Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry.

Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry.
+------------------------------------------------------
----------------+ | SELL THE MILK BUT GROW THE CALVES | | | |Whole milk is too valuable to use as calf feed, even if calves--both | |veals and those kept for dairy purposes--are selling at such high | |prices.  Sell the milk, get all the cash out of it, but grow the calves| |just the same.  Merely feed the perfect milk substitute-- | | | | PRATTS CALF MEAL | | “BABY FOOD FOR BABY CALVES" | | | |When prepared and fed in accordance with the simple directions, Pratts| |Calf Meal will grow calves equal to those grown on whole or skim-milk| |and at less cost. | | | |This truly wonderful calf feed has practically the same chemical | |composition as the solids of whole milk.  It is made of superior | |materials, carefully selected and especially adapted to calf feeding. | |These are milled separately and bolted to remove hulls and coarse | |particles, which insures perfect digestion.  Finally, the mixture is | |thoroughly steam-cooked, in a sense pre-digested. | | | |Calves fed Pratts way thrive and grow rapidly and are not subject to | |scours and other calf disorders.  Just make a test.  Feed some calves | |_your_ way and some Pratts way.  Let your eye and the scales tell the| |story.  Learn how easy it is to grow the best of calves at less cost. | | | | “YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED” | +-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------+

[Illustration:  PRATTS PRACTICAL POINTERS]

Avoid using in service bulls under one year.  During the one-year form they should not be allowed to serve more than a score of cows; after they have reached the age of 24 to 30 months they may be used with much freedom in service until the vital forces begin to weaken with age.  When properly managed, waning should not begin before the age of 7 or 8 years.  It has been found that the bull’s service can be made more sure by the use of Pratts Cow Remedy, because of its mild and safe tonic properties.  Bulls should he able to serve from 75 to 300 cows a year without injury when the times of service spread over much of the year.

Calves reared to be made into meat at a later period are very frequently allowed to nurse from their dams.  This should never be done in the dairy.  Such a method of raising them is adverse to maximum milk giving, as the calves when young cannot take all the milk the cows are capable of giving; hence the stimulus is absent that would lead her to give more.

Copyrights
Project Gutenberg
Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.