The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1901-03-02
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Teaching the to Drink.
Britt aowa) Tribune: To teach a calf
TO drink you should deal gently with it.
Nature built it to want to reach up after
its sustenance, and i'll order te teach it
TO Drink from pail the greatest pa
thence is required. First catch it firmly
around the neck and back it gently into
a corner, then standsastride OF its neck,
letting it suck your fingers, which
should be wet with milk. Now take 1t
firmly hy the throat with the left hand,
pulling up with the left and pushing
down with the right, until the calls
head is in the right position to be slowly
Inserted in the pail. Keep your temper,
and hold on with a grin Of iron. Now
put the Calls mouth into the milk and
wiggle the fingers of your right hand.
II the calf refuses to suck, shake Its head
a little; when it 1lnally blows Its breath
out and throws two quarts OF milk in
your face, lay out more strength and
hold it right to the pail. In case 1t
humps its back, standing you on your
head in tho pail, hold your temper, and
grab 1t by the tail as it proceeds to jump
over you. The calf is only in fun any
way. Swing it around your head a half
dozen times, being careful to not hit Its
head against a post, as the skull being
soft it il liable to get tlattened out OF
shape. This will make the calf dizzy
and you can take it by surprise and
straddle Its neck in another corner. Hold
the pail with both hands and maintain
your former position with fingers IN its
mouth and left hand on Its throat. II 1t
don't swallow, rub its gullet, pinching
quite hard as the hands move backward,
shaking its head vigorously meanw bile
and holding the pail level with both
hands. Let it chew your fingers II 1t
wants to-; they will soon heal and it is
very agreeable to the calf. Be- sure to
keep the Calls nose down and don't let it
bunt. Hold it so it can't, and also hold
its tail still. You will always notice the
calf wiggles its tail when it is going to
bunt. This is all folderol. Hold its tail
with both hands perfectly still and it
can't bunt. Perhaps the calf will want
to keep stepping with ito hind feet?
This is an eyinence Of playfulness that
should be disc0untenanced because The
same set Of nerves that cause IL to wig
gle its tail and hunt arc now brought ill.,
to play. Hold lis hind feet with both
hands and alEo look out that it don't
hump its back. Ii it does hump, up will
go its head and out will come three
quarts OF lohbered milk, more or less, the
most of which will slip down the back OF
your neck, but it won't scratch any as
it is perfectly smooth. To hump it down
again, place both hands on it's back,
bearing down firmly, but gently. II you
can keep its back and nose down, there
is nothing else to get down but the milk.
Don't get excited, stand perfectly still,
ms piring the calf TO confidence by your
GOODNESS and sang froid. There is moth
ing equal to sang froid in the initial
lesson, and without this attribute the
%pedagogue is sadly hampered. There
are other requisites, one of the chief
ones being that the teacher must know
more to begin with than the calf does.
By following these directions closely. a
calf can be induced to fill itself with In
MIGRATING, life-prolonglng milk in a
very few lessons so that it will run Its
nose clear to the bottom Of the pail the
first bunt and sling Dutch cheese like a
thing Of life. OF course, if the calf
should hunt the pail over, tho first thing
to DO Is to gather up the milk-using
both hands-and then repeat the fore
going lesson. Don't try to lay the calf
on its back in the corner and with both
knees on it neck pry its mouth open
with a Ratchet and pour the milk in
with a funnel. You will have to raise
the knees to let the milk slip down, and
then the calf will smash the funnel with
its head. Some hang the calf with its
forward legs to @ rafter and feed it from
the roof Of the summer kitchen through
the stove pipe hole with q garden hose.
This enables it to hold its head up in a
natural position while taking its sus.
tenance, and bars bunting, but its tail.
and hind legs will wiggle vociferonsly
in unison, and the bunt nerves being
tins unduIv pYcifnd If 10 liohJo s.,
induce nervous prostration and St. Vitus
dance.