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out any of the indigestible fiber. Still, there is nothing that can 

 take the place of nature's own succulent diet, the fresh and tender 

 grass, which the calves should be got to nibbling as soon as the 

 weather is warm enough to let them into the pasture. 



Methods of Preventing Sucking. 



It is often desirable, and not seldom exceedingly difficult, to 

 prevent calves from sucking. Sometimes they form the habit again 

 long after weaning, and are then very troublesome. The cow, too, 

 at times gets into the habit of sucking herself. To remedy this evil 

 a nose-piece is used as shown in Fig. 820. It is made of a piece of 

 oak board, eight inches long, five inches wide, and about one quar- 

 ter of an inch thick. The nostril is sprung or bent until the piece 

 is fitted, as in Fig. 821. 



Another device is' shown in Fig. 822, being a spiked halter, al- 

 though this is more effectual in preventing calves from sucking than 

 in preventing cows from sucking. 



Fig. 823.— Calling the Cattle Home. 



