TEACHING CALVES TO DRINK
When the cal( is weaned the job of teaching him to drink and "eat falls to the owner. Sometimes a lot of patience is reoj;red. As a rule, the calf can't bo taugki. to drink until he's hungry, and pretty hungry at that. There's no uso to offer him -milk (savs an English, authority) until he's been away from the mother from 12 to 24 hours. Then some mother's milk should be drawn into a clean bucket, the fingers moistened with some of it, and the' calf allowed to; siich; them. The hand, with the calf sucking the fingers, should slowly be -lowered Jnto the bucket until the nose of the calf touches the warm milk. All the while the calf will be busy sucking the and as soon as the milk is reached some-, of it will be'drawn into his mouth. As soon as the calf begins to draw'in some milk the fingers should be slowly, withdrawn. After a lew. attempts the youngster will know how to drink without the fingers. When this method is followed there is no occasion for force, excitement, j or punishment. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19040, 10 June 1925, Page 15
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