Byers Recommends the Following 

 Rations for Calves 



Calves until they are two weeks old should be given whole milk 

 and one third of a pound of gi'ain and all the hay and grass they will 

 eat. After a period of two weeks, twenty-five per cent of skim milk 

 should be added each week until all the milk is skim. The amount of 

 grain should be increased from one-third of a pound to two pounds 

 according to the age of the calf. 



In Byers' test with skim milk and whole milk, he found that 

 after a calf was five weeks old it made a greater gain on skim milk 

 than on whole milk, when the proper amount and kinds of concentrates 

 were added. 



Pens 



The calf quarters should be kept clean. A damp dirty unventilated 

 pen is one of the main causes of disease. The calf should receive 

 sunlight and air and plenty of clean bedding. The bedding should 

 not be permitted to become damp and filthy. During the summer 

 a well shaded pastui'e should be provided. 



Scours 



When the calf has scours, it should be isolated. This trouble, 

 which depletes and stunts the calf, is caused from dirty pens, dirty 

 pails and troughs, sour milk, old milk, cold milk and over-feeding. 

 This serious trouble can be prevented if the dairyman will observe 

 cleanliness, give sweet milk at the right temperature and not feed too 

 much at a time. It is better to feed often, especially during the first 

 few weeks of the calf's life. Scalded milk will sometimes give relief 

 and a spoonful of blood meal will often check the trouble in its early 

 stages. Castor oil given in doses of from two to six tablespoonfuls 

 well shaken in the milk is a good remedy. This should be followed 

 with one or two teaspoonfuls of a mixture of one part of salol and 

 two parts of subnitrate of bismuth given at intervals of four to six 

 hours according to the severity of the case. 



White Scours 



This is an infectious disease contracted through the freshly broken 

 navel cord. It usually occurs within a day or two after the calf is 

 bom and runs a rapid course. If one calf becomes infected, others 

 are liable to contract the disease if kept in the same stable. The 

 stall should be kept clean and thoroughly disinfected. As a protection 

 against this disease, it is well to dress the cord very much in the same 

 manner as the doctor dresses the navel cord of the new-born babe. A 

 mild solution of carbolic acid or creolin should be applied before and 

 after the dressing. 



