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way. Those calves that come in the spring and summer we treat in the same 

 way. We do not let them out to grass. The flies and the hot weather are a 

 material damage to them, They are allowed to run each day in an open yard 

 for exercise but go freely to their pens in a basement stable, well lighted and 

 ventilated and dry." 



S. A. Langdon, Morrison, 111.: 



"In regard to the matter of rearing calves, I have practiced the following 

 for a number of years with the most satisfactory results in every case : I let 

 the calf draw all the milk it wants from the dam until it is one week old. That 

 gives the calf a good start and I think it is better for the cow. I then feed it 

 the dam's milk until the calf is four weeks old, then gradually get it on to skim 

 milk by mixing it with the new milk. It can be done in three or four days 

 without any bad effect on the calf. I have a calf barn with a row of stalls on 

 each side, and a feed alley through the center. The calves stand head to the 

 alley. The stalls are double, five feet wide for two calves, a hay manger and 

 feed box for each calf. The calves are tied with small chains around the neck. 

 As soon as they will eat I give them hay and a handful of oats and a little oil 

 meal. I like to have them learn to eat before they are put on to skim milk, as 

 the oil meal makes up in part for the fat taken from the milk. I feed one gal- 

 lon of milk to a feed night and morning. Feed the oats and meal immediately 

 after the milk, as it stops the tendency to suck their stall mates' ears. I never 

 increase the quantity of milk, give more oats and meal as they need it and all 

 the good hay they will eat. I like whole oats better than ground 1 . They eat 

 them slower and are not as apt to clog. I feed the milk as long as I have it, 

 have fed it to calves until twelve months old with the best results. The milk 

 should always be warmed to blood heat. As soon as the calves are old enough 

 to want water they are turned into the yard days where they can get all that 



NETHERLAND HENGERVELD, 13106 H. F. H. B. 



Was officially tested one week for butter in 1896, and entered in competition for the $1,250 offered 

 in prizes for officially authenticated records by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, 

 and was awarded second prize upon a record of 21.33 Ibs. butter fat, equivalent to 26.66 Ibs. 



commercial butter. 



