XIV. Calf Feeding 



AFTER all, it is the things that we see every 

 day that are the hardest to see. Here we 

 have been feeding the calves by a method 

 of our own all summer without realising 

 that there was anything unusual or amusing about 

 it. It was a city visitor who finally opened our eyes, 

 or at least partly opened them, to the comedy of our 

 calf feeding. Frankly, I can't see that there is any- 

 thing very funny about it yet, but as he persists in 

 throwing fits over it every time the calf feeding oc- 

 curs I am going to describe it in the hope that some 

 one else may get a good, health-giving laugh. All 

 summer we have had three calves that came to the 

 orchard fence twice a day to get their ration of 

 skim milk and feeding flour. When feeding time 

 came the pails of feed were placed beside the fence 

 and the calves stuck their heads through between the 

 wires and helped themselves. As the work settled 

 down to part of the regular daily routine Sheppy 

 was also taught to attend to one of the details. 



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