NURSING CALVES.
ONE OF THE FARMERS' WORRIES.
Tho problem of how to prevent calves from sucking is agitating the minds of dairymen in Canada as much as in New Zealand. A well-known writer in a Canadian dairy magazine, asked for the best cure, states that it lias been found advantageous to feed the young calves in stanchions and to keep them fastened there until all desire for nursing has left them, A little ground feed thrown i,n the manger after, they are through drinking the milk tends to do away with the desiro to nurse. The feed takes ud the milk which mny bo left on the sides of their mouths and noses, and after they have eaten ifythey very-seldom have any desiro to nurse ;one another. • •
This plan works reasonably well in most casts. Of course, now and then a calf will form tho habit of nursing, even when tho plan suggested is carefully followed. In such instances, tho . writer knows of no better way than tho use* of 'ho calf weaner, or a muzzle with spikes. [If any readers have any better mea.ns 61 prevention than that described we would bo glad to hear from theiu.]
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 8
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198NURSING CALVES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 8
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