The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-03-15
PURE BRED CALVES.
DISCUSSED FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF A MILK PRODUCER.

Methods of Feeding Pursued by Va
rious AuthOrities-VaIue of Skim
milk and Whey-It Pays to Raise
Animals of Fure Breed.
Discussing the subject of calf rails
ing at the recent session of the Ohio
8Dairymen's association, L. S. McClel-
land, dealing with the calf from the
standpoint of a cheese factory patron.
according to The National Stockman,
said that he prefers spring calves and
if they are not strong and all right
thinks the owner would make money
by giving them away rather than by
trying to raise them. The dam and
calf should be kept quiet for awhile
after birth Keep the calf on cow for
two weeks, meantime teaching it to
eat a little grain. At 2 weeks substi-
tute whey for part of ration and grad
ually increase until at 4 weeks leave
off milk.
Too many dairymen think that a
dairy COW must be starved as calf. He
had seen some that looked as if they
had been raised on fresh air and Gods
love-
In the discussion following Mr.. Rice
stated that most of the calves raised
on whey by his patrons were Short
horns which ultimately went to feed
ers, who now prefer whey raised
calves Pasteurized whey is superior
to the old fashioned article. They feed
shorts and little Oilmeal in connec-
ton with whey. Some use oats un-
ground. He likes rye meal better than
anything he has tried; finds the calves
eager for pasteurized whey, whereas
had to force them to eat unpasteurized;
heats to 1856 or 100 degrees and doesn't
cool it.
John Fippin of Galloway discussed
the same subject from the standpoint
of milk producer. Most milk sellers
think it too expensive to raise calves.
He thinks they are right if the calves
are not sired by good dairy bred bull.
Give away the weaklings-raise good
ones or none. Give good shelter and
lot to run in. He prefers to have them
come Jan. to March /; then they go
to grass in good shape. Leave cow and
calf together till milk becomes good,
four or five days, then put cow in stall
and calf in crate and set behind her a
roOmy crate wherein the calf can lie
down.
Give calf about two quarts of milk
at feed, teaching it to drink, which is
easily done in crate, and after calf
learns to drink make half ration skim
milk. teaching it to eat grain, and in
five days give all skimmlk. Feed
milk at 90 degrees. Feed in stanchions
after this, keeping calves in stanchions
till mouths are dry after feeding. IT
calves are to be milk producers, don't
let, them get tao fat. Give skimmilk
and grain till months old. Can raise
a better dairy calf this way than on
| whole milk. Always feeds skimmilk
sweet.
Mr. Bailey feeds calves in stalls,
shutting them in while feeding. which
prevents some hogging the whole mess.
He has narrow stalls, arranged so he
| can shut in a number of calves by a
! lever and as easily release them.
Calves a week old will learn to eat hay
| if kept with older calves. Flaxseed
| jelly, q handful in each feed, he has
| found valuable for calves.
President Stratton thought calves
| should be developed for the purpose
| which they are to serve at maturity.
| Develop calf into a dairy animal by
training it to eat literally of protein
| foods, avoiding fairness.
! Professor Hunt discussed this theory,
stating that it was theory only, though
reasonable one, but exact data are
| lacking. Calves are often asked to eat
too much skimmilk; must have rough
ness as we'll as milk and grain.
Mr.. Johnson gives his calves to 10
pounds skimmilk at a feed, all the hay,
straw. silage and bran they want, and
raises good dairy animals. He keeps
FIolsteins and supplies hotels, clubs
and public institutions.
| Mr.. Devol advocates bran and had
records to back his assertions. Calves
! Jerseys) gained so to 81 pounds in 80
days, beginning at weeks oh. Costs
| $50 to $50 to raise a yearling, but
cheaper to raise them well than to
| have somebody else to do SO at $12 to
| $14 Calves raised by others were
stunted and timid, not in the habit of
eating liberal quantities. Keeps them
| in stable all the time till a year old
and prefers not to pasture. Some
| creamery men reported that their pa
irons preferred, pasteurized skimmilk;
others the reverse. Don't feed sour
! ond c,-,oot mill. n alternately. better feed