The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-31
The Calves.


II either pays to raise calves, or else
our live stock business Is not m pro-
ductive OF the aggregate profits rs we
are wont to claim. II n calf can not
DO raised Mt n proft--which some claim
then somebody Is losing, for some
body must raise the calves. That IL 10
profitable Is well enough attcstcd by
those who practice It, Men who arc
close igurers In their business find tho
raising of calves sufficiently profitable
to make It satisfactory. Where an OPP
posite opinion prevails there are two
reasons for IL. either tho milk Is cs-
tccmed so valuable-a part Of the too
common short.sighted policy which
looks wholly to immediate gains--thnt
the owner OF the COW can not even as
much rs permit the few days during
which II Is absolutely unfit for human
food to pass without using 1t, or else
there Is an utter neglect 10 consider The
value Of tho calf ut all. The young
animal In either cnso Is considered
rather burden than otherwise, and
one that Is to be got rid Of just rs soon
rs tho butcher will buy ii. II may DO
well questioned II 1t is an estab-
lishcd fact that the practice
of taking the calf from the COW,
even for the purpose of making but
ter and cheese, is pro table ut all. 1t Is
certain that there Is q steady and IT,
muncrativc demand for mich cows.
Nothing sells more readily than good
mich COW. II would seem to be- policy.
therefore. To raise them. and the safest
was TO do so. Is upon the mother milk.
They may be raised by hand, and come
out all right, but there are defined dan
gers to threaten su cess. Now one
good COW will sucklc two calves, II sho
has good pasture, and weaving the
calves nj three or four months old, she
will not only likely make the raising OF
the two calves perfectly successful. but
she will then have long time before
hor during which her milk can he used
for other purposes. There IL no other
food than can perfectly take the place
of milk rs food for the calf. II contains
| Just what the system needs. still we
do not suppose that anything we might
say would induce those who are in the
habit Of substituting other foods 'Or the
milk 10 change their practice; and we
do not wish 10 say anything To produce
such result. We have only called at
tcn,ion Ia the doubt t,at may reason
ably exist rs 10 the profit Of taking tho
calf away from the COW. OF course we
recognize the tact that milk Is the most
expensive food, and we are free TO adj
nit that our opinion is that II Is more
profitable TO raise the calf on arti-
fetal food. Our practice is To let the
calf run with the COW for about ten
DAYS, and then put IL upon skinned
milk, which in n short time may be fed
alternately with other suitable foods.
Crushed or ground oats are the best
food next to milk. and IL. when feeding
the skinned milk. il be scalded. and
some oatmeal added, 1t will be excel
lent. And IL the calf Is taken from the
COW at once give 1t q handful of salt
which acts rs a purgatlyc TO cleanse
the stomach, an Office which the first
milk OF the COW performs repeating
the administration Of the salt for several
days. and prepare its food by boiling n
pint of ilax.sccd in five quarts of water.
weakening il with hay.,ca until il Is
pretty nearly as thin as milk. Feed at
tie temperature of milk when first
drawn from tho ud,ler. Indian meal.
barley. rye and oatmeal can be added
us the calves become older. In all arii-
fetal feeding the effect upon the bowels
must be carefully watched, and any bad
effects Immediately coun,eractcd. II
should DO allowed access TO good, sweet.
short pasture as soon rs IL will eat IT,
II is important that in hand-fceding II
should have something besides skim
milk. Such milk Is not perfect, and
consequently II is not complete food;
aud the calf should not he fed exclusive
ly upon milk even directly from tic COW.
for milk alone does not properly distcnd
the stomach. Western Rural.