Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-25
BRINGING UP THE CALF.
Directions by an Expert on Proper
Way to Care for Animal.

III paper on dk1nS Sdl1 FROM
Its Mother, by Professor O. Z. Reed
of the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege, this authority says
The exact time of taking the calf
from its mother will depend upon the
condition of the calf and its mother at
the time OF calving. If the calf is
strong and in good condition it may be
taken away Immediately without al
lowing it to nurse 1t will be an easier
task to teach the calf to drink from
the pail if it is taken away from the
mother at this time If the calf is
weak at birth or if the cows udder is
inflamed or caked it probably is bet
ter practice to allow it to remain with
its mother for several days. In case
the calf is Immediately taken away
from its mother it should by all means
receive the mothers first milk. The
milk at this time contains a high per
cent OF protein and ash, which act
as laxative and tonic and are very
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tract and stimulating the digestive or
gans In some cases it is not safe to
feed the milk from cows to their
calves after the first few days.
The milk from cows belonging to
| the high testing breeds is very often
too rich in fat for the young calf and
should be diluted with skinned milk
or milk from some other COW should
be used.
The amount of milk to feed the calf
at this time is very important. Under
natural conditions the calf gets its
milk often and in small amounts and
the more nearly we initiate nature the
greater success we will have The
calf of average size should receive
about eight pounds of whole milk a
day at first. Large calves should have
more than that amount. The milk
may be fed i'll two feeds, night and
morning. or better results may be OBJ
tanned by feeding it three times day.
As the calf grows older the amount
should be gradually increased. The
best guide as to. the amount which
should be fed is the calls appetite. 1t
should be fed sufficiently. but never
overfed, and it is good practice to
always keep the calf little hungry
1t should take the last milk from the
pail with the same relish as it took
the first 1t must be remembered that
the cali has small stomach and
there is great danger of overlooking
it. The following method may be
used to determine the amount OF milk
to feed:
For the first hundred pounds live
weight feed ten pounds of milk per
day.
For the second hundred pounds add
two and onc-half pounds of milk per
day
For the third hundred pounds add
two and one-half pounds of milk per
day.
If the calf is strong and we'll devel
oped it may be changed to skimmilk
at the end of the second week This
change should be made gradually by
substituting a small amount of skim
milk for like amount OF whole. milk
in the daily ration. About a week or
ten days should be taken for this
change.
Care should always be ~taken to
have the milk warm and sweet Es
pecially is this necessary when feed
ing the young calf As the calf grows
older ii will do just as well on cooler
milk ii it is fed at the same temper
ature every day. The right tempera
ture for the mix fed the young calf is
blood heat-l00 degrees F. The milk
should be as nearly this temperature
as it is possible to get it,