The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-08-12

herd should always be a pure, full
blood animal of the breed selected.
The quantity and quality of milk pro-
duced by mother and grandmothers are
important considerations, and worth in
vestigating. Sisters or half-sisters that
are milking are valuable references to
be consulted; but with all the above
excellence in character. the animal may
be of no value in the building up of
a dairy herd unless 1t possesses indi-
vidual merit.
The sire selected should by his gem
eral build and carriage indicate strength
vigor, style and constitution He
should be alert and resolute, but not
vicious. The rudimentaries should be
we'll developed. squarely placed and
free from the scrotum. The abdomen
large, deep and muscular. with ribs we'll
apart, long rump, wide pelvic arch, thin
thighs, prominent backbone running Level
TO the tall A clean throat, with
clean neck and chest. Wide muzzle
strong jaws, full bright eye, with gem
tie expression, forehead broad and
long. Never allow him to run with
the herd. Handle him kindly and firm
ly; but, however gentle, never take any
chances. Handle with a ring and staff
Be sure to have stalls and paddocks
just little stronger than seem nee
essary. II he gets good .heifers that
show better performance than their
mothers, keep him to a good old age
If sire and offspring are clean and
healthy. inbreeding may be a decided
Improvement. Some of the most sat
isfactory improvements of domestic ami
mails have come from inbreeding.
The Calves.
Calves should be removed from the
mother within a day or two. Some
advocate never allowing them to suck,
others let them suck once, then re-
move them. whichever way is done.
the calf can easily be taught to drink
by fastening II in a rigid stanchion,
and giving 1t the warm new milk in
a clean pail. Feed sparingly at first,
one and half to two quarts of milk.
morning, noon and night, for the first
week. then drop the noon feed and in
crease others UP to four quarts of
feed night and morning. Change grad
ually from whole milk to skim milk
Feed all milk warm and sweet. Use
a dairy thermometer and warm to 90
or IS degrees.
Never mix meal shorts or bran with
the milk. Oil meal is not good food
to mix with skim milk Ground flax
seed soaked In six times its bulk of
cold water will make a jelly that can
be used advantageously mixed with the
milk, pint Of jelly to four quarts of
milk. Cooking the fiaxseed impairs its
value.
Feed at regular hours and after the
first week give little dry grain. aft
err they have drank the milk Give
them all the clean. cool water they win
drink. Sprinkle a little salt on
board where they can lick it. Give
a little bright clean hay. AS they
become accustomed to 1t, increase to
what they will eat up clean. Increase
the grain gradually until II reaches a
pound day. Shelled corn, whole oats,
bran, shorts, wheat, are all good; but
preferable in the order named AL
ways feed the grain dry in the box
after taking away the milk pail Leave
them In the stanchions thirty to forty
minutes after feeding. Handle them
frequently. Avoid frightening them. II
they go on good pasture at six or
seven months of age, gradually shut
off the grain. Feed the skim milk four
to six months. For forage, alfalfa, red
clover. pea and cat hay mixed with
meadow hay, fodder corn, ensilage, are
all good. The first four are the best