The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-08-18

do much better where they are fec
at least three times a day. OF corrse,
In order to do this the COW must be
MIXED that many times. In dairy DIS
tricts dairy cows have been bred up
to the point where II is absolutely
necessary to mIlk them when fresh
three times day because of the large
amount OF milk which they produce
Feeding Of Skim MIX.
In this way by the time the calf IL
10 days old he Is taking all SKINNED
milk and his ration is very inexpens.
I've, At the time when the skinned
milk begins to be added to the ra
ton, calf scours and collie are very
liable to occur, To eliminate this
danger IT Is advisable to feed blood
-four with the milk There are two
advantages in feeding this -four Tho
first which has been suggested is to
eliminate the danger of scours and 1t
is doubtful whether or not there is
anything that is more efficient for this
purpose. In the second place, the
blood flour adds a great deal Of pro.
teln and bone phosphate which is util-
lied for tho purpose of growing bone
and muscle and giving size to the calf.
To keep the youngster in good Condi.
ton n Cruel made Of oil meal or fax
seed cooked with hot water and fed
In small amounts with the milk is
valuable in that It contains n great
nf 70 60, t,h An
been removed by the separator. When
the calf is between four and six weeks
old It will begin to take feed of a
solid nature, the first evidences OF
which will be that the calf VIII niSble
nj clover hay II the opportunity Is af.
forded. At this time such feeds should
be supplied.
Never Overfeed the Calf.
When the calf has reached the age
OF two months the milk ration can be
slightly increased Up to this time II
should never exceed ten or twelve
pounds daily Mistakes are more often
made In feeding the calf too much
milk than In feeding It rot enough.
Any changes that are made should be
gradual. Radical changes always re-
suit in throwing the calf of feed by
sickening II either with scours, calf
collie or some other Of the diseases to
which young calves are susceptible.
The milk should never be increased
more than by a pound a day and It
should be borne in mind that the calf
e
ty pounds OF milk in n day Mt any age.
Too many feeders believe that the
quality that is lost by removing the
fat can be replaced by Ercatening the
quantity. This is a mistake for even
though the calf had the power of
drinking 100 pounds of SKINNED milk
It would not receive rs much fat as It
would from one pound OF whole rich
milk
Summing up, then, the proper way
to raise the calves is to feed them
from ten to not exceeding twenty
pounds of milk daily and replace tho
nutrients which have been removed
by the separator with grain ration
which is palatable and acceptable to
the calf. and then allow the youngster
to derive the remainder of nutrients
from alfalfa or clover hay.
Keep Calves In Good Quarters.
The management OF the calf has as
much to do with its welfare as does
the feeding A n rule, calves In
dairy districts are born in the fall be-
cause the cows can be MIXED and the
calves raised during the winter
months when the farmer has more
times and also because he realizes
that the COW which freshcns In the
fall will produce 90 per cent. more
milk and butterfat than the COW
which freshens in the spring Owing
to this the calf is kept IN the barn
during the first six months OF his life
1t should be kept In n stall which Is
roOmy, dry, wcll.bedded, wellycntl
lated. with plenty Of light. Under
these conditions, he receives sufficient
exercise and keeps in hcalt's.
thrifty condition so as to gro Nrlr
On tho other hand, If the cali % kept
IN a stall that is dark or darp or III
ventilated. he IS very liahl, to be.
come affected with ono 81 the two
dozen Ills t. which the calf is sus
ceptible and will die, On bright days
after the calf has reached the age of
four weeks he should be turned out
to play even though the weather Ia
cold, because the exercise and the
fresh air and sunshine he receives 10
greatly beneficial to him An hour
Of such treatment daily Is excellent,
but the calf should not be allowed to
remain out long enough to become
cold and chilled, for herein again lies
another danger. After the winter has /
passed and springtime comes the calf /
will give little more trouble, for II has
reached the size and age when It can
get n large portion Of its subsistence 1
from the grasses Of the pasture but |
for the first year It should not be- com.
PEELED to live entirely on grass Tho /
digestive apparatus Of tho calf has not /
yet become sufficiently developed to
permit OF the consumption of enough |
nutrients from feed containing so