The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-25
FOR CALF RAlsERs.
Prevention of Sickness Much Easier
Than Remedy-Warm Milk
Necessary.

'iNO " la AiSiS auU udll yHieH ltBdIu'
Ing the bringing up of calves. Wha
he says has no bearing or connection
with the securing and sickness that
calves die with "a or 4S hours aftel
birth tcalf cholera). He first consid-
ers the securing that calves suffer
with after they are well started in life
and from one week to two or more
months old In not less than five
cases out of every six where my ad-
vice is sought | have found that the
whole trouble was brought on by mis-
management on the part of those who
| had their feeding in charge. Some are
family or to sell that they think The
little calf can just as well subsis. on
skim milk when 1t is only week old,
and they begin feeding skim milk
wholly to this little young thing. some
calves will no doubt not be Injured
by II, providing it is fed fresh ana
warm from the separator, but the ma
iority of calves a week old have not
It properly, and it passes through the
alimentary canal in an und!2esle1
state, or the so-called white scour"
state-simply chyle. The calf is con-
stantly bawling for something to eat,
runs down in flesh and becomes worth
less. All this could have been pre-
vented had the owner not robbed the
,ad OF Natures nourishment and had
he fed it whole milk a week longer
and then by degrees changed TO SKIM
milk.
In other cases it becomes too much
trouble for some to warm the milk for
calves, and it is fed almost ice cold. as
Il comes from cold water or ice sep
lrator The result is that the aver
age calf's stomach is chilled and The
digestion impaired, if not ruined. Then
the owner desires to have me give him
a remedy for calf scour. Some allow
the calf to get extremely hungry, do
not feed at regular hours. then feed a
double quantity, and engorge the
The calf bloats and perhaps dies in
consequence: but il 1t escapes that it
physics. loses its appetite and barely
eats enough to exist, and grows up
weakling when it might have been a
valuable animal Some think any old
swill pail good enough TO feed calf
from. The result is the pail becomes
harbinger for microbes and
ptomaines, and the calf becomes liter
ally poisoned and dies with gastric
fever or dysentery. Some think sour
milk is all the calf needs. and by the
time the calf is a month old any kind
Of milk that comes handy-fed in any
quantity they may have, is good
enough for calf feed. Then when the
calfs digestion becomes impaired they
seek TO furnish remedy.
might go on with many more illus
trations of things | have seen in calf
raising: but a word TO the wise is
sufficient. Those who are not wise
will not read nor listen TO anything
they are told, so | will close by saying
never feed a calf the milk from gar
getty COW; yet / have known of men
who posed as veterinarians of note
who have advised putting a hungry
calf upon a COW with a diseased udder
after the healthy quarters Of the udder
had been MIXED dry, so that the calf
could get its nourishment from the
levered and mattery milk. Never
from either its mother or a fresh cow
until it is not less than 10 days old,
then mixed with half skim milk and
reduce the whole milk until
feed a calf cold milk until past two
months of age Always warm the
milk TO about 100 degrees, and never
warm ii to a point of scalding hot.
are advising the warming of milk
it, by bringing it up to
l6S degrees and holding it there for
10 minutes to kill possible disease
So mo - 6utl llilih FAtHAl Df wv
iored by the use OF flaxseed jelly or
Iirsccd oil meal Never stir linseed
meal oatmeal, wheat bran or mid.
llings or any other meal in milk.
Always gently pour the olmeal or 9TH
er meals on top Of the milk, and az
The calf drinks the milk the meal will
settle to the bottom of the pail. and
then the calf will lick it and drink il
down and no harm will follow. When
il is stirred in the milk securing may
result. as the meal will be carried
along the digestive tract with the milk
further than it should be before the
gastric Juices will act upon it. Never
give loppered or sour milk to a calf
Sweet buttermilk after calf is two
months of age may be fed as a part
milk food; but acid or sour butter
milk never feed to a calf
In conclusion ] will say study &c
prevent the scour. This should be the
effort of all calf raisers-not seek
remedies TO cure it, Keep the pals !
Used in calf feeding as clean as you |
keep your milk pals. IL troughs are |
Used. always flush them with pure.