Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

to be allowed to nurse ears while taking
their meals. If allowed to be loose at
that time, | have seen one drinking at
the pail, the second sucking his ears,
the third ditto the second, and so on ad
ftnem. 1t should never be allowed. 1t
often reminds me of "a lot of political
office holders, while one has head in the
pail getting his fill the others take lit
tie that is more substantial than air, but
they seem to be very much inflated, and
to keep them within due bounds it is
OFTEN necessary to employ serious meas
ures to take the wind out of them
Moral; always get there first. When
calves become so, always consult a vet
Urinary surgeon.
As the calves become olderit is well to
give them IA little oatmeal with their
milk, or a few middlings will do, if scald-
ed. Give them a little hay each day,
and be in no hurry to turn them out to
grass. GIVE them milk as long as you
have it. Keep them warm; the next
winter give them fine nice hay. They
will no doubt eat meal if you will give it
to them, and be much better for it.. If
you have.good success with them, the
listers will appraise them for all they
are worth in the spring. BY that time
you Will be enjoying another crop of
calves.
a calf will eat about a ton of hay, Il
yearling one and one-half tons and a
two-year-old will NOV away two tons.
BY the time you first calves are three
years old you will think it is time to part
with them. You have gwen them good
care. perhaps given them from two to
four quarts of meal the third winter to
get them ready for the gay and festive
drover. You have watched their growth
with pleasure for three long years, fed
and cared for their every want.
Through sunshine and rain, through
snow and cold you have given them your
best attention. The amount of money
you should have for them has been thor
oughly fixed in your mind. That would
pay the note which Mr.. Cash has against
you, and with the remainder YOU have
promised to give your wife a new silk
dress, Susan a new hat with a gay plume
and John a suit of meeting clothes.
Presently a drover calls at your door.
He has heard of your cattle, or, like a
turkey buzzard, has smelled them from
afar. 'IIave you any cattle to sell?'
says he. You reply atfirnatiyely. 'They
are very low now, but | would like Il few
and will look at yours if you will show
them to me-" You proudly allow him
to inspect your pets. ''They are too
fat, but perhaps ! can use them," he re-
marks, land hides are almost nothing"
Drovers want cattle very fat, but do not
want tallow in them.
After much preliminary talking he Of
fers you - per cent. of your anticipated
price. If you talk as you feel at that in
tereSting moment you tell him to 90 to
Whitehall, and he goes, but does not for
get to remark over his shoulder, .'better
let me have them air cattle, they'll be
lower in two weeks
Others come, still you do not get your
price. You know they are worth it. A
month passes and the first man returns.
''Sold your cattle YETI swell, no."
you say despondently. "They are not
so high as they were when | was here be-
fore, but | would like to look at them"
He offers you 20 per cent. of your price.
lou feel weak at the knees and biue at
the heart. Your note is due and Cash
wants his pay. Drover will o bulge
IA cent, and you sell. When you tell your
wife you feel like crawling into a very
deep hole and pulling the hole in after
you. Your wife will have Il blue calico
dress, Susan will have her old hat trim
med over, John will have wider and
longer patches on his knees, and - that's
what | know about raising cattle.
The Country Newspaper.