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February 22, 
THE RIJRAb NEW-YORKER 
RAISING A GOOD HEIFER CALF. 
We have the following questions from one 
of our readers iu Connecticut, who wants 
to know how to raise a heifer calf to the 
best advantage. “Directions wanted for the 
raising of a heifer calf in the most profit¬ 
able way. No gruels nor hay, please. The 
days are too short. Separator milk as much 
as needed, and nearly all kinds of grain 
can be procured. How much milk and what 
kind and quantity of grain? How should 
salt be provided? Would it be all right to 
put a lump in a box so she could get it at 
any time? 
Our practice in raising calves is to 
start them on whole milk. A small 
amount of the milk of the mother first 
fed to the calf when a few hours old, 
we think they learn to drink quicker 
if never allowed to nurse. We usually 
bran, and eight parts fine ground oats, 
put in a small box a handful; when 
gone put in some more. Keep before 
it all the time, or when calf learns to 
eat put in box just what it will eat up 
clean in 15 minutes. Sprinkle a little 
salt on feed once a day; put clean bright 
hay where it can eat what it wants 
after four or five weeks old and your 
calf will make good growth. 
Pennsylvania. judson macafee. 
My experience is this: Feed whole 
milk warm from the cow the first four 
weeks, beginning with about two or 
three quarts at first, according to size 
of calf), and gradually increase as the 
calf grows older till four weeks old, 
then gradually change to separator milk 
and give no more than calf can take 
care of. When calf is about two or 
three weeks old place some nice clover 
start with two or three pints of milk, J la y wnere she can reach it, also place 
much depending on the calf, its size and *. ho °e o'r ground oltf /l prefe^whole) 
ability to digest and assimilate its feed, in it, coax calf to eat a little of the 
Whole milk is continued for two weeks. 9 ats an< ^ by the time calf is four or 
slightly increasing the amount until two |' 1V ® w ? e k s old will take a pint morning 
weeks of age it is taking about two -! n f an o!f iVif . ne '! e . r failed to have 
a tancy calt fed in this way. Be care- 
quarts ai a feed twice a day. - r ' ... 
large strong calf might take a little 
more. At this age we begin to take 
A very ful not to overfeed when young; a lit¬ 
tle salt may be fed, but she will not 
want much. When calf is raised in this 
away some of the whole milk and sub- tnrn' ruit^-mr/co v, }. lcn 8 i ass comes 
. . turn out and see it has fresh clean water 
stitute separator milk, usually taking 
eight or 10 days to make the complete 
change. Increase the quantity of milk 
but little during this time, and it may 
and you will be surprised to see the 
yearling. E . B 
Schoharie Co., N. Y. 
Different methods may be followed 
be necessary actually to feed less, as with a reasonable degree of success, and 
most calves will stand more whole milk 
than separator milk. At about two 
weeks of age the calf will begin to eat 
a little hay and grain. Clover hay is 
preferable but any good bright hay will 
do. Give all she will eat. For grain 
we use a wheat bran and oil meal. Be¬ 
gin with a small handful of bran and 
a spoonful of oil meal and increase as 
the calf shows ability to digest and as¬ 
similate more, until at five or six 
months of age we may be feeding a 
pailful of milk and one quart of grain 
at a feed, with all the hay they will 
it is well to remember at the start that 
no hard and fast rule will fit all cases. 
One thing is certain, that a lot of good 
cows are spoiled before they are a year 
old, and I am inclined to believe that 
more are injured by overfeeding and in¬ 
judicious feeding during the first two 
or three months than in any other way. 
The following method has given me the 
most uniform success—another man 
might find it advisable to modify it in 
some way. For the first month we have 
never found anything quite equal to 
whole milk, increasing the feed from 
2 l /2 quarts, night and morning, when 
the calf leaves the cow at two or three 
days old, to four quarts at the end of 
. T. 11 j . f .• this period. Then the feed may be grad- 
eat. It usually does not pay lo continue ua n y changed to separator milk, taking 
the milk much longer than six months, three weeks to make the change. Some 
but it should be taken away gradually so calves will stand the change at an earl- 
that the calf gets no set-back. Some l cr P C1 '°d, §i ye the calf whole milk 
for two weeks at least and keep hay ac¬ 
cessible when the calf is old enough to 
want it. As to grain feed, we com¬ 
mence when the calf is three or four 
weeks old with a handful of grain com¬ 
posed of one-third each by weight of 
ground oats, oil meal and bran, and in¬ 
creasing this feed until the calf is eat¬ 
ing two quarts daily at six months old. 
At this age the calf should be well 
started and if the supply of skim-milk 
is limited it may be dropped, and the 
grain increased, but the milk will not 
hurt the animal, no matter what the 
salt where the calf can help herself is 
a good way to salt or a pinch may be 
added to the grain. Very little is need¬ 
ed for the first two or three months. 
Calves will doubtless grow faster for 
an extra feed at noon, but the extra 
growth kuay not pay for tfhe extra 
labor. Very much depends upon the 
skill and judgment of the feeder and 
his love for the work. 
D. W. SOUTHARD. 
Schoharie Co., N. Y. 
age, even if the calf has grown to a 
cow and is giving milk. As to salt, it is 
Tell your inquirer to take his high- a good plan to have salt in small quan- 
class heifer away from the dam as soon 
as born, and remove it to nice clean 
stall separate from the other calves for 
a few days. Feed it whole milk for 
three weeks at least, longer if possible. 
tities where a calf can get it at any 
time, or else salt little and often. 
Vermont. chas. s. aiken. 
1 allow my calves to nurse usually 
once, then feed them their mother’s 
milk for about three weeks, then grad 
Twelve pounds of milk at first, increas- ually change to separated or skim-milk, 
ing it to 16 pounds at the end of the first 
week, and keep it there, no more or less, 
until the calf is three or four months old. 
When changing to skim-milk do so very 
gradually. Feed what grain she will 
clean up nicely, consisting of equal parts 
by weight of cornmeal and bran; add a 
and begin to teach them to eat oats and 
hay and feed a few oats every day. 
After they learn to eat them, feed sepa¬ 
rated milk enough to keep them thrifty 
and growing, but not fat. Wean from 
milk when six or seven months old, 
but continue feeding oats until they 
go on grass the next Spring, when about 
one year old. When they get to be 
small quantity of oil meal. Some fine milkers they will be developed much bet¬ 
ter, I think, than if kept fat during their 
young life. The amount of milk to be 
fed depends on size of calf. Fill the 
calf reasonably full but not to overload 
its stomach. I feed my calves whole 
oats, and after they get taught to eat 
and about two or three months old I 
give about one-half pint per day each 
until weaned, then give about one pint, 
some calves more, until they go on grass 
when about one year old. I do not 
believe in giving salt until the calf is 
weaned and then very little until one 
year old. This is my way of feeding, 
and I have raised some extra good 
cows. Old Sue B. was pronounced by 
many judges as the best cow they ever 
saw, Sue B. 2d 1 am now giving a year’s 
test (the first I ever tried to give to 
any cow) ; has now just finished her 
eleventh month with a record ctf 13,516 
pounds milk which tested 720 pounds 
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hay of good quality should be sup¬ 
plied. After a month old feed a hand¬ 
ful or two of silage and gradually in¬ 
crease to a peck or so. As to salt I 
prefer to give them a small portion at 
regular intervals. Don’t give her all 
cold water until after six months of age. 
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new warm milk from dam two weeks, 
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quart, at two weeks old. Increase grad¬ 
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weeks; decrease new milk for next four 
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