. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 252 MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS Teaching the calf to drink. ââ When the calf is taken from the cow, it may not drink at first, but after the omission of a feed it becomes hungry and as a rule can be taught to drink very easily. A calf is much more tractable when hungry. The calf will not learn to drink any younger by being forced to breathe. Fig. 80. â Imported Brown Swiss Bull. A first prize winner. Owned by Sedgley Farms, Hinsdale, III
. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 252 MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS Teaching the calf to drink. ââ When the calf is taken from the cow, it may not drink at first, but after the omission of a feed it becomes hungry and as a rule can be taught to drink very easily. A calf is much more tractable when hungry. The calf will not learn to drink any younger by being forced to breathe. Fig. 80. â Imported Brown Swiss Bull. A first prize winner. Owned by Sedgley Farms, Hinsdale, III. The Brown Swiss cattle, natives of Switzerland, are classed as dual-purpose; that is, they yield a fair quantity of average quality milk and the steers when fattened make average beef. In size the bulls weigh from 1500 to 2000 pounds ; the cows 1200 to 1500 pounds. The color is usually light or dark brown, fading to gray along the backbone to the tail and about the belly. the milk into its lungs. It should be remembered that instinct teaches the calf to look up for its food, and the feeder must change this by teaching the calf to look down. There is great difference among breeds as well as among individuals in the ease with which the calves are taught to drink from the pail. Some are taught to drink at the first trial with little or no sucking of. 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 Harper, Merritt Wesley, 1877-. New York, The Macmillan company
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