. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. IIADLY WINTERED. WELL WINTERED. before, but witli constitutions i-uined so far as prolilaJiie feeding is concerned. Thus, this Uind of feeding goes on ; starved in winter and allowed to shift for themselves in smnmer, at the age of three years they will aver- age 800 pounds, gross weight, if no epidemic seizes them. rv. The Other Side. The common-sense feeder keeps his calves growing right along, with plenty of new milk until their stomachs are capalile of digesting solid food, when meal mush is adde
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. IIADLY WINTERED. WELL WINTERED. before, but witli constitutions i-uined so far as prolilaJiie feeding is concerned. Thus, this Uind of feeding goes on ; starved in winter and allowed to shift for themselves in smnmer, at the age of three years they will aver- age 800 pounds, gross weight, if no epidemic seizes them. rv. The Other Side. The common-sense feeder keeps his calves growing right along, with plenty of new milk until their stomachs are capalile of digesting solid food, when meal mush is added, and the cream taken from the milk. As soon as they will eat oats and grass, they are given as much of these as they want; and in the autunni, wheti ready for wintering, it would not be strange if they should average 200 pounds each. V. Good Winter Keeping for Calves. They are given warm sheltei- and the best and softest hay, with a gen- erous allowance of meal daily. So tiiey grow right along, and may \h' made to gain a hundred pounds during tiie wint(>r. The next summer they arc kept on Hush pasture, or, if grass is bad, they get some corn, with i)lenty of pure water, and a place is provided where they may es- cape flies. Thus at three years old the steers are heavy beeves, and the heifers will have produced a fine calf, each, and be ready to do justice to tiicm in tiie wav of nourislimen).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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