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way adopted by most fancy stock breeders—to give the calf 
the milk of a good eow through the whole season—costs more 
than most dairy farmers can afford, as the milk at the present 
price of cheese would be worth $40 or $50, and the calf at 
eight or ten months of age would be worth no more for the 
dairyman’s use than one raised in the common way. My meth¬ 
od differs from that of many others, but the resuits with me 
have been very satis facto ry. It is as follows: Take 'the calf 
from the cow when it is one or two days old and teach it to 
drink; give all new milk for two or three weeks, then com¬ 
mence mixing skimmed milk with the new, being careful at 
first to use no milk over twenty-four hours old ; continue to 
increase the proportion of skimmed milk until the calf is four 
or five weeks old, when it will do to give it all skimmed milk. 
As the calf grows older it will be safe to give older milk, and 
it will soon learn to drink sour milk and sour factory whey. 
I never put ground feed of any kind in the milk or whey, 
but always commence to feed it to them separately when they 
are three or four weeks old, and continue to give them a small 
quantity of it, or bran and oats, each day through the summer 
and fall. 
The amount of milk required by a calf from one to three 
weeks old is irom three to four quarts each feed, night and 
morning-; a calf from two to four months old should have 
from four to six quarts to a feed. I always make each one 
drink by itself, and take special care to avoid overfeeding, 
especially when giving whey. Calves fed in this manner 
through the summer and fall do well. 
In the winter they should have from a pint to a quart of 
ground feed each day, with plenty of good hay. Oats and 
corn ground together are very good; and a little oil meal 
mixed with them will give excellent results. Give them good 
stables or sheds; feed regularly; salt once a week; furnish 
plenty of water and take good care of them, and there is no 
doubt but that they will do well; the heifers at two years of 
age will be good sized and thrifty cows, and will make better 
milkers than when raised in the ordinary way, or even, than 
