Des Arc citizen., 1860-04-11
Treatment of Breeding Heifers-How
 Early Should they Breed7


 Early Should they Breeda
 This question is mt in the american
 .agrfcliarist by X, and some remark,
 rnnde by the editor.
 In this country. where so lii:le attention
 Is paid to stock. there are few whs
 know, or care anything about it, ana
 though we may incur similar remark
 made of us. as was once made by e cot ion bale man" why P.-.he-fool hal even a name for each one of his peach trees" he saw fine label on the row, showing variety, and did no. know any better.
 We'll. the best COWS we have ever owned. had calves when in ard abou, two years old. one of them the best one, ex- cspt perhaps only one. had her first calf under two years old. by one or two days. If calves are properly taken care of and kept in proper condition, n,-good, growing order. not half siarved. they will and should drop first calf at from iwen,y.four to iweniy-six months old. We object to the hot house culture. yei calf may be pushed forward, withou, any injury; not made fat enough 10 lnjure. if upon good pasture. we Would llien advise by oil means. 10 gire her the use of the bull al twelve 10 fourteen months old We have never known an injury 10 result. though we have had, at three or four years old, killed by the weight of large ball. More COWS are ruined by the careless milking. than from any evil of early breeding. The care and attention be- slowed when the first calf Is at her side, does more 10 make Me milk co,p, than all the feed, without a proper care. The calf should run with the COW until the swelling has subsided; care in handling the udder 10 keep down undue febrle action, then separate the COW and calf, putting together morn, noon and night. Trouble yes, loo much for the cotton bale man. The very lasl drop must be taken away. If the calf cannot certainly take ali, better 10 lake llllle first and be cer. tain the calf draws al the residue.
 ltis good economy 10 give calves any, thing shey will eat in addition. and as early as they can betemptedl to eat This will give them more strength and abity to draw and digest all lhe milk; and the sooner q part, one-fourtn. one.half and 10 all of the milk can be taken Bad economy to slarve the calf for little milk. Give the COW the proper food for forming milk. handle the udder to assis, Ii in expansion. This treatment of the young COW will be repald, as she will certainly increase until her third or fourth call, then remain stationary until perhaps the eighth. Yet another matter. Hold her 10 her milk as long as possible, were | only one iea-cup full. draw il regularly. Admit her nature would incline to dry up II SIX, seven, eight or nine months, by sdacal'on she can be brought to go n 1 month or so longer. Some cows, with 1 good attention, has to be dried of just be- ore the next Calsing. This. as every hug else about the homestead. requires attention, and 1t pays well. When we we're scme twenty five to lhir,y years younger, tour COWS attended 10 gave us more mlik than ten or twelve does now, when left 10 the darkie race.
 We have now heifer, we think cheap sr at one hundred dollars than she would have been al fifteen dollars. if mol taken ;are of, and we will certainly feel sa.isfi- Id she will reinunerale us for all our rou5le. un,il the proof convinces to the She Is the first calf too, and many think first calves are not even me [ iium.