60 THE COMPLETE FARMER 



morning- ; increasing the mess as need requires till he is sis 

 weeks old, from which time till ten weeks old he will re- 

 quire, perhaps, about twelve quarts per day. 



' When about ten weeks old, we begin to diminish the quan- 

 tity of r ilk for about the space of two or three v/eeks, at 

 which time we wean them- During the whole process from 

 two to fourteen weeks of age, calves should be well supplied 

 with good hay, salt, and provender; such as oats, wheat 

 bran, and oil cake, ground fine. 



' The particular advantages to be derived from the above 

 method of treatment are the following : 



'1. It is much cheaper than to let them suck in the ordi- 

 nary way ; whereas it makes a great saving af cream for 

 butter, and that without injurmg the calves, if they are pro- 

 perly attended to. 



' 2. It prevents calves from moaning or pining so much 

 while weaning, as they would otherwise do, when taken from 

 the cows. 



' 3. It not only prevents the cows being injured in conse- 

 quence of the calves biting the teats, but also prevents their 

 holding back the milk from the milker, which often serves to 

 diminish the quantity of milk afterwards. 



' The only disadvantage to be found in the above method 

 of treatment is, that it requires some more labor to feed 

 them, where they thrive equally well in every respect as those 

 do which are permitted to suck in the ordinary way.' 



The follo\^ing is frim the United States Gazette. 



' Among the modern improvements in farming, the dairy 

 has of late years been very much neglected. So much of 

 the profit of breeders depending upon the facility with which 

 the milk of the cow may be reserved during the sucking time 

 of the calf, the following substitute, used in Germany, for 

 the natural food of the young progeny, may be acceptable to 

 our counti-y readers. 



' Let as much water be heated on the fire as the calf will 

 be disposed to drink, and when it boils throw one or two 

 handfuls of oat meal"^ into it, and after continuing in that 

 state for one minute, take it off, and let it be cooled to the 

 teniDerature of ncAV milk, when one or two pints of skim- 

 med milk are to be added to it. With this beverage, the 

 young animal will fatten and thrive prodigiously : the milk 

 of the parent will be applied to the dairy, and the intelligent 



* Indian meal will do as well. 



