1905. 
' THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
467 
RAISING A JERSEY CALF. 
Would some of the readers of Tiik R. N.-Y. 
tell me how to take care of and how to feed a 
Jersey calf four weeks old? 1 would like to 
raise it for my own use. w. a. a. 
Felton, I’a. 
I usually feed my Guernsey calves on 
full milk for about two weeks. I then 
gradually reduce the quantity of full 
milk and add separator milk until about 
six weeks old. I then give them separa¬ 
tor milk entirely if doing nicely. I give 
them in addition to this as soon as they 
are able to cat it ground oats, wheat mid¬ 
dlings, and a small quantity of oil meal, 
with what good hay they will eat, clover 
preferred. j. h. huntep. 
New York. 
The best food for a Jersey (or any 
other dairy bred) calf four weeks old is 
skim-milk, and it will do no harm if it is 
not very well skimmed cither. Some 
Jersey breeders recommend keeping one 
of those deep-milking Holstein cows; 
they say their milk is naturally skimmed 
just about right for a young calf. I have 
fed patent calf foods, and those without 
the patent, but at present 1 feed on grain 
until the calf will eat it dry from a box 
within reach. Then bran and middlings 
or oats or oatmeal may be kept where 
they may eat it at will. The young calf 
will also cat hay if she can get it. Keep 
her clean and grow her with a big belly, 
but dpn’t starve her with trash without 
any nourishment in it. 
» New York. j. grant morse. 
- 1 let the calf be with the dam until three 
days old, then take away and give fresh 
milk from the cow until three or four 
weeks old. Then 1 give them skim-milk 
and two tablespoonfuls of wheat shorts in 
each mess, with half teaspoonful of salt. 
Give them all the hay they will eat; if 
they can get grass that is better. Con¬ 
tinue the milk and wheat shorts for five 
or six months if they cannot get grass, 
increase the wheat shorts according to the 
age of the calf. When they are brought 
in for Winter, when they cannot get grass, 
give them a little wheat bran, wheat 
shorts and cornmeal mixed, one part 
shorts, one cornmeal, two parts bran. 
Give one quart twice a day and clover 
hay, all they want. A. s. b. 
South Branch, N. J. 
I take it for granted that the calf is now 
four weeks old and in good condition, 
which means that it has not been starved 
or out of condition at birth, and has 
been properly kept since. If it had been 
born on my farm it would have been 
left with its dam three or four days after 
its birth, then fed three or four quarts 
of its dam’s milk twice daily for about 
two weeks, then gradually changed to 
skim-milk, so that at four weeks of age 
it would be on skim-milk (four to five 
quarts twice per day, warm and sweet 
right from the separator) and the fat 
would be supplied by a little cornmeal. 
Give all the nice clover hay it will eat, 
or at this season turn out to pasture. 
Good pasture and skim-milk will be all it 
will need, and the milk may be gradually 
dropped at four or five months of age. 
Shelter will be necessary in inclement 
weather, and protection from the Hies 
in the fly season. w. f. wagner. 
Harrison City, Pa. 
Commence with the mother by seeing 
that her bowels are cleaned out by one 
pound salts at calving, and one, two and 
three weeks before. Let cow dry calf off, 
and take it away to dry, clean and sweet 
quarters—where there has not been a 
case of scours. Feed it the mother’s 
milk as often as she would, but only a 
little at a time. Remember it is a young 
baby. At 10 days old you dilute feed 
with skim-milk and after that gradually 
to entirely “skim.” By this time it should 
be eating some whole oats and clover hay 
(don’t insult her with Timothy). Grad¬ 
ually .you can feed a mixture of bran, 
ground oats and cornmeal. By this T 
don’t mean corn-and-cob meal and oat 
hulls. A little good old-process oil meal 
added to the grain will be an advantage, 
and if the owner will feed on cut, moist¬ 
ened hay it will go much further and do 
more good. If she can have a shady 
grass lot on dry days so much the better, 
but don’t let her get wet, nothing is 
gained, and last, but most important—do 
not breed her under 15 months of age. 
Pittsburg, Pa. r. f. shannon. 
