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January 18, 1919 
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Bringing Up the Family Calf 
no. v. 
Advisability of Raising a Calf.— 
Frequently the family cow owner desires 
to raise a calf from his cow to increase 
the size of his herd to two cows, or to 
take the place of its mother whose years 
of usefulness are about over. If one is to 
raise a- calf he should be reasonably sure 
that his calf is worth raising. This 
means that the cow should have proved 
entirely satisfactory in that she has been 
a persistent milker and one that has pro¬ 
duced more than enough to pay her fet'd 
bill. The sire of the calf should be a 
purebred bull. When these things are 
true, one stands much better chance of 
raising a good cow than if they raise it 
because the calf looks pretty and is so 
“cute” they hate to sell it. 
Minimum Amount of Milk to Be 
Used. —Where plenty of milk and skim 
milk are available it is quite the common 
practice to feed milk eight to 12 lbs. a 
day, depending on the size of the calf, 
until the calf is two to three weeks old, 
and then gradually change this to skim- 
milk. The skim-milk may be fed until 
the calf is six mouths old. At about the 
third week, the calf begins to eat hay 
and a home mixed grain ration of equal 
parts ground oats, cornmeal and linseed 
oil meal. The milk of the family cow 
cannot generally be spared for the calf, 
so that substitutes must be used. There 
are a number of prepared calf meals on 
the market that give good results if used 
according to directions. They are expen¬ 
sive. Their use is simple, however, and 
in many cases their use by the family cow 
owner is advisable. A calf meal may be 
made up at home that will give good re¬ 
sults. In an experiment at the Purdue 
Experiment Station the following simple 
program gave excellent results with a 
minimum amount of milk. A calf meal 
was made up consisting of equal parts by 
weight of linseed oil meal, hominy feed, 
red dog flour, and dried blood. The calves 
were allowed to suck their dams until 
five days old. The average calf, weighing 
70 to 80 pounds at birth, was then given, 
from a bucket, seven pounds whole milk 
a day. On the seventh day eight pounds 
milk with three ounces of calf meal were 
given. This was gradually increased un¬ 
til the twentieth day the calf got 5}4 
pounds milk, 10 ounces of meal and three 
pounds water. A gruel was made of the 
warm water and the meal and this was 
added to the milk. This ration was 
changed gradually until at 30 days only 
one pound milk was giveii and 15 ounces 
of meal and seven pounds water. At the 
fortieth day all milk feeding ceased and 
the calf got one pound meal and eight 
pounds of warm water. As the calf grew 
older this amount was increased. 
General Pointers. —1. Teach the calf 
to drink by first, letting it get good and 
hungry, then put its head in a bucket of 
warm'milk, letting the calf suck one or 
two fingers along with the milk. If not 
too obstinate it is but a short time before 
the calf is unconsciously drinking. 2. 
Keep feed buckets and mangers strictly 
clean. 3. Keep calf warm and out of 
drafts. 4. When calf is two weeks old, 
give it some hay. It will soon learn to 
eat it. This should be clover or mixed 
hay. 5. If skim-milk is used freely place 
some grain in box where calf can get it. 
In this case feed grain dry. The call 
takes to this easily by rubbing a little on 
its muzzle after it lias had milk. 6. Al¬ 
ways give liquid food warm (90 to 100 
degrees F). 7 Feed at regular intervals. 
Should feed three times a day for first 
two weeks. 8. After calf is a few weeks 
old it should he watered same as the cow. 
9. Salt may best he supplied in grain 
ration, adding it at rate of one pound to 
100 pounds grain. 10. Never overfeed. 
It is better to keep calf a little hungry. 
The Fall calf is in shape for grass 
when pasture season comes, and the 
Spring calf can be tied out to grass in 
late Sumnufiv Calves that do well should 
gain one to 1)4 pounds daily, and if they 
have done well they can get along without 
any attention on the grass feed. Quite 
commonly the heifer can he put out to 
pasture at so much per season. There 
are always farmers that let pastures this 
way. The heifer will need very little 
grain until a few months before she 
calves, then enough should be led to keep 
her growing and in good condition. She 
should hi 1 bred to freshen when two to 
214 years old, and her size should govern 
date of breeding. A heifer should he well 
grown before she is bred. 
Indigestion. —Indigestion or scours, 
the worst scourge in raising the calf, can 
largely be avoided if the pointers which 
have been heretofore mentioned are rig¬ 
idly observed. If the calf does get the 
scours, withhold the feed for a day and 
cut down on the amount. Give calves 
under a month old two tablespoonfuls 
castor oil and double the dose for older 
calves. If conditions fail to improve give 
a teaspoonful of following mixture three 
or four times a day as a drench. Repeat 
for two or three days. Mixture, one 
ounce bismuth subnitrate, one-half ounce 
salol, three ounces bicarbonate of soda. 
