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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, &c. 



It has been found that lintseed 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 calves. A 

 pint of this to be given three times a day in a quart of 

 water, slightly warmed. Calves fed in this way thrive as 

 well as if fed upon milk. 



In America, calves are fed with gruel, made of one-third 

 barley and two-thirds oats, ground very fine. To each quart 

 of flour add twelve of water, and boil it for half-an-hour. 

 Let it stand until it has become of the heat of milk from the 

 cow. Each calf to be given a quart of this morning and 

 evening. When calves are ten days old, a bundle of soft 

 hay is tied up in the middle of the cow-house, which they 

 will come to eat by degrees. The quantity of gruel must 

 be gradually increased until they are two months old, by 

 which time they are generally enabled to provide for them- 

 selves. Three bushels of the above compound will raise six 

 calves. 



One of the most important objects to be attended to in 

 rearing calves, as well as in feeding cdl animals, is to pre- 



