The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
FEEDING YOUNG CALVES.
The Plan Successfully Adopted by ~ Wei
known Agricmltu rat Writer.

known Agriculture Writer.
have seen several articles in tho
agricultural papers lately on "yea.
farming and possibly the best thing
to do with the calves is to make Yea
of them until cattle bring better price
than they now do. have not how
ever found it such a pleasant job Il
.'hanker" after a Job Of this kind ever,
few days, and do not find il necessary.
for can make good veal caIrc. or
SKINNED milk and at the same time
make good profit from tn. butter. ]
know that a great many farmers thinl
4 skiln-milk calf is by necessity Il bony.
pot-bcllicd. long haired animal, and
confess that have seen many Of this
description. Nevertheless il Is no;
the fault Of the calf. hut Of the feeder.
and can grow good profitable cali
on skinned milk that will sell to the
butchers or the hucksters for rs much
money as if it had sucked the cow. bnt
l sh all feed ii week OF two longer.
and this can we'll afford to do for
can usually make IA dollars worth o,
more of butter week from Il frest
COW. The huckstcr who buys the
calves in my neighborhood says he
prefers handled calves as they do MOI
shrink SO much, and he can give then
a drink of milk just before he reaches
market and they will look better ant
sell better than II calf that is bawlin.
for its mother. Whether /; calf Is Il
be raised or vealcd, let il remain with
its mother three days, as the mothers
milk has purgative qualities aud it IS
necessary that the calf should have it
to develop good healthy appetite.
! have never had any trouble L,
teach n calf how TO drink since adopt
cd this rule: Give the calf new milk
for the first week. and then begin Will
skinned milk. Use "A heaping table,
ooonfnl Of old process oil meal made
nto a kind Of jcll: by pouring scaldin.
water over il and stir it into the milk.
Make il aS near the temperature 81
milk just drawn from the COW as YOU
can. Begin with gall on AT a feeding.
twice a day. have fonsld calves 10 do
better fed twice day tn an three times
and | prefer 10 keep them in a small
box stall which should be kept clean.
Feed at regular hours. and in cold
weather especially be sure to have the
temperature right. radnally increase
the oil meal up To gill and AS YOU,
calf grows the milk may be increased
but il ut any time the, calf leaves an.
in the trough clean it out al once, and
do not let il stand by the calf all day.
Before your calf is three weeks old you
should have il eating something be.
sides milk. Put IL little sweet hay,
clover or rowen where it can reach il
dust a little bran or ground oats into
its trough, Or if you have carrots, slice
on6 for it. My calves this winte,
learned to eat carrots before they wer.
d mouth old. Shelied corn is excellent
for young calves. and they will learn te
eat it quite young. You should keep
some bright, sweet hay where the rall
can, reach it and it will begin TO nibble
at it when but two weeks old. Al.
though your calf will eat but little
hay, il is Of impo rtance that il should
have some, for it keeps the stomach
and bowels regular.
| have never known a calf to have
scours that was fed regularly and had
little hay daily. lfthrough your care.
'essness in feeding too much or too
cold milk, your calf begins to scour,
stop the skinned milk at once and
iced for two feeds half the quantity ol
new milk. You can detect the scours
as soon AS you enter the stable by the
odOr and should act pro mptly To cure
.t..'The stall in which your calf stands
should be cleaned and fresh bedding
put in it and it shoul d be disinfccted
with plaster Or dry. earth. and If youl
experience is like mine. your calf will
DC well in less than'forty- eight hours.
Ito tact is, however. that not one call
l.; Nj, will ever have scours if fed AS
direct, The one safe and simple. rule
in feeding is to make all changes in
food gradual. When you begin 10 feed
bran only dust tablespoonful into the
trough; give first small handful oil
corn. or three or four slices of carrots.
l have known many calves killed out
right by a single over feeding. -Four
calves in my neighbors he.el were
killed in one season by over feeding
with cottonseed meal, and l have sew
eral times known a calf to die i'm an
hour from drinking Il pailful OF cold
milk Mt once. There is no need OF
''deaconing" the bull calves in a butter
dairy, for in six weeks they can be
made good veal without new milk