The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-10
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The Guernsey Calf.


At meeting of the Western Guern-
sey Breeders Association, N. L..
Welles said:
Let us start at the very beginning
At the time the COW is due to calve
she should be placed in clean. dry,
we'll bedded box stall where the calf
can be kept comfortable. After the
calf is born it should be left with the
COW twenty.four or thirty-six hours,
as may seem best, after which it
should be separated from it's mother
and kept in a stall by itself for a
time. Twelve hours after separation
from it's mother it should be offered
milk from pail, but if the calf re.
fuses to drink, hold your temper, and
let it go for twelve hours more, and
by this time the calf will, as rule,
be glad to drink. Do not give it your
hand to suck unless you have to as
last resort. At first four and one
half pounds of new milk fresh from
the cow, with one and one half pounds
OF warm water additional, will make
a good feed for the average sized
Guernsey calf.
Watch your calf closely at all times
to see that its bowels are all right
II it begins to scour reduce the amount
| OF milk at once and replace it with
| warm water, so that you will have
about six pounds of liquid for the
calf at each meal.
l would say right here it your
calves have scours clean the stalls
daily and give plenty of dry bedding
at all times. Calf stalls should be
cleaned at least every other day even
| if we'll.
! At the age of two weeks there
should be placed within their reach
some fine hay that they can eat al
will. The hay should be put in fresl
at least every other day up to the
age OF five weeks, after which time
they should have fresh hay daily, ant
not nave chance to muss over more
than they need. At the age of foul
weeks l would advise putting some
whole oats where they can eat then
at will. They will soon learn to make
way with lot of them, and know
of no better way to dispose of youl
oats.
We will imagine the calf is now
six weeks old and doing finely, so We
will reduce the amount of new mill
one pound, and add the same amour
OF skim milk. We will continue tt
change gradually from new milk tt
skim milk until the calf is eight week:
old, when he will be on skim mill
with some kind of meal in it, such a.
old process oil meal, to help make
complete food. We will now put tn
calves together up to the number O
ten or twelve, and have stanchions t,
put them in at feeding time, so tina
they will be unable to suck one an
other, and it is also handy to fee,
them milk and grain after this ag
in Sanctions. The calves should nov
have all the good, clean water the,
want once day. In su,.mer the,
should be offered water sooner than a
age of eight weeks. The grain ratiol
will not consist of one and one-hal
pounds oats and a little bran. The,
should be fed hay twice daily after tn,
age of two and one-half months, an,
they should have free access to salt
You will find they will eat a lot of i
If placed where they can eat it when
ever they want it.
| think it very important the,
should be turned out in the sunshin,
| for at least two or three hours ever,
pleasant day, summer or winter. if tn,
temperature is not lower than II
above zero and they are over tw,
weeks old. They enjoy it, and to wan
der from the subject a little will sa,
enjoy watching them run about tn,
barn yard with their heads up in tn,
| air.
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