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Teaching the calf to drink. — ■ When the calf is taken from the 

 cow, it may not drink at first, but after the omission of a feed 

 it becomes hungry and as a rule can be taught to drink very 

 easily. A calf is much more tractable when hungry. The calf 

 will not learn to drink any younger by being forced to breathe 



Fig. 80. — Imported Brown Swiss Bull. A first prize winner. Owned by 

 Sedgley Farms, Hinsdale, III. 



The Brown Swiss cattle, natives of Switzerland, are classed as dual-purpose; 

 that is, they yield a fair quantity of average quality milk and the steers when 

 fattened make average beef. In size the bulls weigh from 1500 to 2000 pounds ; 

 the cows 1200 to 1500 pounds. The color is usually light or dark brown, fading 

 to gray along the backbone to the tail and about the belly. 



the milk into its lungs. It should be remembered that instinct 

 teaches the calf to look up for its food, and the feeder must 

 change this by teaching the calf to look down. There is great 

 difference among breeds as well as among individuals in the ease 

 with which the calves are taught to drink from the pail. Some 

 are taught to drink at the first trial with little or no sucking of 



