. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 5, 1913. I THE FARM \ HANDLING THE CALF AT BIRTH. GIVE HENS A CHANCE TO REST. EARLY PERCHING OF FOWLS. When the little calf first comes into the world, it should be left with its mother for a few hours until it is licked dry. If the cow gives milk with only a medium amount of solids, the calf may be permitted to take what nourishment it wants the first time; but if the cow1 gives very rich milk, only a little should be allowed. Other- wise there is danger of having a bad case of indigestion at the end of the second d
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 5, 1913. I THE FARM \ HANDLING THE CALF AT BIRTH. GIVE HENS A CHANCE TO REST. EARLY PERCHING OF FOWLS. When the little calf first comes into the world, it should be left with its mother for a few hours until it is licked dry. If the cow gives milk with only a medium amount of solids, the calf may be permitted to take what nourishment it wants the first time; but if the cow1 gives very rich milk, only a little should be allowed. Other- wise there is danger of having a bad case of indigestion at the end of the second day. Sometimes the cow's ud- der becomes distended and swollen. After the calf has taken nourishment once it should be removed, preferably when the mother is not in the stall or pen, for it is better that she should not associate you with the loss of her calf, and that she may more readily transfer her affection to you. By re- moving the calf at once, it is soon for- gotten and thus disturbance is mini- fied. NEVER ALLOW CALF TO SUCK. A good many breeders are very in- sistent as to the wisdom of this prac- tice. Their reasons are that it pre- vents indigestion; that it is easier to teach the calf to drink if it never sucks; and that it avoids a certain danger fro minfection. Their practice is to take the calf away and put it in a clean, dry stall just as soon as it is dropped. But there is one reason for this way of handling the calf that we never yet heard advanced in the ex- perience of other and that has caused us to wonder somewhat if our own experience was an exception. It is this: Pour times in the last fifteen years we have lost fine health calves by being stepped on by the mother in the box or calving stall. Had it been our practice to take the calf away from the mother as soon as it was born we would not have had this loss. We would like very much to hear from our readers to know if they have ever suffered loss in the same way. YOLO SWINE FOR THE PHILIP- PINES. W. M. Bi
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