The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-10-28

milk at FIRST and add Ii tie shsllrd corr
in two or three weeks
| Mr.. Silver-"The sclrcity of your (
stock makes the raising OF calves an In
portant item, whether for dairy or beet
Some years ago bought In West Vu
sirnia Durham hcifer which gave birth
To calf the next spring raised II and
sold it when two and h Il years old,
weighing 300 pounds, at 5Ia cents,
The next season she gave birth to twins,
which when sold for veal six weeks after
birth weighed l76 and 22O pounds. Her
next calf was sired by Devon bull and
was left on the COW until eleven month {
old wlcl it weighed 900 and at three
wears uf age weighed Zoo pounds. Nj,
farmer two ,cIrs ago bought Of ne n
hue Jersey calf weighing 100 pounds for
81 Gni when fresh n short time siCcc re-
fused SS5 tor her"
MIR. Dallam-'l raise all my good
calves regardless of sex, and consider
this the most profitable branch of farm
ing, | start them when very young ON
SKINNED milk and whole wheat and soon
add Il little shelled cora. To avoid chill
in winter their drinking water should be
warmed. | reCcntly had a tine sale of "a
dairy tcrd cullectc CHI fly in this way"
| Mr.. Nehstcr-"l raise all my calves,
take them oil when only day or so old.
| give n,w milk TOT short time but soon
feed half gallon of hay tea daily. Keep
the drinking vessel clean"
| DIR = Iarlcs-'l have found moIcy In
calves. take them off when very Dung,
| give new milk a lew days, thea skinned
milk to which soon add an eRg mixed
with meal A veal calf thus treated
weighed l35 pounds in weeks"
| Mr.. MuuIts III raise all my calves,
wean in from 3to s days. stable in winter
and feed on hay an meal"
| MIR. Norris II have not made busi.
| ness oi calf raising hut have done 80 at
times and found them profitable, A few
years ago | raised two heiicrs and when
| fresh sold them for 500"
| MIR. Cuoley-"With the present high
price of labor | believe II would pay to
leave calves on the COW until " ell advanc-
ed as there is no cost for labor involved
and the animal rapidly takes on weight I"
| Mr.. MyeIperience forty years
ago illustrates the value OF the dual pur
pcs animal | had fur Durham cows
aud from the n raised one year i've male
calves sired hy u Devon bull The twins
were turned into oxen which In their
youth | sold for $50, later bought
them back for 500 aud finally sold them
for beet. weighing 200 pounds for six
and n half cents per pound"
Mr.. Williams All the upper half of
Hartford is likely to increase rather than
decrease it's already large dairy interests.
and as cows cannot he bought economi'
cally outside If the county they must he
raised here. have often wondered that
we do not also raise more horses inst 'ad
OF allowing from 400 to 500 to he an.
nually brought into the county, Stock
raising wisely handled IL profitable and
our people should turn more attention o
it,"
President IIarlan-"ln the conduct of
our large dairy we always raise quite n
number OF our best heicr calves and find
II pays well to do so, As wc ship to IA
creamery the skinned milk returned
helps wonderfully in this line"
Mr.. Harlan then gave AN interesting
account OF his successful efforts to eradi.
cate all signs OF tuberculosis from his
herd aud believes that every dairyman
will hnl II paws tn do so Adjourned.