Arizona republican., 1920-01-23
Raising Calves Requires Much Attention

what on the digestive character of the l individual calf.
 It should not have so little as to seem to be hungry after the meal, | though it should always act as if it could drink more, but if after a few minutes it lies down and goes to sleep it is safe that it has had plenty for l that time, if, on the other hand, 1t bawls for more it is probable that it could be safely given more. Right here is a point where the intelligence and Judgment of the feeder stands ! him in good stead, this is a job that is usually left to the boy or hired man. ! The boy may be all right and take | more pains than the owner, but we should not forget that we are raising calves to make cows that are to be at their highest efficiency, and the old ddage "as the twig is bent so is the tree inclined" applies with particular force to the right start given the calf. If stunted now the damage can never be recovered. It is better to feed the calf three times a day, though not the common practice, but it is one of the little things that pay in future divi- dends, the milk should always be fed at the proper temperature which is blood heat as nearly as possible, if fed too warm or too cold or out of the regular time of feeding, there is pretty sure to be digestive troubles, as a re- suit, in fact, that is when calves are ten days to two weeks old they will generally begin to eat hay if given an opportunity. There is nothing better than good, clean, bright alfalfa hay for the young calf. Soon after it begins to eat hay 1t will also learn to eat little bran, a little rolled barley may help to balance the protein in the milk and hay, but it should be induced to eat largely of bulky foods rather than condensed The profitable cow is the one with an enormous digestive ca pacity for bulky food and this charac- teristic may be developed to a large extent
 It is common in this country to find calves tied with a rope to a tree or post. It is a matter of convenience, but best results will be obtained by having a regular stable, pen or shed which must be kept clean and dry. It Is better to have stanchions for the calves, so that at feeding time they may be fastened into them and given their milk, possibly followed by a lit tie bran, and then their hay given them; by the time they are through with that and turned loose they have forgotten their desire to suck each others ears which seems to come as soon as they have had their milk
 It is extremely important that they should never be coynpeIled to stand
 
 is provocative of disease, especially the always to be feared SCOUTS.
 Calves may be turned out to pasture when few months old. Some get good results by turning them out younger, but 1t has seemed to us to be best to keep them on hay as a rough age until weaned from the milk The time of weaning should vary with the development Of the calf. and we do not believe there Is any hard and fast rule that can be safely followed in this re- spect.
 The idea is that the calf should be kept growing. It should never be aI- lowed to get thin. The "baby fat" sometimes spoken of should be re- tained. If it gets a little pot bellied so long as it is thrifty and is growing all right. That shows that it is de- a capacity for handling lots of coarse roughage, which will make