St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-10-15
RAISING CALVES BY HAND.

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to any other use than raising calves
it is just as well to let their calves
run with them in the natural way.
But at this day who can afford this
system? By more labor and greater
care, just as good calves can be lais.
ed at half the sacrifice Of the pro-
duct for which the cow is most valu-
able. Nor can farmers afford to
permanently injure a COW, as a
mixer, by allowing her calf to run
with her the first year. The fire.
quent drawing of her milk by the
ever present calf. seriously dwarfs
her milk glands, 60 that ever after
she has no capacity for any large
amount of milk. It is very import
ant that the calves should not run
with them the first year. If in good
flesh and good health, for q few
days it is important that the milk
should be drawn frequently to keep
the bag from inflammation and injury.
But gradually, and as fast as it is
safe, the regular periods Of milking
should be assumed, 81 that the I'D
der in its formative state shall as
sumo capacity for twelve hours &C.
emulation of milk.
Nor is it safe or policy to trust to
the calf to draw all OF the milk for a
few weeks. The demands of calf
at that age are not sufficient to take
all the milk of first-class COW.
Hence her yield will naturally dwin-
die to the demands OF her offspring.
Besides, after calf and COW have
been let to each other twice a day,
the wesning is injurious to both.
Besides, the weaving is frequently
impossible, creating constant trou-
BILE on the farm. The practice also
Of keeping cows and calves separate
and admitting them together
twice Q day to take half of the milk
while the other half is being MIXED
is vexatious, Troublesome, and saves
no labor. Any one would rather
sit down by quiet COW and draw
all of the milk, than to fight with
the calf for half of it. And if the
mixer takes the first before the calf
is admitted, the COW is injured. as
the milk should be all drawn when
the cow lets it down.
Calves should never be allowed
to suck longer than three days But
they should be furnished with their
mothers first milk, as nature pro-
vides just the rik BIT kind of nourish-
ment for the first food. When rails
ing calves by hand. they can be-
made just what YOU want them.
The steer calves intended for beeves
can be safely pushed from the first.
by plans which have been frequently
foreshadowed in these columns.
After feeding for few weeks with
new milk, substitute skim milk.
Then, if the calf is too poor, add
oil meal, or if it is too fat for the de-
velopment of the bones and muscles
add oat meal, or other bone or
muscle producing food. The heiter
calves which are intended in the
future for the dairy. should not be
kept as fat as intended for veals for
the butcher. Keep them in good
thriving order, with the safe
development of all parts. for which
purpose il requires more skill than
is usually possessed by the drudge.
The sooner the COW and CALI can
be Induced to forget each other, the
better for both, and for those who
attend to them. By the tenderest
care learn both to have confidence
in you. Kindness to o calf in the
earliest days is never forgotten.
They make quieter and better cows.
And steers which enjoy your pres
ence and con6ding care, always as
simulate their food better, are not
half the trouble to care for. and add
SO much to their satisfaction, by
their docility and kind temper.
Calves must have good accommo-
dations for feeding their milk and
grain or other food rations. Each
one must be allowed its share, with
out being robbed by the domineer-
ing. They should also be SO ar
ranged that they cannot suck eash
other just after partaking their
milk. Plans for all these matters
are we'll understood on a we'll ar
ranged farm.-lo,oa Register.