Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
- . ~ =
Cai. ing Calves.

Like everything else pertaining to
farm, raising calves requires good
iudgm.n' and experience. It. is best
always 20 leave the calt with the
60" srvera! days, until the fever is
ont Of the bag ami the milk is good
for family use, and with proper man
agrn,ent the calf can he easily
taught l." drink milk when four or
five days old. Il is import mt thai
tie ralf>l"ul,i lake lis ii 81 suStcnan,r
fl. IN Tie COW. II II cali is OF II" val
ne To rear, or if the mix is worth
more than the cos, If fee lin9 tour
or five weeks Cor tiic lu' ir,, /,
IL. MD ir killed H. >u..r; ~ "a, nll>
t.r"':.,> go" ;, l.ul i i j. t. @r ~1s
.h, ii si."ul'i have ,nry milk t.r
about ten day, when II l,lilr ~klm-
ned milk ma, he adicd to the I'M
skinned b, degrees, Jill it may be
tcd entire an skinned milk. l.
has been shown Ivy abundant tests
tia, calves " i'll thrive us well on the
poorest butter producing milk as on
the best; consequently, it Il farmer
has any COWS which give poor milk,
that should he fed to the calves. be
cause it is not the cream that nour-
lshcs them SO much as other proper.
ties OF the milk. When four or five
weeks old they my be ted on butter
mi k.
|, is good management: to feed
calves, in connection with their milk,
when about ton days old, little
cooked meal. At first, take nearly Il
tablespoonful of Indian, DAT, or bar
ley meal. and cook it in a little wat
er; then mix it with the milk, and in
crease the quantity of meal as the
calves grow Older. FlaXseed boiled
10 II Jelly and mixed with milk, when
the calves are ten days old, is good
for them. 1t is poor policy T." stint
calves which are worth raising, az
their tu'ure development as good
COWS depends in great degree on
the manner in which they are treat
ed hen calves. Let them be fed
three times u day at regular hours,
and as much as will satisfy them,
and in the end their owners will
never be losers by SO doing. Look
a, the poor, unsightly animals in the
wards of farmers who half starve
their calves 10 save Il few cents, and
Won have occular demonstration of
wha, stinting calves in their feed
will do.
When calves are old enough +"
h gin to et hay or glass, if r"ntin
ed IN stable or yard, Il little fine,
swce, hay, or grass. sh ul1 be- plar-
cd within their reach. II may he
tied with Il cord, and suspended
where The, can nibhlc at it and i'll Il
Nv weeks. when about four months
old, they may he turned out to pas.
,urc, sill giving them a little mea!
and water once II day for Il week or
two. They should have fresh wa
ter in their pasture, which should
p,oirce AN abundance of good grass,
and they will go into quarters il fine
condition. Then let them be fed on
good, fine. sweet hay. with fodder
corn (>wre,) cut and cured as soon
ns i, begins l." tassel; and ;; little
meal of any kind; aud when they
are tw" or three years old you will
have stock that you will not be
ashamed to have your neighb"r> see.
Even the milk that sucb COWS will
give will he much more than if they
we're poorly ted when calves. There
is no USE IN Il farmer expecting I"
raise fine stock of any kind, unless
lac attends thoroughly I" their wants
,hr, UGH all the stages of their growth.
II he grows a good crop Of corn II
raust be fed, and the weeds rxter
ninatrd--no half way work; aud the
same same rule must be applied To
his livestock Hntm Nr1r IUk'r.