Imperial Valley press., 1913-07-12

overdose is detriment. But after
about a week the calf will take i2
pounds of milk daily and put on growth
rapidly, and at this time offer a calf
a little feed, nice clover hay, little
bran and oats. | have had them eat
when ten days old and showed that
| they relished it; but again do not give
an overdose and always keep the man
ger clean, whatever is uscu for feed
ing, and do not leave old feed from
one day to another, but always try TO
give the right amount and have il
fresh and wholesome. When the calf
is six weeks Old "a gradual change 10
skinned milk can be made. and a
larger amount can be fed, but not too
much. But always be careful to avoid
Indigestion, as This will set the calf
back and keep it from developing into
what is expected. ofientimc sIunlng
the calf entirely.
feel that | cannot emphasize too
much the Importance Of rearing the
cali. as II Is unquesiionably one of
the vital points involved in developing
a great COW. In other words. The
point ! wish to bring out; the heifer
must be kept in a thrifty condition from
calf until she freshenS. | do not mean
to say that she should be fat. hut at
the same time | like to see a hefer
! when two or three years Old due to
! freShen, which has devel0pd a dairy
conformation, can take good raIion
and lay on some flesh. or might state
| il i'll other words. store up energy
which she will use in developing her
/ mil l. 4,
rs we are developing the capacity of
2 cow At this time want to emphasize
| that it is quite an important point TO
store up energy and the breeder can
usually tell at this time What he can
expect of hcifcr when lie considers
the amount he feeds her and how fast
She lays on flesh.
For thiS reason in my own practice
have my heifcrs freshen in winter
any time between two and three years
old. 50 that there can be no possible
excuse for not having them in good
flesh on account Of lack of time It
Is now we have reached another turning
point and we must he willing to give
the young COW special attention ana
have her in good shape to stand all the
next stage of her career.
We now have developed The young
cow showing a good dairy conforma-
ton, but unless we lake care Of these
! dairy points, develop and exercise them.
| believe our efforts may all be for
nothing.
How are we going to do it? She is
ready to give milk and there is prac-
! tically no danger of milk fever c0nsc-
qucntly all we have to do is feed and
milk her. But how? Figure out a
good balanced ration. see that it i
plenty high in protein. don't OVerfeed.
/ but feed enough: milk regularly and
! often. | believe that milking three
/ times day is practical TO induce her
| Stored-up energy TO he used in deVCl-
oping her milking qualities.
Keep this up for two or three
months then drop 70 milking twice a
! day. hut always feed well. \ good.
practical rule for feeding is for every.
pound of butterfat seven pounds Of
milk feed. or for every four pounds of
milk one pound Of mill feed. And con
| tinue milking, even if You don't get her
dry the first year.
| have a heifer today two years ana
seven months old. reared in this way
/ She i fed before freshening as much
| aS 10 pounds of grain a day. equal
| parts oats. bran and gluten. She has
been MIXED a month today and is Civ
bing from y to IS pounds a day. Her
last test, made by the county testing
| association the 10th of this month";
was i.2 per cent. Her Seven-day OIL
cial test was 1855 pounds milk. 1884
pounds fat: average fest. i.32 per cent.
She is doing this work on a i1-pound
grain ration. 1 "A pounds bran. 1 4
pounds gluten. Y pounds ajax flakes.
fonr times daily: % pounds ensilagc
and six pounds alfalfa hay.
| She was in fine condition when she
/ freShened. and is developing finely in
every particular. whereas. if she had
| been in only ordinary condition she
would have been in a torn-dOWn con
dltion after freShenin-. or. in other
words. to ret The same results it would
have been necessary to put more feed
into Q weak system, thereby running
| chances of iniuring her health and
ruinin" her future usefulness.
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old she will raise my records today
considerably. although Caroline Paul
Parthenia was reared about The same
way. When five years and eight
months old with little rest, she pro-
duccd shortly after freshening. in
seven days. 1914 pounds milk, 1911
pounds fat: average test, 3.S1 per cent.
The same year, eight months after
fresheninS, in seven days she produced
1866 pounds milk. 1854 pounds fat.
average test, 3.55 per cent.
The same year, as calculated by the
county testing association, she gave
| for the year 1887 pounds milk and
613 pounds fat. This was valued at
s1S2.7i. Cost Of feed was s7O96.
| leaving a gain of S11i.t5. During this
| year she was MIXED three times a day
! for the first month. then twice a day