FEEDING YOUNG ANIMALS 



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The calf is allowed to nurse at its mother's side at 

 first. It is then removed to a box stall or an open 

 lot away from its dam, and allowed to get hungry. 

 Then, with three or four pints of its mother's milk, 

 it is taught to drink. This teaching may run 

 through a period of two or three trials. Two or 

 three feeds a day should be given, three being bet- 

 ter than two. If the calf is not very strong, four 

 feeds are desirable. 



READY FOR THEIR BREAKFAST 



This simple contrivance is much esteemed where many calves are fed and 

 raised. Each gets its own ration without fuss, confusion or fight. 



The milk used should be from the mother and not 

 from another cow, because it is the colostrum that 

 is desired; and this milk should be fed while warm 

 from the cow. This should be kept up until the calf 

 has a good start and is drinking well. Some dairy- 

 men begin to change from whole to partly whole 

 and skim milk in a week or ten days, while others 



