FARM DAIRYING 



sweet ; changing from whole to skim-milk too sud- 

 denly; irregular hours of feeding; dirty feeding 

 pails; and dirty wet bedding. The disease fre- 

 quently begins with constipation, which soon gives 

 way to diarrhoea. 



Should the calf begin to scour at any time, give 

 it just about half its usual ration, for a feed or 

 two, and two tablespoonfuls of raw linseed oil or 

 castor oil. Some add twenty drops of laudanum. 

 When the scouring has stopped, gradually increase 

 the feed until the calf is getting its regular allow- 

 ance. 



There are several remedies for scours recom- 

 mended by different authorities. Of these the 

 most popular seem to be, raw eggs, flour, lime 

 water, black tea, and blood-meal. The latter is 

 highly recommended as a calf feed. About a tea- 

 spoonful in the milk is said to be a cure for scours, 

 and if fed regularly is a preventive. 



The first year — when she is a calf — is the 

 most important in a cow's life. Stunt the calf, 

 and it can never develop into the profitable cow 

 which good care and thrifty growth would have 

 produced. It is true that the cow is partly born 

 and partly made. Our aim should be to train the 

 calf to make use of coarse foods. It is a funda- 

 mental law among dairymen that the calf destined 



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