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James Calf Pens 



You have often noticed that the best producers in your herd are the most 

 sensitive and are high strung animals. The calves from which these cows 

 developed were more delicate and sensitive than the scrub calves. 



If you stunt a calf, it can never develop into as profitable a cow as it 

 should have done with good and thrifty natural growth. The first year of a 

 cow's life will either make or ruin her as a high-grade producer. 



The old wooden calf pen is apt to be the dirtiest place in the barn. 



If the calf is to develop to the best advantage you must keep it in a clean, 

 dry, comfortable place with plenty of light and fresh air. 



The James sanitary steel calf pens make it possible to give the little animals 

 the start in life which they should have. 



At the same time the work of caring for the calves is lessened and the 

 saving of labor alone pays big dividends on the investment. 



The calves can be fed easily and more quickly in a James pen. We build 

 adjustable calf stanchions into the front panel; at feeding time the calves are 

 run into the stanchions which are then closed. 



The James pen with its easily cleaned mangers or with the "Anti-sucking" 

 guards enable you to feed each calf just the amount it should have; the fast 

 eating and fast drinking calf cannot rob the others. 



The James stanchions and complete mangers or Anti-sucking Guards make 

 it easy to break calves of sucking one another. The sucking habit seems to 

 be caused by the milk taste in the mouth of the calf giving him the desire to 

 suck until this taste is removed. 



By confining the calves m the stanchions while they are being fed milk, 

 they may be given dry feed after they are through drinking, to take away the 

 milk taste. Within ten or fifteen minutes the calves will have forgotten their 

 desire to suck and in a few days will lose the habit entirely. 



Now here is the proposition. Every cow that you raise for the next ten 

 or fifteen years, at least, will probably be started in the calf pen. In this time 

 you may raise from 75 to 100 or 150 calves. The first cost of this pen is the 

 only cost and, therefore, the money you put in it now, you can figure on 

 dividing equally among the number of calves you will raise in that time. The 

 cost per calf is very little. 



The calf, like any other baby, is very sensitive, requiring the proper care 

 and surroundings, as well as suitable food, if it is to thrive and grow into a 

 vigorous animal. 



