FARM DAIRYING 



hand with bran and crushed oats and when the 

 calf has finished its milk, hold your fingers for it 

 to suck and while it is doing so, work the meal, a 

 little at a time, into its mouth with your thumb. 

 Another plan is to put a little meal into the bottom 

 of the pail just as it has finished drinking. Some 

 give it a few whole oats. The chewing and mix- 

 ing of the food with saliva promotes digestion 

 and thrift. A little pulped roots is relished by the 

 calf and tends to keep the appetite keen. If you 

 wish to fatten a calf, give it some fat-producing 

 food, such as a little cornmeal. 



A calf at two months old should not get over 

 eight quarts of milk per day; at four months it 

 cannot make good use of more than ten quarts. 

 With this it should get two quarts of mixed crushed 

 grain per day, and all the hay it can eat. 



At six months old the milk allowance may be 

 dropped out, or before that time if milk is scarce. 

 Weaning the calf from milk should be slowly 

 done by substituting water gradually. Calves 

 should have fresh, clean water to drink from baby- 

 hood to maturity. 



Do not forget the supply of salt for the calves. 

 Occasionally put a lump of fresh sod in the calf 

 pen. The calves seem to enjoy a taste of earth. 



It is always well to substitute something to 



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