CATTLE 6i 



is winter, the calf should be removed from the 

 cow in the course of a week and put in a warm, 

 airy calf pen, well-drained and well-littered ; if a 

 wooden grating be put on the floor it will 

 ensure dry lying for the calf. The calves may 

 be put together in lots, and should be fed three 

 times a day with milk from their mothers' 

 udders for choice and given at the new milk 

 temperature. The quantity should be five 

 quarts a day, increasing to six by the end of 

 the month, and the milk given to the calves 

 direct from the cow without allowing it to stand. 



Economy necessitates a change during the 

 second month. The new milk is gradually 

 replaced by separated milk, and the quantity 

 given gradually increased by, say, a couple of 

 quarts daily. The youngster will now begin to 

 eat a little solid food, even when three weeks 

 old hay may be put within its reach. Sweet 

 unchopped hay is best as the first solid food 

 for the calf, and presently a little chaff with 

 just a little of the best linseed cake crumbled 

 in it. 



By the third month the animal's appetite 

 will be assuming big dimensions ; five quarts of 

 separated milk are taken in the morning, and 



