no Colcord's System of 



PRESERVED GREEN FORAGE FED TO 

 YOUNG CALVES. 



I have been in the habit of raising a few of 

 my best calves. They are considerable care 

 and trouble, before and after they are weaned, 

 and require much attention to give them a 

 good start in life. I had one dropped last year, 

 after my silo was empty. It is now nine 

 months old, and has been fed the past five 

 months on my preserved green forage, with 

 a little shorts, and is looking very nice and 

 healthy. I also have three calves, which I 

 propose to raise. One is five weeks old, one 

 four weeks old, and one two weeks old. The 

 oldest had placed before her, when two weeks 

 old, a box of this forage, with a little ground 

 oats strewn over it, and a bucket of warm 

 water, with a little ground oats stirred in, 

 placed near it ; and she began tasting and feed- 

 ing upon it. In a few days, she ceased to want 

 or take any milk, and when a month old was 

 eating this food, drinking water, and chewing 

 her cud like a cow. The one four weeks old, 

 being in the same pen, began doing the same 

 thing when two weeks old, and now feeds from 

 the same box, contesting with her mate to see 



