The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-08

ready 10. HI Ii safe 10 assume that
nearly half III tlle calves reafed through
out the country Gre raised on hand scp-
aratar skim milk and this percentage
il Increasing ouch year. says the Nir-
rof md Farmer. Therefore, the subject
If raising good calves IN tllis method
n undenioblg very important one,
That there u room for Improvement
must certainly BE- admitted. For what
man knowing the average method Of
feeding calves can deny that the com
mon method Is rather primitive and
often cruel. The average men, rearing
calves, handles tie subject III the fol.
lowing way: He selects two large
pals and pours in skim milk until they
are as full as they can be carried He
then takes a good sized club and, tuck
ing it under his arm, approaches the
calf pen.
The hungry calves charge for the
open buckets, knowing that the first
come use the first served Two calves
are allowed 10 drink az the same time
from each bucket, and with the club he
beats the others away. After nc thinks
that calf has received enough milk
it Is forced out Of the pail BY either q
pull on the ear OF d hit from the club,
and another calf IS allowed his turn
! he calf having finished his allowed por-
tion resorts 10 his favorite pastime Of
sucking and bunting Thus are the
calves fed, ana thus starts the famous
chain gang. II there are but two
they double up, and when there are
Taany they form continuous chain.
After the calf Is born / believe il II
good plan "a allow II To remain with
ia dam for day on two, so IL may get
the first milk, which is very rich Ia al
bufnen and ash, food substances which
nre needed by the Young calf There
Is another advantage in this method and
Tint Is the cali will aid in removing
cake from the udder aud will benefit
the COW in keeping her quiet during d
time when she needs rest. After the
calf Is removed from the COW it should
be given its mothers milk for few
days, and then any whole milk will an
swer. but ii is better to give milk that
II low III per cent Of butteTfat than
that which is high Feed small rations |
in clean pals. When the calf is from
10 days to two weeks old, IL may be
changed from whole milk to skim milk |
by adding small amount to skim milk,
say one fourth. and increasing this per !
cent at each feeding until the change
is made, and the calf is on skim-milk
ration.
The slSim milk to be the best for
calves should be fresh and warm from
the separator Now II the time To
start feeding 4 butterfat eubstitut, and /
this may be given In the milk until the
calf Is able to eat ground feed. Oihneal |
makes good calf feed and little /
added TO the skim milk win answer the
Here is when the calf stan
ehion will come handy, for with such |
an equipment the calf can be taught
to eat grain much earlier on account
Of It being held in front of the grain
and it being free from the annoyance
Df the other calves.
A good calf feed may be made by
mixing the following food stuffs: Blood
neal, 10 pounds; bonemeal, 3 pounds;
,iImaal, 20 pounds; oatmeal, 20 pounds; I
sornmeal, 90 pounds. This should be
mixed well together and given in small
-ations after the skim milk has been fed
The calf should also have free access
q water and salt as well as hay or
pasture, as the season may require. The
rain may be changed to simply corn
md oats or bran az the calf grows older
,ay after three months OH In this
way good calves may ID raised in AN
economical way, and the valuable butter
lat will be saved