A healthy Jersey calf should take 
from four to six quarts of milk in a 
day. 1 feed one part warm skim-milk and 
three parts whole milk (fresh from the 
cow). If possible divide this mess up 
and feed at morning, noon and night until 
the calf is a month old. If impossible 
feed twice a day, morning and night. 
If the calf thrives, gradually increase the 
amount of warm skim-milk so that the 
calf should be able to take all skim-milk 
at the age of 10 to 12 weeks. If skim- 
milk cannot be had, dilute whole milk 
with warm water, gradually diluting the 
milk as the calf grows older. Should 
the calf scour, decrease the quantity of 
milk fed. A calf feeder with an artificial 
rubber teat is a good thing if you keep it 
clean and sweet, otherwise it is better to 
let the calf drink from the pail. Keep 
your calf in a warm, clean, well-lighted 
pen where it can have access to good hay 
and a dry grain ration of one-half part 
each of Winter wheat bran and ground 
oats, also provide a salt lick in the pen. Tt 
is impossible to give explicit directions for 
the care of calves—good common sense 
must be used. H. E. kinne. 
Hartwick Seminary, N. Y. 
RIPENING CREAM; USE OF STARTER 
I would like to know how to make cream 
ripen to churn and make sure to have it 
sour enough and yet not too sour, a common 
difficulty in Summer. Here is my method; 
if anyone knows a better way to start the 
ripening of the cream I should he greatly 
obliged to learn the same, and if any objec¬ 
tion to the method I mention, I shall he glad 
to learn that also. I use a hand separator 
and always cool off the cream thoroughly 
after each separation; then I mix it with 
cream from previous separating, all of which 
I keep as cool as possible. Here is the point 
I am puzzled about: how to ripen the cream 
successfully; what to use for “starter.” I 
always start mine this way, and successfully, 
too, it seems. When I have almost enough 
for one churning the last lot of cream to 
bo mixed with the old cream, instead of cool¬ 
ing it off as before, I pour It in warm, imme¬ 
diately after separating, and it. seems to be 
a splendid starter. If there is any objection 
to this method I have not been able to find 
It out. Is there any better way, simple, that 
a farmer can adopt? s. c. H. 
Champion, Wls. 
I wotdd not put in the last separation 
of cream warm from the machine, as I 
would suppose this would have a tendency 
to make soft butter. We cool each mess 
of cream and mix, then warm the whole 
lot up to 70 degrees and keep it at that 
temperature until it sours. Then cool 
down to 60 degrees and churn. The way 
to keep cream from getting too sour is 
to churn it when it gets sour enough. 
J. GRANT MORSE. 
CARE OF ST. BERNARD DOG. 
We have a St. Bernard dog, nine months 
old, brought from Switzerland when only a 
few weeks old. Ills coat is so heavy that the 
first warm days have made him almost ill. 
Should he be clipped? What is (he very best 
diet for him? We are now feeding him new 
milk twice a day, cornmeal mush and scraps 
from the table. pont. 
Long Island. 
Do not clip the hair, for if you have him 
clipped he will never have the same bright, 
glossy look. I know it from experience. Broken 
crackers that yon can get at the bakery or 
grocery, and as such dogs are large eaters, 
well-baked cornbread will help to fill them up, 
but it must be fed with care. Potatoes should 
never be cooked with skins on, and they 
should never have the potato water. I have 
had good results from potatoes and cornbread. 
M. D. WILLIAMS, D. V. S. 
CRIBBING HORSES , 
Can you tell us why horses eat their man¬ 
gers? We feed meal and wheat bran. The 
horses seem possessed to eat everything in 
their reach. e. s. s. 
State Line, Mass. 
The habit is usually acquired from idleness, 
scanty feeding, poor food, poor teeth and 
sometimes from worms, but I think tlie latter 
is overestimated. When the habit lias been 
formed it is a hard thing to break off. Cov¬ 
ering the edges of the manger and corners of 
the posts with thin iron, or even driving a 
few small shingle nails where they are liable 
to gnaw will put a stop to it. and perhaps is 
the neatest, and best way. This is a good sub¬ 
ject for discussion, and I would be pleased to 
hear from others. 
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