Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1915 — Best Roughage for Calves. [ARTICLE]

Best Roughage for Calves.

Good clover or alfalfa hay undoubtedly makes the best roughness there is for young calves. When taken from pasture‘they, as well as their mothers, need extra good care and feed to save a shrink, and even then they are likely to fall away some the first 30 days. With good clover or alfalfa, however, they will come out all right in" the spring. A warm shelter helps, too.