Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-18

DO readily moved. He can we'll afSord
to construct portable houses ~ nSs
own expense, II the landlord WIN nos
DO this, since ne can retain them =
personal property when he moves %
another farm.
These portable houses need not coss
much. One can be made out OF nooo
materials for from four to hve ooll.Ie
anywhere. and the cost Win be NiSnsy
less when second-c class lumber 10 useo'
Only the simplest kind Of workman
ship Is necessary to construct sucn :
building; any farmer who can nai'U'o
a hammer and saw with any desree
Of skill at all can construct enese
buildings during spare time and tnus
save the large wages demanded W
carpenters.
Portable houses should be built 20
accommodate about five mature AM
mails and from ten to fifteeen shoets
This method Of housing keeps the
animals much more thrifty than wneu
q larger number are compelled
sleep in one building.
Three or four weeks before soWs
are due to farrow, however, tney
should be placed in individual farroW
ing pens instead Of several peins
housed longer in one building. Pens
6x6 feet will do for the young sows'
while 6xs feet Ia about right for the
old sows. The portable. A-shapea
house is very serviceable type OF
narrowing pen for sows. 1t can DC
moved to any part OF the hog LOT OF o..
pasture whenever desired. and IL WIN
always provide warmth and comIol'
for it's occupant and her litter. Dur
ing the spring, these houses shouio DC
set upon an elevation from wnlcn tno
water is readily drained away.
The Skim Milk Calf.
Raising calves on skim milk, so that
they NAV some day equal their whole
milk fed sisters, is not such a problem
as some would have US believe, says
an Ontario farmer. Taken on the
whole. my experience is that calves
fed properly on skim milk are IN the
end quite as good, perhaps harder
than those led on whole milk. we
have fed calves on skim milk for the
best part of four months, and have led
them on new milk for the same period,
after which they were turned out on
grass. At the end Of the year 1t would
be hard to distinguish between them.
for. altho the new-milk calf made the
greater gains at first, he did not do SO
we'll as the skim milk one when ne
went on grass.
MANY feeders advise cooking por-
ridge for calves after they are weaned,
to be mixed with the skim milk. and
take the place Of the butter fat. We
tried this plan for several years. Be
gan in the spring or early winter with
healthy, vigorous stock, fed carefully
with a porridge made either Of linseed.
oil cake. shorts or corn meal, mixed
with the proper amount OF milk. The
grain we began using at first was used
thruout lest change should cause
trouble In spite Of oil our care and
the advice given by others. our calves
would be inferior in the end.
FINALLY. one year. owing to circum-
stances. 1t was not convenient to make
porridge, or perhaps we were tired OF
making 1t for such poor returns. At
any rate, we fed the uncooked grain,
and our luck turned, as far as raising
good calves went. fed the first calf
for three weeks on whole milk, then
gradually substituted for skim milk.
little at time, till he was getting only
SKINNED milk. fresh from the separa-
tor. AZ gradually reduced the whole
milk added at first couple OF
tablespoonsful of raw oilcake, later
handful Of shorts, and still later
handful OF oat chop. BY the time ne
was getting no new milk he was get
ting all Of this grain ration. just
thrown raw into the milk. ! also pro-
vided plenty Of nice clean hay. which
he soon learned to eat up greedily. At
the end Of four months he was actual
IL nearly as big as some OF the previ-
GUS years stock. The other calves. az
they came, were treated In like man
ner, and did quite as we'll. Since that
I have fed no more cooked food, and
have had the healthiest thriftiest lot OF
calves you could wish to see. md
that calves fed on whole milk produce
the most flesh and have the sleekest
appearance while they are being fed
nothing else, but once the whole milk
ration is discontinued. no amount OF
grain feed will put them in the condi-
ton at the end Of the year that calves
| accustomed to 1t and skim milk from
/, the first would show.
| II am in favor Of taking the calf
away from its mother as soon as prac-
! ticable after birth. Us it can more
readily be taught to drink from the
pail than II it had an opportunity to
feed from the udder 1t also does away
with considerable fretting and worry
attendant on calves being weaned. A
great many dairymen contend, tho
that 1t Is beneficial to the cow and
gives the calf better start, II 1t gets
Its first drink straight from its mother
! IN any event the calf should always
get the firstd rink. as 1t has the ef-
feet Of clearing out the intestinal tract
Y sometimes have trouble getting calves
to drink from the pail. but this can be
easily overcome by simply starving
them for twenty -four hours. Very Of
ten the cause for unthrifty badly
shaped calves Is too much feed. Fol
the first three or four weeks five
pounds Of milk in the morning. five, ir
the evening, and one at noon. 10 quite
sufficient for a large. well-developee
icalf Ten pounds Of milk day Is
good feed for small calf 1t should
never be fed all it will drink. for cal
lis unlike some animals that will stol
when they have enough. 1t will drinl
!a.a%t,, nosrlv all Won give it-at least