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enough to begin with, gradually increased up to a table- 

 spoonful daily at two months, four ounces daily at three 

 months, eight ounces daily at five months, and a pound 

 at six months, f'rom three months up, six quarts of 

 milk twice a day may be given, and at a month old the 

 calves should have a run in a grass pasture of a quarter 

 of an acre or so, enclosed purposely y/ith portable fence, 

 which is moved to give fresh grass as may be required. 

 At two months the calf will begin to drink a little water, 

 which should thereafter be. provided. In winter some 

 fresh,, sweet, early cut clover hay should be given after 

 the first month, and the quantity increased gradually 

 as the calf learns to consume it. The gradual increase 

 of the food should be carefully • watched ; but there 

 is no danger from an excess of hay; it is the grain food 

 which is more apt to be given to excess and do harm. 



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Fig. 21,— PLAN OF CALF PENS. 



There is a temptation when a calf is doing well to give a 

 little more food, in the hope of making it do a little 

 better, but it is a mistake to try to force a young animal 

 ahead of its ability to digest. 



The young calf should be tied up from the first. A 

 small halter or a leather strap around the neck, with a 

 ring, and a light rope with a swivel snap hook in it, may 

 be used to fasten it in the pen. Calves should never run 

 together loose in a pen, or they will learn to sack each 

 other, and thus contract habits* which will be trouble- 

 some afterwards. In our dairy the calf pens are divided 

 into separate stalls, as shown at figure 21. These are 



