St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-03-25
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The weekly meeting o. the Caledonia
Famrr-' Cinh wa, Irll at the Avenue
House on Friday =. NJ, PrcsiIcn; Law
renee IN the chair. I'h, subject was
9Th" raising Of Calves and Llmi,-." \
communication Na< read from Hon. +.
il. Carp inter, of Waterford. in which h.,
rave q'.itc tni directions ln regard to
the raising OF rrlv also the treatment
OF COWS before AMI after coming in.
Jo,I>H WARD OF s.. J.hn-burv rave
his views on raising calves. He had
found that the b,~t remedy to bring
away the allerbrth WAS u quantity of
dry "a.s-tour to c.-h, quartS-.ivrn
early aIter the calf wa~ dropped. He
thought the main thing in rai>in, lambs
was II keep the mothers IN rood crndi-
lion. Hi practise wa, To give a lit
tie &r;,in drily from the time the sheep
were taken up in the fall until gra>s grew
III tu" spring. liy such treatment he
never had any trouble, hi~ lambs We're
rtron@ and vigorous, and even when
.IropreI in cold weather almost always
lived and tlrivcd
GEO. RNNNEY also found it the bot
practice in rai,,og lambs, to keep the
ewes well IL feeds -la.n instcal OF
roofs, and I,e'. .,> .rain uulhrc-hcG. or
IN the Straw h;,lt or two-ihiris tn rc>heL.
He considered the fail the best ns;rri-
ment to lir5-h with, a. then the straw
W. much better. II could raise lambs
as wei iro'n fing-"noi sheep IL from
coarse. lie w;t> II W in tilc midst Of til.
.amhin4 season, and hi- lambs were viz
orouS and >iruuG, and the only trouble
&c !al WIS that some Of hi, cwes gave
- much milk thar they had 10 b. mix. Il
until the !tub' were \ few .;ly, old.
lie thought That early cut tay, with cat
5,law half thrc>hcd. was all She p needed
TO keep chem in GOOD order He hc-
lievcI in cutting both hay AMI grain
carly, before til straw hcramr wuody.
He preferred carly cut straw for fJider,
to l:.ir cut hay.
Mr. WARD had leave to speak on
h. straw question. One year lie KEEP;
4 lot of ordinary calves IL, yarled |
them in December, ard fed them np,hin. /
bat >iraw-not Il particle OF grain or
nay. The next year he did tie same,
and the fall after they were two years
Old, he sold them FIR beet, AMI some rt /
them dressed 700 lbs. a;ircc Yet he
would NOT rec mmpnd straw a> a feed ia
preference to hay, tut sYonc # tins ju>l
t. show that there w;,> value in straw /
t,r Io,.i,r. He thought IL worth $40 Il /
ton 10 him. Mr.. Ward thought oats the
best grain TO tcc'! she,p-a hall pint
apiece each day, with good hay, would |
keep sheep in GOOD coalition. lie had .
givcn corn instead of oats, and the lambs
were weak, and he Hid not raise half Il,
macy from the same sheep as he did |
when ne fel cats, instead OF corn meal.
j. l.. CARR had one year ago , grade
Durham cows When the calves were
dropped, he selected t of the best ones
an! let them sIcl, the COWS but , or ;
time--ncvcr more than ) tlmcs-and
thea taught them to drink. For
week he fed new mi k, after that he fed
warm skim milk. He Let them eat Il
little hay if they wanted, and had given
tucm very little fine feed. After they
went out to Grass hc led them all the
-him milk they would drink twice day.
1T the time Of the annual Fair, one pair
of tn, - calves weighed over 1900 lbs,
aud tie o,hcr par 900. When cold
weather cam, .e ave them Il quart o.
oats apiece each day, and towards spring
he ted them Il few roots. He wanted
hi, sheep {. lamb early, when he coulG
attend 10 tnem. Ii this occurred after
'hcy were out to grass he could not give
item tnat attention necessary; and ii
the ,neop were we'll Kept, lambs would
oe as Likely to lie dropped in March as
May.
MooEs IluNrLY had cows last spring
> had calves, and he bot ) more. He
did not let his calves suck more than two