The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-05-25
Raising Calves.

The calf should be raised, If at all,
on the principle that in time she is to
be valued addition to the herd of
mich COWS, and her treatment and
training in this direction should begin
from the day she is born. Let the
calf suck for the first ten days, but
after the first week begin the lessons
in feeding from the pail. This will be
found easier if she is taken away from
the COW once day before she is salts
fed and introduced to the pail. When
weaned the drink will depend upon
how cheaply it can be supplied, but
for while the whole milk is best if
care is taken that each calf has the
milk from one COW at all times. When
it is necessary to feed skim milk
grain ration should also be supplied
to take the place of the bulk and rich
ness contained in whole milk. The
drink may be given cold or slightly
warm, but never boiled or very warm,
or it will cause trouble. If skim milk
can be obtained cheaply, as it usually
can near creameries, say at ten to
twelve cents hundred, it will make a
cheap food all summer. During, the
first year considerable roughage and
concentrated foods should be given,
grains rich in protein, with plenty of
clover or mixed hay, and the calf not
permitted to depend on the pasture to
any great extent until year old. In
the early days of calfhood prevent the
growth of horns by the use OF caustic
potash, obyiating the necessity of de-
horning later on.-Atlanta Journal,
Stacking Hay.
Stacking hay is almost a necessity
in some seasons and with some
farmers, and tons of hay rot in the
stack every year for want of lits,He
extra expense. We stack, p,2 r 5ov in
tine h sara where ner eat1sbased, when we
how r welI ~ tS.f1@arn filed. No matter
49, ~" - lnese ricks are built, they
s'ss!Heu covering, and ] think I have
succeeded in making one in the fol-
lowing way: Before hay harvest comes
on, buy a bolt of canvas, say about five
feet wide. Cut it in lengths of twenty
feet; turn down each corner about four
or five inches, and work hole in each
one large enough to admit a s-inch
| rope; sew two or three blocks of the
canvas, four or fv, inches square on
each side, making hole in each one,
as in the corners. Now put piece of
| rope, three or four feet long, through
each hole, and tie knot in each end
so that it will not fall out. Now dip
each canvas in mixture of coal tar
! and linseed oil, equal parts. Better
dip them two or three times to be
sure they are thoroughly saturated in
the mixture. This will prevent them
from rotting and leaking.
We stack our hay in stacks or ricks
about ten feet wide and twenty feet
long, making them as high as we can
pitch from the wagon. When the
stack is complete, cover it with a can.
vas, and tie stone or stick of wood
to each of the ropes that are attached
to the canvas. That will settle the
stack quickly and prevent the vino
from uncapping it. This, I think, il
much better than shed, because yor
can stack in the fields and in severa
different places, so that in case of fire
only one stack is lost, while if we hat
it all in one shed all the hay would b,
lost. We do not rick any hay unit
We get all the barns full. Then n,
rick it in the field where it is made
and cover with these canvases, which
if properly used, will last for severa
years.-Benjamin Williams, in tn
Agricultural Epitomist.