The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-29

A calf that is to be raised for a diary
COW should either be raised on skim
milk or limited quantity OF whole
milk, says Farm, Stock and Home.
Many calves have been fed II fatten-
ing ration when young and take on
he tendency of laying on fat rather
han lean, consequently they develop
INTO fat, beefy animals rather than
well-shaped dairy cows. We must let
The young calf take the milk from the
mother cow in the natural way two or
three times day for four days. then
put her by herself and let her learn
to drink, and when used to Gkim milk
feed in small messes two or three
times a day about to ga quarts Of
warm. sweet skim milk day.
Supplement- this feed with a little
whole oats and oil cake meal as the
calf grows older. giving him all the
nice clover hay he will eat, but feed
this to him at least twice a day, feed
ing small amount each feed II the
best time. she will be in good shape
TO put on to pasture in the spring.
The grass of the summer will give the
young heifer a good start and by fall
she will he in prime condition to win.
ter with but little grain feed II is
always desirable to handle heifers
from the time they are calves until
they are cows, so as to keep them
tame and gentle.
The more the cows and heifers are
handled the better and more gentle
cows they will make Cows should
come fresh in the fall II possible and
liberal supply OF heterogeneous feed
procured and stored away for the win
ters feed. Nothing is more detrimen-
tai TO the continual milk flow than 10
get out of feed several times during
the winters milking period and the
dairyman is Obliged TO substitute a
few nubbins OF corn for good lib
eral feed OF the right kind. This will
always shrink the cow Plenty Of
good bedding is also necessity II the
farmer Is slack and does not bed his
cows as they should be and they are
Obliged to lie on the plank floor or
cold hard cement, this also, tends to
reduce the flow OF milk
Regularity in milking is another
thing that tends to keep up the milk
flow, also If the same person can milk
the same cows each time, they Will DO
better than when mixers are changed
often. Feeding should be regular as
well as watering and II water can be
warmed the cow will do better work
than when obliged TO drink ice cold
water. We always put our cows in
winter condition early and do not
turn TO pasture until the grass has n
good sslrt and we turn on 10 the pas
ture with care. letting the cows have
a light feed each day until they are
used to he grass
Grass on land that has been manur-
ed is OF better quality than grass on
land that has not been fortified A
supply of silage or green corn to cut
and throw To the cows is desirable
when the pasture begins TO get short
In the fall Our cows are sailed twice
each day In the winter and In the
summer salt is provided so they can
lick 1t AT will To care for the details
pays better in the dairy business than
to let things go as they may. II the
practice OF turning cows ont during the
cold weather could be stopped the In
crease q day over the state would be
at least so pounds OF butter. Whs
win farmers turn our their COWS 10
the cold and use mp the major portion
Of their feed for bodily maintenance
when II should go for the production
of milk? Make a pet Of every COW on
the farm. Feed them literally of thu
right Kind OF fed Feed regularly and
milk regularly. Keep your cows com
Portable at all times and you will re-
ceive maximum results.