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The milk must be fed the calf when drawn. 

 This is a law of Nature and must not be ignored. 

 If it is there will be trouble and the calf injured 

 or ruined. My calves are fed new milk for a 

 few days; then we begin to mix some skim- 

 milk and increase it until the new milk is 

 dropped entirely. 



^Rules for calf-feeding. There are a few 

 simple rules to follow in growing calves on 

 skim-milk and there will seldom be any trouble. 

 The milk must be sweet; it must be as warm 

 as the mother's milk, or 98 deg., and care must 

 be exercised not to feed too much milk. Four 

 quarts at a feed twice per day is sufficient 

 for the average-sized calf for the first month. 

 Add a spoonful of oil-meal to each feed of 

 milk. Let them eat what oats or shorts and 

 hay they will. Oats are an excellent feed for 

 young calves. Never feed a young calf cold 

 milk. Many times calves are injured by being 

 fed too much milk, especially skim-milk. Many 

 persons apparently think that because the cream 

 is taken out they need to feed more of it. This 

 is a mistake. Overfeeding causes the calf to 

 scour. This is the greatest cause of scours. 



Remedy for scours. The calves must be 

 watched and when there is a tendency to loose- 

 ness of the bowels feed less milk. If this does 

 not remedy the trouble heat some ski in- milk to 

 the boiling point, then cool it and feed the calf. 



