Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-08-22

filthy pen is given over for their confne-
ment.
Scarcity OF room compels them to occupy
these cramped quarters all Winter long, and
when Spring does come the pot-bellied
dwarfs are turned into the back yard weed
lot and expected TO regain their long lost
vitality on scanty ration that would al
most sfarve web-footed goose. What
sight is more pitifnl than a drove of such
ungainly specimens in fly time, as they hud-
die together seeking shade from the ad-
joining wire fence, wagging their beb-tails
trying to rid their hairless, skinny frames
from the attacks of the multitude OF biters
that swarm about them. swapping their all
ready taxed vitality ? Clabbard milk and
ration, while the tongue singing weeds
are expected to furnish roughage and in
crease palatability. These stunted runts
seldom make profitable cows, but rather in
sure under-size, weak chested, slab sided
females, whose constitutions are necessarily
weakened and whose chances Of making
profitable mixers are greatly hampered.
Youngsters of this class are unsightly
brutes, but what is more charming and at
tfaetive than well fed shapely, growthy,
dairy bred ealfg The fine glossy coat Of
hair indicates health and vigor; the spread
ing barrel and extended chest shows de-
yotion to It's intended function, while the
clean cut face, the expressive eye, the lean
neck ard incurred hanks, all index the
qualities rated as valuable and necessary
in profitable milk makers. Since the end
TO be attained is milk rather than beef pro-
infancy and fed foods which are conclusive
to growth rather than flesh forming Fat,
sleek, rotund dairy calves are not TO be de-
sired, but rather there should be an absence
OF inclination 30 convert their feed into
flesh. More attention should be given in
developing size. spread Of body and other
characteristics found in our best dairy
COWS. The fat makirg habit is a wrong
one 30 encourage or establish.
The ideal dairy calf should give promise
Of developing into functional dairy COW,
one whose external makeup gives every evil
|denee Of the animals ability todevour large
quantities Of food and to make milk from
all excess food materials not required to
keep her body in strong and healthy con-
dition. In otder to get this sort OF COW
we must start the calf in that direction.
The youngster should suckIe for couple
days as the first milk, or colostrum, is a
spendid agent toward regulating the digss-
tive and exoretory systems. Three foods per
day should be allowed rather than letting
the calf run with Its mother and nurse at
will. Is is more often too much, rather
than too little, milk that upsets young
calf and invites scouIs, scurf and other
common troubles Clean quarters with an
abundance OF light and bedding will pre-
vent navel infection; while atea-spoonful Of
dried blood meal placed on the youngsters
tonge near the base just before feeding time
will check undue leoseness OF the bowels
Only sweet wholesome milk should be given
for the first three or four weeks, but even
shen the calf should not receive more
than from 10 to 16 pounds of milk per day
at this age, and meyer more than 20 pounds
Of SKINNED milk. II it il desired to replace
the new milk with skinned milk or cooked
shorts, the change should be made very
slowly For instance, il the calf is receiy-
ing IL pounds Of new milk and is old enough
to stand the change. take ! pounds Of new
milk and one pound Of skinned milk for
the first days ration. then daily add one
pound more Of skinned milk and decrease
the new milk at the same ratio until at the
end Of 12 days the complete change is made.
No disturbances Of the active systems will
be encountered BY such precautions
Oh meal Cruel or some flax seed jelly
should be added TO the skinned milk 10
replace the fat removed bY tbs separator.
oil meal Cruel i made By sleeping oil meal
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