Arizona republican., 1920-01-23

No matter how good the breeding of calf may be if it is not well raised there is likely to be disappointment
 when the heifer becomes a COW.
 Carelessness in methods of handling calves have resulted in the ruin o
 what would have been a promising COW in more instances than a few
 After trying both the plan of takins Inc calf from the COW as soon as dropped and allowing 1t to remain fol several days. we have come to the conclusion that the best method fol both COW and calf is to allow the cali 10 remain with the cow for about twenty-four hours. The colostrum, O, first milk, seems to contain some ele-
 nent that nature intended the cal should have. and which is beneficial to it This of course Is provided that the health of the COW is normal. There Is little harm done to the calf so far as subsequently, teaching him to drink Is concerned.
 Thsre is also a beneficial effect to the COW from the calf sucking. The udder at the time of calvtng always has considerable inflammation, 1t is not at all certain that hand milking Is any more painful to the COW than the suck ing calf, but it Is a fact that she will usually be more contented to have it drawn by the calf. The calf, too, in sucking noses and even butts the ud- deT III a way mat IS Dene1lclat. and often mild case of caked udder may he cured by a calf easier and better than by much doctoring. There is still another benefit quite often overlooked. and that is the fact that the udder at this time, congested as it Is, should be milked little at a time rather than to attempt to draw all of it twice a day. Some cases of milk fever are un- doubtedly brought on by milking the udder dry and leaving it for ten to twelve hours. The nursing of the calf every few hours seems to be just the right sort of treatment for the good of the cow.
 After twenty-four hours it is better to remove the calf and take if away where it can neither see nor hear the cow. The COW in the meantime should be milled frequently enough so that her udder does not pain her. It will be found good many times that when a COW becomes almost crazy to get to her calf, that if she is milked, she soon becomes quiet, provided that the calf is out of sight.
 It maE seem cruel but We do not think so, to withhold milk from the calf for twenty -four hours after taking it from the COW, the calf may get pretty hungry, but we have usually followed this plan-offer the calf milk (it's mothers, of course). in about twelve hours after taking it away. Slip the ends of the fingers over the calf's nose and gradually force its head into the bucket, it will suck the fingers, and usually will begin to take milk in this way and the fingers may be with drawn and 1t is drinking and doesn't realize it. If, however. it does not take readily to the milk at the first lesson we have thought it best to wait six or twelve hours longer, by that time he has become more hungry and will usually take the milk quite read fly, while if it had been forced on him at the first lesson he would have been less hungry and would have been as hard to teach at the second lesson as at the first.
 it should be fed regularly. and not too much at a time. the correct amount will depend somewhat on the size of the calf quality of the milk. and some