. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. BABY. 33 extracted. Wean the calf from milk to this tea pre- cisely as if it were skimmilk. Whatever the food, however, remember there is more danger in overfeed- ing than in underfeeding. Too much is usually the cause of that enemy of the calf, scours or diarrhoea, as a remedy for which nothing equals starvation. But prevention is far better than cure; and never lose sight of the axiom that a growing animal should never be allowed to stop growth until matured in the most thorough
. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. BABY. 33 extracted. Wean the calf from milk to this tea pre- cisely as if it were skimmilk. Whatever the food, however, remember there is more danger in overfeed- ing than in underfeeding. Too much is usually the cause of that enemy of the calf, scours or diarrhoea, as a remedy for which nothing equals starvation. But prevention is far better than cure; and never lose sight of the axiom that a growing animal should never be allowed to stop growth until matured in the most thorough manner. Never fatten a young animal you expect to raise. To make veal in the simplest manner is to let the calf suck or to feed the warm or new milk five to eight weeks. But this is also the most expensive way. To sell butter fats and at the same time sell veal requires a stroke of genius, but some are doing it to their great profit and satisfaction. A calf must be a prodigy to pay fifteen to twenty cents per pound for butter fats, and caly rich men can afford to feed such expensive foods. vet. A common practice is to replace cream with flax- seed jelly ; that is to feed calves with skimmilk to which flaxseed jelly has been added. Of the jelly use half a teacupful in the milk at each meal, increasing it slowly until a pint is fed in the skimmilk twice per day. To make the jelly, boil one pound of whole flax- seed in water until a thick paste results. It needs no straining, and only to be kept cold while it lasts. Some have good results by carefully using corn meal or oat meal instead of the 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson co
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