1908. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
301 
RAISING DAIRY CALVES. 
I am at present raising six heifer 
calves. They were all born between 
October 29 and November 1, 1907. I 
usually allow them to suck the cow 
once and then remove them to the calf 
pens. Then I begin feeding them four 
pounds of new milk at a feed for the 
first week and gradually increase to six 
pounds per feed or 12 pounds daily until 
about 10 weeks of age, when I begin to 
take away one pound of milk per day 
and add milk-warm water at the rate 
of two or three pounds, doing this very 
gradually until I have them drinking 12 
pounds of warm water to a feed or 24 
pounds per day. And be sure and have 
it milk warm; if it is too cold warm it 
and if too hot cool it. When about two 
weeks of age put in your feed trough 
and give some bran; provide a place for 
hay and be sure there is always some 
there for them. Do not tie them up, 
but let them run and play at will. 
My six calves have not had any milk 
since January 20, and are now eating 40 
pounds of bran daily, besides all the 
second cutting of Alfalfa that they 
want. Some who read this may say 
they are pretty expensive calves. But 
I have tried raising them on hay tea, 
calf food, etc., and have come to the 
conclusion that if I want good dairy 
cows I must begin with the calf. A 
butcher that saw these calves February 
1 made the remark that they were as 
large as most yearlings. Do not try to 
get them fat, just in good growing con¬ 
dition, and you will have some cows in 
two or three years that will be profit- 
makers from the beginning of their ca¬ 
reers. Be sure to have milk and water 
of the same temperature every time. 
Have regular feeding hours and be on 
time at that hour. f. d. kershaw. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
PARSNIPS FOR CATTLE. 
A subscriber from Michigan wishes to 
know the feeding value of parsnips for 
cattle when there is a larger supply than 
a local market demands. As compared 
with other roots 
lowing analysis: 
parsnips 
have the 
fol- 
POUNDS IN ONE TON. 
Carbo- 
Protein. 
hydrates. 
Fat. 
Parsnips . 
220 
4 
Carrots . 
.... 28 
250 
4 
Turnips .. 
.... 22 
120 
2 
Sugar beets. 
325 
2 
Potatoes . 
.... 40 
210 
4 
These roots 
contains 
from 75 
to 
nearly 90 per cent of water. As com¬ 
pared with cornmeal when that is worth 
$1.10 per 100 pounds the same weight 
of potatoes is figured at about 30 cents 
and of parsnips a little more than half 
as much. We do not find that stock 
eat parsnips as they will carrots or boiled 
potatoes. _ 
RATION FOR MILCH COW. 
Please give me a ration for a fresh cow 
about 800 pounds weight of the following: 
Good Alfalfa hay, good corn stover, wheat 
bran, dried brewers’ grains, cornmeal apd 
sugar mangels. h. a. m. 
Marion, N. Y. 
You should be able to obtain excellent 
results from the following ration, for 
an 800 pound cow, which I have com¬ 
pounded from the fee' 1 ® you mention: 
Feed. Dry matter. 
Digestible 
Protein. 
Garb. 
12 lbs. Alfalfa.. .10.092 
1.2696 
4.8516 
8 lbs. corn stover 4.76 
2 lbs. dry brew- 
.1584 
.7552 
ors' grains. ... 1.84 
.3808 
.9072 
4 lbs. cornmeal... 3.4 
.2504 
2.8254 
20 lbs. mangels.. 1.82 
,206 
.118 
22.812 
Nutritive ratio 1:5.06 
2.2652 
11.45T4 
You will notice that this ration is a 
little narrower than the standard calls 
for, but I have found by experience 
that this is not a serious objection, as 
better results are sometimes obtained 
with a very narrow ration when com¬ 
posed of the proper material. I have 
omitted the wheat bran entirely as the 
ration contains all the essential ingre¬ 
dients without it and it is too expensive 
to use in a ration of this kind at the 
present prices charged by dealers. The 
amounts given are only approximate 
and must be regulated according to each 
cow’s condition and the quantity of milk 
she is giving. a S. G. 
POTATOES AS STOCK FOOD. 
What Is the difference in feed value be¬ 
tween raw potatoes and cooked potatoes? 
New York. t. t. h. 
This depends to a great extent upon 
what use is to be made of the feed. 
For swine, cooked potatoes are worth 
nearly one-fourth as much as grain 
when fed in connection with skim-milk 
and cornmeal in Winter; but they are 
of but little value when fed raw. For 
cattle, horses and sheep there is no ad¬ 
vantage whatever in cooking them, as 
they produce just as good results when 
fed raw, and they are relished just as 
much by the animals. c. s. gref.ne. 
Baked Bex Davis. — I have not heard 
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erly, so we tried some of the much abused 
Ben Davis apples, coring them and filling 
space with sugar and baking them, skins 
on, and found them “delicious.” p. M. h. 
Massachusetts. 
R. N.-Y.—The sugar probably did it. 
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