Dishorning. —If you do not want your 
cow to have horns the time to prevent it 
is when the calf is about 10 days old. 
Simply clip the hair from over the horn 
buttons and rub some vaseline on sur¬ 
rounding hair. Take a stick of caustic 
potash held in the hand with a piece ot 
paper around it to protect the fingers, 
moisten the end and rub buttons with it 
until the blood starts. This prevents the 
growth of horns. H. F. judkins. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Indigestion 
We have a cow which seems to be 
healthy in every respect, is a hearty eater, 
but when she tills up she breathes very 
heavily and coughs, but seldom ; after lier 
food is partly digested she again breathes 
naturally. Do you know of some treat¬ 
ment or should I consult a veterinarian 
to find whether she lias tuberculosis? 
Michigan. n. a. s. 
Pressure of gas in the paunch no doubt 
interferes with the action of the dia¬ 
phragm and lungs, and tuberculosis is a 
common cause. For that reason you 
should have the tuberculin test applied. 
If she proves to be free from tuberculosis 
be careful to keep the bowels active and 
to allow outdoor exercise every day. For 
a time mix in each feed two tablespoon- 
fuls of powdered wood charcoal and one 
tablespoonful of graular hyposulphite of 
soda. Give succulent or laxative feed. 
A. S. A. 
Paralysis 
I have a calf four months old. Found 
her in the pasture with hind legs stiff 
and apparently paralyzed; cannot stand 
or use them at all. She is bright, eats 
well, and does not seem at all sick ; does 
not appear to be injured in any way. 
Can you suggest any cause or remedy? 
New York. 11 . A. s. 
An injury would be a likely cause of 
such a condition, hut we have also seen 
cases of the sort brought on by prolonged 
feeding of coarse, dry or frosted roughage 
so that the young animal becomes con¬ 
stipated. Such feed is unfit for a calf, 
and it is rare for recovery to take place 
when paralysis has set in. There is a 
possibility that the calf may improve if 
you freely move the bowels by administer¬ 
ing castor oil in milk or Epsom salts in 
warm water. If an injury was the cause 
there will he no use of giving the physic, 
nor is it probable that any treatment will 
help. A. s. A. 
Periodic Ophthalmia 
I have a horse whose eyes of late are 
constantly watering. Last year he was 
troubled with one eye. but improved ; now 
both eyes are affected. Could you give 
me any remedy for this, or is this a case 
for a veterinarian? t. g. f. 
New York. 
. The disease is periodic or recurrent 
ophthalmia (“moon blindness”) if attacks 
come on at intervals of a month or two 
and cause the eye to become clouded or 
blue or show a yellowish substance in 
the anterior chamber. Tears flow, the 
eyelids swell and their lining membrane 
is angry red at. time of attack. The dis¬ 
ease is incurable and eventually causes 
blindness of one or both eyes from cata¬ 
ract. This may be retarded somewhat by 
giving one dram of iodide of potash twice 
daily in water for 10 days at times of 
attack and also covering the eyes with a 
soft cloth to be kept wet with a saturated 
solution of boric acid. If no such symp¬ 
toms are present the eyes are probably ir¬ 
ritated by dust in hay, irritating gases in 
a stable that is not properly cleansed and 
ventilated, or by a cold draft striking the 
eyes. Such causes should be removed 
and the boric acid solution used to re¬ 
lieve the irritation. a. s. a. 
Worms 
Can you give some information regard¬ 
ing worms in cows? A carcass recently 
prepared for hens showed worms in sto¬ 
mach or intestines. w. p. B. 
New York. 
A few maw worms may be found in 
any animal, but they are practically 
harmless and do not necessitate treat¬ 
ment. We have never known them to 
cause appreciable injury in cattle. The 
larva? or immature grubs you found 
probably come from the gullet into the 
stomach at time of slaughter. They are 
the larva? of the ox warble fly and event¬ 
ually mature into the large grubs or war¬ 
bles' found in the skin of the back during 
later Winter or Spring. At one time it 
was believed that the grubs developed 
from eggs deposited on in the skin of 
tlie hack, but experiments have shown 
that the eggs are swallowed and the em¬ 
bryo grubs penetrate the gullet and 
eventually find their way in the con¬ 
nective tissue until they locate and 
develop along the backbone, about the 
loins, etc. Stockmen scarcely can credit 
this life history of the ox warble grub, 
but scientists vouch for it. a. s. a. 
Warts 
I have a heifer affected with warts ou 
abdomen. Could you advise me what to 
do to remove them? J. V. D. 
New Jersey. 
Twist off the large warts and then 
apply pine tar freely. Repeat the appli¬ 
cation at intervals of 10 days. II pine 
tar cannot well be used try the effects of 
fresh axle grease applied daily. Warts 
that have narrow necks also may be re¬ 
moved by ligating tightly with a fine 
cord. f: ' 
