The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-03-16
BABY BEEF IN MINNESOTA.
Jos. E. Wing Gave Good Talk on th'
Subject During the institute.

down, down, until beef men have been !
in despair; but as often as beef has
gone down it as surely has risen again.
There has been profit in producing beef
to the man who has steadily stayed in
the business, and there will be profit in
the future. The future is certain to
see relatively higher prices than have
obtained in the past. Population has
increased nightly, but production of
beef cattle in much less ratio. When
cattle are low, one may. beain to pro-
duce beef with surer expectation of
profits than were he to begin when
prices are high.
There areion Minnesota farms many
COWS. These cows are of many sorts
and conditions. Most Of them are
MIXED for their cream, and the calves
raised on the farms. Let US see under
what conditions the greater profits can
be had from these calves. Skinned
milk must be their source of subsist-
ance, and to produce good calves with
SKINNED milk it must be separated
with the hand separator right on the
farm and fed tolthe calves as soon as
possible. There has been taken from
the milk only the butter-fat. 1t should
be fed warm to the calves and each one
should have its portion fed separately,
SO that no rObbing of the weak by the
strong and no gorging nor starvation
should take place. The. better way is
to provide small stanchions in which
the calves will be locked at feeding
time, A long row Of the stanchions
may be locked or unlocked by one
movement of a lever. One should use
great care in feeding these calves at
first, to not over-feed them. Gradu-
ally the ration may be increased until
they are drinking about all the milk
their mothers are producing. Judg-
ment must be used to see that over
feeding or irregular feeding does not
produce sccurs. Calves must not be In
damp, dark Easements, but in dry
sunny places, or disease is sure to fol-
low.
To replace the fat taken from the
milk, substitute whole flax seed put in
water and boil slightly, cool and set
away for use; put small part of this
i'm each calves portion OF milk. This
seems to be nearly natural substitute
Tor the butter-fat taken from the milk.
When the milk is drank, before let
ting the calves from the stanchions,
place before them dry grain, such as
shelled corn, oats, corn ears chopped
into very short sections, wheat, bran,
barley, either OF which will do, or ]
mixture Of them all may be fed. Corr
is excellent to feed i'm connection with
milk. There is no need ta grind grain
for the little calf. When all the calves
are supplied with dry grain after drink,
ing their ra'tion ofmilk, the stanchious
may be U4l0cked and the calves wiz
COME out after'eating their dry feed
Feed just what they will clean up and
/ mo more. 'as they should come hungry
20 their neRtmeaI and by this method
the gFeatest amount of feed can bepot.
ten int them 'throaghout the course
ashe DRY grain feeding directly after
taking the milk nations satisfies s.bei,
a0ngines andlthey will not suck each
Others ears.
Llry hay or COED pasture should be
|Nnppiiea iIiberaIEy Clover hay. alfalfa
as very nice, 'bEight corn fodder and
corn ,siiage ;are.aM good. Let it Zoe the
'aim ofyour lifeto zee how muoh good
nutritiOass food yeu can get into the
calves and not derange their digestion.
Save the grain;and hay by stuaing it
into calfskin. Itis the best banding
and you mlay pride yourself in having
"a eorn-oib bound in calf.,'
As thesealf grows keep up the food
and add tie it. Provide protein to make
growth. Never let there be .dav in
the calls life when he is hungry He
'lis.V ana 'shouid weigh l 200 pounds
when he ,eomes two years, and sodav
the market pays a fancy price for encb
FAT calves. Let him GO then Nov Il
should be understood that his slater
led alongside of him will fattep and
sell for the same price, If treared as
here suggested. They naust be sired
Oy beef bulls. Itdoes not pay to use
else. but 1t does not matter
% much what the dam is If the sire |
! q good quality, low. blocky, beefy. |
fhis lisheresy. perhaps. but true dual |
cows in Minnesota are 50 rare |
lnaI recourse perhaps must be had to |
ross breeding, at least 70 some degree.
Halfa loaf il far better than no bread
Heller calves by beef sires from dairy
'OMs cannot pc depended upon as use
~ N the dairy. Heifers grown and