Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-09

L leu dUOub do 49,
calf last summer. Turned them out
to grass in July. Last winter led
them on upland hay and 6 quarts OF
potatoes for the pair each day. L
would not take 800 for them to-day.
| think they are heavier than
pair of 4 years old oxen | bought the
other day. Last spring | raised six
calves. Three of then half blood
Devon, two half Durham and one ma
tive. Raised them in the same way.
Turned part of them out earlier than
the rest. Those that were kept In
the barn the longest done the best.
In the fall | bought another Durham
calf of Edward.
4. Il. Rdndalt-You have kept the
DurhamS and Devons together, now
which are the best calves?
". j. HdStings-Two of my Dur
hams are the largest calves | have,
{ the other is as poor calf as | have
out the DevonS are the handsomest.
L. GLidden-I cannot tell any great
calf story. My calves were raised in
about the usual way, that Is, fed sour
milk until about three months old and
tnGn turned OUT 10 grass. nave one
however, half blood Durham heiter
that has done somewhat better than
the average OF my calves. 1t was "a
very small and unpromising calf to
commence with, but after while took
start and grew very well, and in
the fall | was offered SIS tor it. But
| want to know which way man can
make the most money to raise Only
so many calves as he can feed as Mr..
Seavcr did his four, or raise more aud
not keep them as well? In other
words which are worth the most, tour
good ones or eight middling ones?
VI. Root believe more can be
made to keep them well, than to pincl
or starve them. Ii we can make Oul
cattle as large at two years old as
cattle usually are at three, we no
only save a years time, and years
keeping and years interest, bu
have more valuable animal.
| ". J. HastingS-My IDEA is We ha(
beter keep no more calves than W,
can keep aoeLt.
f. L. HastingS-It | have call
that won't eat we'll | will xiii it, all,
not try to raise ii, as nothing can b
made of such calves. | would kecI
only as many as | could feed t0eiL.
q. ". SeaUer-It seems to me tina
we can proftably raise calves, thong
we have not the milk to iced them al
summer as did my best ones. |
the spring l had milk enough fol thin
teen, out as the hogs and pigs grey
older and required more ana The mil
grew less III quantity, | had to wea
ali but four OF them, aud turn then
out TO pasture. and l think it paid fU
: raising them as they were worth som
ten or twelve dollars each.
Il. D0gtson-Last spring | bough
some three years old heiierS abou
three-fourths Durham, the balanc
Hereford. MIXED only the tire
heitcrs and raised all three of the
= calves. Made porridge 10y Scaidin
a tablespoonful Of India wheat me;
l. to each calf and put in their milk.
Il sold one OF the calves III the summt
TO Mr.. Gage. The others at the thu
- of the fair were a little over 81
" months Old and weighed so and 43
Il respectively, the first being bull an
} the other a heifer calf. | have nevt
} raised any calves that grew as we
- 1t cost just three dollars each for VIII;
r India wheat they eat during the sun
y mer. | don't agree with Mr.. Seavt
; that we had better raise some GOO
and some poor ones. | think wht
- the milk gets short, India wheat 20
- ridge may be added and the calv,
- kept growing as well as on milk, al
IL it will much more than pay the ext
" expenses OF feed in Improvement {
D. the calves. One thing | am satiSti,
o is true. If man wants to make
~ large OK or COW, he must make lar,
h calf. There must be "a large found
." ton laid for the Superstructure.
". J. Hastings-I believe it is u
g best to allow milk to get so old as
* whey off, before feeding it to calvt
N q. W. SeaUer-Admitting that
40 pays to raise good calves while "
have milk enough, it IS a questi
." whether it will pay to buy grain
r. raise them on. Would it not pay b,
Up ter 10 do as | did, feed the whole |
| as long as there was plenty of mil
"a and as the milk failed, turn part
= them to pasture and feed the baIanc,
: W l. ID. r. CoLLins-I would endor
|! Mr.. Davison's plan. | would Ike
Is them in the barn-allOwing them
st yard to run in-during the SUNNI
We and keep up their feed of milk DC
10 ridge or milk as the case might
r. [ raised a pair o. very pretty Dew
=" calves last summer, bat | find by he;
Ut ing others tell the quantity of mi
ne they fed, that starved mine. | ga
IN the two pail full Common ten qua
he pail of milk, twice day; gave t
80 milk sour; gave them nothing else
:" cept what hay they would eat, un
Us September when the milk began
III fail l began to put in water and