is deficient. But under the cir
cum,aucc- We have mentioned We think IL,
time hl. come when mo,, ot toe farmers iu
New England can rais, at lc.s, portion oi
their bciicr calves ata profit. Gy Judi
cious selection or III, bcst, both in physical
appearance, and or the mo,tapTroycl blood
and with careful ircliug, they will s,ou b.
likely to e., q stock Of COWS surprising any
,ha, have y,t rrazcl our New England pas.
turcs
Many persons lcsi,nt, u rear tie call
i-c-,u-r they cannot at ths ,,uc spare th,
milk Tor II. and bccaus, thcy aro not ac'
puainicd with any mode of rruring with,
out usin, mos, of 'hc uils WILD wo con.
f.,s our h.!i.!,lat thc calf will grow NOR
tIru,ly. aul q, better generally when al.
lowed to takr iu Do, own way TIE fool
which uatnr, la. provided fur It, wc alsl
believe o Substitute may De- provided, iu thc
main. which will answer very we'll, n at.
campni,l with careful attention on our
oNu r1r,.
Tar c,lf shouli b, allowed to suck on,
week. both on h.,ovn account, apI tla,
OF ,lr COW. Aitrr this take two ur tlrrr
quart. ur milk just drawn from tar COW,
into which insert the lant and the head CO..
the cali. aud place ono Or two finger. in thy
mouth. The milk will .1on disappear
Muru thi, las h,rn rrac,.,d few days,
take sweet clover and Iimuily hay, cut ii,
uuI put two or tHruc quart, into ! kettle
with water AMI bring i, 60 the boiling p,in,
-tl-n allow IL e. soak ur simmer, rur tvu
ur thr,r hours. bat not hot \; the mex,
tim, o. feeding thc cali nix q uul, OF thi.
sweet lay ia with IL, milk, aud gradually
increase the quautity-lc-srninct the mtlk-
until thr calf will take itas readily a. i,
ever dI the milk alone. A',er while "a
htus meal ir corn, oats. barley or buckuhcl,
may beaded. aud when ihccnll is dispose
,,..,, fpa r.-l.t,p bsv or ,nr-, clover. or
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out near tle bui,Iiu.., ON land that would
otherwise 1coi Ii,'l' rr1ai, aud by oc,a'.on.
ally changing their position, and feeding
thgm a Little beside, 'hcy may h' carried
through the summer, with an expense %
tuInS That a.mos' az! ono may incur II :
and beside that 'h"y VIII '''n become great
r'is o' '"e 'am"y' lhe''''"i year" l'''
t"rat' short at home 'h'! may be 'e"'