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then give them to drink, morning and even- 

 ing, during three or four days, milk from 

 the cow \ and at noon, inftead of milk, fome 

 warm water, in which a little flour is mixt, 

 mould be given them. From the time 

 they are twelve days old, no more milk un- 

 mixt mould be given them, either morning 

 or evening; but only water, lukewarm, mix- 

 ed with flour and a little milk : this regimen 

 fhould be continued during four or five days, 

 after which they fhould be fed in the manner 

 following. 



From the fourth day, a little bran, in the 

 palm of the hand, mould be offered from 

 time to time to the calf ; when it begins to 

 lick the bran, a fmall quantity of it fliould 

 be laid before him, and a handful of hay; 

 and this mould be continued till the twelfth 

 day, the time in which he will have learn- 

 ed to eat. It is neceffary to take care, 

 that the place in which this food is put 

 fhould be very clean, and that it be fwept 

 every time frefh food is given. After the 

 expiration of twelve days, there fhould be 

 given him, every day, three times a day, 

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