512 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



fed upon half new and half skimmed milk ; after this, 

 upon skim milk alone, and even sometimes mixed 

 with water, and ultimately with the addition of a little 

 oatmeal porridge, until they are able to feed entirely 

 upon grass. 



The practice in Cheshire is to allow the calf to 

 suck its dam for the first three weeks, and it is after- 

 wards fed upon warm whey or butter milk, to which 

 water is sometimes added, with the addition of oatmeal 

 or flour. To every forty or fifty quarts of liquid, one 

 quart of meal or flour is considered sufficient. On 

 this they are fed night and morning for some weeks, 

 and then it is only given to them once a day until 

 they are three or four months old, when they are 

 considered able to live entirely upon vegetable food. 



In Gloucestershire, calves are only permitted to 

 suck about two or three days, after which they are fed 

 with ' skimmed milk warmed. When they are able to 

 masticate a little, they have given to them chopped 

 hay, split beans, or oatmeal and water ; and sometimes 

 oats, which latter is an expensive food. 



In Norfolk, calves are permitted to suck their dams 

 twice a day for a fortnight, and for the next fortnight 

 to be fed with the pail ; then only once a day for a 

 month or two, and accompanied by cut hay, turnips, 

 or carrots. 



A different mode of treatment takes place in 

 Sussex, where calves are permitted to suck the cows 

 for two months to twelve weeks ; after which they are 

 fed with skimmed milk, with a mixture of oatmeal and 

 water. Sometimes they are weaned at the end of this 

 period, and fed upon cut hay, turnips, etc. 



It has been found that linseed boiled to a jelly, in 

 the proportion of one quart of seed to six quarts of 

 water, forms an excellent substitute for milk in rearing 



