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Tim GENESEE FARMIlH 



Bge A Tery gooct way is to make & parndge, by 

 glimug jn bnefewheat floar, and heating^ to the boiJ- 

 j.»>g jvoiot, and -wJubo g«ifficient?y coof, fe&d; bat this 

 le move trooWe thas to feed cora meal, aad no bet- 

 j^i'f. 'ilie feeJ?.!5g sbould not be ?eft altogether to 

 rhe bOTs, bat thej shoald be carefairy vratched, and 

 3r tb-srs' ftre aiiy ^ympLcrng of scinmrug', immediately 

 t^tarn to new mi?k, fresh from the cow. Thh h-ds 

 Hi ways cyred wJtifi me, Fut if tbe c?iarff^es of feed 

 Bi'ie njade grddaaUy, and the- calf is fed regalarly, aiid 

 Bet too nmcb at a time, and provided witii good 

 )*e<?dfng, and a shefter from cold atoTjm, tberc is not 

 ;jETJch (ia&gfcf ol the scbJifs. 



Wh'es t&e ca'^f fe about foar weeia oM, a Sttls 

 muf milk may be added, and gradaalEy iacTfa?et? 

 TSBiSl tbe whole feed may consist of soar milk. Some 

 cs^ves will drink it readily the first time,- others want 

 foiiisiderable coaxing, bat by adding a little at a 

 tire, and JDireasisg gradually, they Vrill soon drink 

 it, and will not be so apt to scour es when the feed 

 ts changed jt once. 



When the calf is abont fonr montiss ofd, feedmg 

 ence a da.j wiJ) be snfficient. I am now feeding 

 mine once- h slay, on soar milk, with the addition of 

 Bbont a half pint of raeal and nearly a quart of 

 wieat bran stivred iato the feed, and they are grow- 

 ing finely. 



They sfaoufd hare warn? shelter the first winter, 

 viiih plenty of good sweet hay, with feed of roots 

 coce a day, together with bran and oat or corn meal; 

 aod when they are turned out to grass in tbe spring, 

 (hey will commfcce growing immediately, while 

 th>se that have been bat half fcil and cared for will 

 require half the gammer to make them as good as 

 they were in the fall; and when once slanted in their 

 •{Towtli, as they often are the firpt winter, they never 

 recover, but always remain inferior animals. 



It should always be borne in mind, in feeding 

 jottng and growing animals of any kind, that nothing 

 fe gained by stinting their feed. They need a greater 

 v^iety of food, and of a more nourishing nature, 

 than the one of mature growth, for in addition to 

 tiae Balnral wear of the system, their fi-ames should 

 he continually enlarging; and where are they to ob- 

 tain this increase of bone and muscle hat from the 

 food which is given them ? C. C. Wilson. 



SVtwfane, JViagara Co., JV. Y. 



0^ THE MANAGEMENT OF CALVES 



The managemert of calves must necessarily de- 

 pend much upon the object the owner of them has 

 in view. If they are designed for the butcher, the 

 quickest and cheapest method is to let them take the 

 milk from the cow in the natural way. If they are 

 to be raised, and their value is to be the only con- 

 sideration, by all means let them run with the cow. 

 Lettmg them mn with the cow is objected to by 

 some, " because," say they, " the calf does not allow 

 the udder to fill with milk, consequently it becomes 

 f)erraanently contracted and materially irjured." 

 This kind of reasoning may, at first, appear correct. 

 But eases that have come under my observation fail 

 to prove it so. When we consider that Nature's 

 laws are perfect, and that we are infringing upon one 

 of them by removing the young from its parent, we 

 are led to doubt the theory altogether. Many far- 

 mers attempt to raise a calf from each cow, and 

 make butter from her at the same time. This is like 



trying t& raise two crops upon the same ground at 

 the sa?r>8 time; one or the o-ther mvst be deJkieTit, 

 Calves should never be fed with sour milk. Thev 

 wiU sometimes do " very w«lL," but they will do much 

 better if the milk be aweei 



It is very important that calves be well fed aa«] 

 careiJ for during tbe first year of their livea. if \\aey 

 p.re ts be raised by hasd, tbey should have the milk 

 that ja takeii from the sow, tbe first four days after 

 &h:t eO'is'sg- in, as it is particularly adapted to their 

 wants at this age. Aft^r this, they may be fed with 

 mji'fi skimrjied before k k> sour, and H>ixed with an 

 equal quantity jraai takes fecra tltie C!?»w. Tbey 

 &!aoul<3 be fed in this roaaney uaVJl tbsy a?e at least 

 two moBitbs old, wh«& the sew milk may be daspf »• 

 sed witb, and a bandfal of oat nveal sifted frosn Uhfc 

 hulls aad stirred iato the skimmed milk. In skiro- 

 ruing mVA for caJves, if aosae of tbe cream aeeident- 

 ally escape with it, it need Bot eau&e alaica, as it will 

 not injure thesa serioasly. Calves sboaSd not b« 

 weaned entirely nntiS they are foar months old. 

 Milk once a day, with a piot of o-aS meal, will c<o 

 Tfciy -well for the fourth month, whea the lailk may 

 be taken from them entirely, and the quantity tvf 

 meal incre-ased to a quart per day, (it need not b« 

 sifted after they are weaned) and continue so until 

 they are turned ont to pasture. 



The spring they are a year old, in addition to tb« 

 abc-ve, they should at all tiraes be securely sheltered 

 from tbe cold, have acce^ to water at ail times, have 

 good pasture during the summer, plenty of good hay 

 in the winter, and a little salt mixed with sulpbur 

 occasionally, to prevent their becoming lousy. ''Ah," 

 says an old-style stock raiser, "calves at such a rate 

 will not pay." Try it. If they will not pay when 

 they are well fed, they certainly will not when they 

 are only half fed. If they are well fed and cared 

 for, it will not be necessary for a boy to go round in 

 tbe morning to lift them up, but on the contrary 

 they will be aV>le to help themselves, and each one 

 will be worth more than any three raised dish-water 

 fashion. M. Garnsey. 



ON THE MANAGEMENT OF BARN-^YABD FOWLS, 



Farmkrs are generally too apt to neglect their 

 poultry department, taking good care of their other 

 stock, but leaving their barn- yard fowls to care for 

 themselves. Like everything else that is worth 

 caring for at oU, it is to the owners' advantage to 

 take care of them toell. 



They should be provided with a commodious, 

 clean, well ventilated house to lay and roost in; the 

 apartments for these purposes separated by a par- 

 tition. The nests should be large, and made of clean 

 straiv — renewed every spring — as hay is more in- 

 clined to breed vermin. In the winter they should 

 be regvlarl]/ fed with corn, twice a day, in the 

 morning and evening, and an occasional meal of 

 boiled potatoes, meat, old bread soaked in wnrm 

 water, &c., will be highly relished, and add to the 

 number of eggs. Lime and gravel should be al- 

 ways within their reach. When the ground is cover- 

 ed with snow they should be fed in the poultry-house. 



In the spring when the weather has become set- 

 tled, those hens that wish to set should be provided 

 with from ten to fifteen eggs each — according to the 

 size of the hen. When the chicks are two or three 

 days old, they may be removed, with the hen, to a 



