Making a Good Cow of the Calf in Dairy Farming
Dairy experts from the US Department of Agriculture urge proper feeding and management of both dam and calf to ensure strong, thrifty calves. Calves born to well nourished cows are likelier to develop into productive dairy animals, while withholding feed from dry cows can harm calf welfare and future milk yield.
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Special Information Service
US Department of Agriculture
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Department of Agriculture
Instructions for Calf Rearing and Weaning From Milk
Calves require clean pails warm fresh milk and gradual feeding increases. Begin by removing calf from dam for about 12 hours then offer 2 quarts of cow milk in a clean pail, coaxing if needed. Use slight force only as necessary and keep calves clean, fed three times daily, and transition from whole to separated milk by week three. Wean around six months, considering milk cost, breed, vigor, and available forage. early weaning possible with good hay silage and pasture.
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Birks
Teaching the Calf to Drink in Dairy Farming
The article discusses dairy practices focusing on calf rearing after birth to ensure proper digestion. It notes separating the calf from the sow or cow soon after birth for butterfat value, the importance of early milk intake, and the common 48 hour period dairymen favor for keeping the calf with its mother.
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R. J. Reynolds Tobance Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
Need for Pork Exports and Hog Rearing Challenges
During the 19 months ending June 10, 1917, U S pork exports to Allies neutrals and others totaled about 1.41 billion pounds and rose to 1.74 billion pounds in the following year. The Agriculture Department notes 1919 needs will rise to feed home demand without reducing production. Hog raisers face combining permanent pasture with high yielding temporary forage to avoid green forage gaps, as profits from seasonal grazing are often sacrificed when hogs require feed.
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United States
Neutrala
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Vorcen
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Swift & Company Meat Shipments Share War Efforts
The 1918 Swift & Company Year Book details massive meat and butter shipments to Allied and U S forces. It notes shipments exceeding 760 million pounds of meat to troops, the rapid mobilization of bacon canning for overseas soldiers, and butter canning by Swift to meet government needs.
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Europe
Swift and Company
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Swift & Company
Swift& Lobpany
Seaboard
Gomi Bulloe
United States
Pasato Canal
Swiftt & Company
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