The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-12

the state board of agriculture this
morning. THE Making of Baby Beer
was his subject.
Mr.. Wing was telling in a. delightfully."-
interesting way about the menu which
a little .'calde" ought to "go up
against"
THE next question" he said, lis how
much corn2 just a little, perhaps 10
keep the calf content and growing nice.
ly2 Oh, no! That is the old way-you
are doing that already. No, that calf
must get all the corn you can possibly
get him to eat and digest That is how
much--all that you can possibly get him
to use. How will wo do this? Shall we
heap up his feed box with all that wa
can get in it, SO that he viii find corn
always there before him? Oh, no. That
is not the way; to get him to eat and
digest the grea test possible amount of
feed is to always give him a little less
than he will eat, always three grains
less corn than he desirasi In that way
the greatest ultimate quantity of 70
is gotten into him.
I sometimes illustrate this idea by
telling boys how to keep their sweet
hearts glad to see them. That IS a
t'7ing of Importance to the young man,
and to the sweetheart, too It is mighty
good to have her glad to see you when
you call upon her, and the way is easy.
Here is the rule, remember it: Always
go away from her about five minutes
before she wishes you to 90. Il you
will do that, when she sees you coming
again she will welcome you with d
smile, but it. instead. you overstay five
minutes, if you tire her with your COM
pany, when next she sees you coming,
do you know the first thought that en-
ters her mind2 Tt is, Why, here comes
that man who made me so tired the
last time he was here
ut is exactly so with the calf, too
When he comes up to get his feed. If
he has been overfed, he thinks, Why,
that is the food that gave me that pain
un@er my apron and declines with
thanks"
The ordinary lay man does not know
that calves have vices. Mr.. Wing
knows of some, and here is one that he
told about:
Now they have drunk their milk,
what next2 We don't want them in the
stanchions all day, but we are not ready
to turn them loose just yet. Do you
know why? A lot of calves turned
loose right after feeding will run to
each other and begin to suck each
others ears, and that is a bad habit. I
do not know that they do actually suck
out the milk that has just been taken
in but it looks as though they did, AID
! it is a waste of time and effort. Now,
to prevent this baby from forming the
bad habit we viii give him something
else to do I don't know better pre=
VeQIiQQ OF vice the H0ullSs WAelleI
I young calves or young m9n, than TO
keep them busy at other times So as
soon as they have drunk their milk we
will at once go along the row and give
each calf a feed of dry grain They
viii eat that and forget about the ear
sucking. What kind of grain2 Corn.
! Just sheIled corn. There is nothing SO
good to mix with milk as corn Milk
/ IS rich in protein, milk makes the red
flesh and blood, milk has in it bone and
! fiber; corn adds to this the fat and
makes a well balanced nourishnnent 1t
need not be ground. 1t is better just
| sheIled, for the calf grinds shelled corn
well and has time to grind it, and there
/ is less danger of maGing him sick with
shelled corn than there is with corn
meal.
Then Mr.. Wing told of the similarity
/ between a calf and a man in the peri-
/ tentiary That is another problem
which he solved. This is what he said:
'sThis reminds me of what call my
/ Doctrine of Opportunity These
i calves finding forage in the barn be-
/ fore them. viii consume a great deal.
They will consume and digest a great
t deal more than they would had they
4 to go and hunt their feed in the pas
ture. That matter of opportunity is
all. It happened to me once to visit a
friend of mine who was in the peni-
Tertiary He was not a bad man, and
/ as I talked with him the thought
i came. Why, this man is here just be-
/ cause he has had so good an oppor-
/ tunity to get here Then 1 thought of
/ other friends, honored men, men IN
the ministry teachers, good farmers.
Then I rememb bered the calf If one is
given the opportunity to satisfy that
i little innocent appetite of his, to eat
{ the right sorts of foods he becomes a