CHAP. VI. 



HOUSING OF CALVES. 



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manger for holding the food. This can be cleaned out, and the 

 animals fed, from the passage. Each pen has a separate door, iu order 

 that the calves may be shut up at night or during the day in cold 

 weather. A large open yard is provided in front of the shed, into 

 which the animals are allowed access for exercise in the open air. 

 This tends to increase their growth, while it maintains their health. 



Passage. 



Manger. 



8ft. 



i i i i i i i i 



Calf-box. 



Door. 



Yard. 



Gate. 

 Fig. 44. Plan of Calf-House. 



Accommodation of this kind, though it may be rude and inexpensive, 

 affords all the advantages of a more costly structure. Where the 

 accommodation is suitable, the calves should not be turned out until 

 they are a year old. Husk and many other disorders are brought on 

 through exposure during the autumn of the first year of their lives. 

 The best time for rearing calves under the old system is between the 



