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lssTwepty head of grade. 5Shonhorn and
!Iierefopd calves were purchased By the
Kansas Experiment .Stations2 Ing the
spring of 1900 and divided intd two
lots. One lot was fed ON sterflized
xer6aniafy Skim Tx wild a grain ra-
ton composed of equal parts of corn
and Kafirr corn meal, with all the al
falfa hay. they, would. eat. The. second
lot was fed the same as the first, ex-
Ecept that fresh whole milk was used
instead, of. skim-milk., In. addition to
these two lots the station secured the
privilege of weighing, twenty-five head
! of high-grade Hereford calves which
We're running with, their dams in a
pasture near the Experiment Station
Results With Skim milk. For the
twenty-five weeks under experiment
the ten calves consumed 24,736 pounds
of skim-milk, 1870 pounds Of corn
chop, 1,430 pounds of Kaffir corn meal
and GAL pounds of alfalfa hay. The
total gain was SO ,331 pounds, or daily
average of Isl pounds per head. Fig
-uring skim-milk. at 10 cents per 100
grain at 90 cents per 100 pounds and
hay at 81 per ton, the total feed cost
of raising these calves was $52.6S, or
s5.27 per head. The feed cost for each
100 pounds of gain was 1925. Cows
/ that are MIXED will produce larger
yields than when sucking calves. Ac-
| cording to the average yield at this
4 -f fo.,
produced So, $40 pounds of milk test
ing 1893 per cent butter fat. With but
ter fat at 1914 cents per pound, this
would amount to S33S.52 The value
of the skim-milk not needed by the
calves would raise this to $374.24. De-
duct from, this the value of the feed
consumed by the. calves and there re-
mains $321.56. or $S2. 10 per calf to pay
for the expense of milking. feeding the
calves, and hauling the mfls to the
creamery At t21s cents per hour, this
expense need not be ohe-half Of the
above sum, leaving SIS to SIC clear
prong for each cqlf raised rails on skim
milk.
Results with Whole 9Iilk,-7Durins
twenty-five weeks these1ten calves con-
sumed 23 ,2S7 pounds Of fresh milk, S35
pounds of corn chop, S35 pounds OF
Kaffir corn meal. and S35 pounds Of
alfalfa hay. THE total gain was ISIS
pounds, or daily average @of 1.95
pounds per Head. Charging butter fat
at creamery prices, the feed cost of
raising these calves amounts to $f57.19,
or $15.72 per head. The feed cost for
each 100 pounds Of gain amounts to
s5.46. r5at ,.'5. ...,rt,
Results with Calves Nursed by the
Cows.-On May %, 1900, twenty-five
calves that were running with their
dams averaged TIA pounds. on octo-
Der 10, these same calves averaged 422
pounds, or an average daily gain. per
head of LII pounds The only ex-
pense attached to raising these calves
was the keep of the COWS, whieh.was
estimated by the owner to be -$12 per
head, Multiplying the average. daily
gain. Of these CALVES by 154, the num-
Der Of days in previous experiment,
gives J. a. total of 272 pounds per head.
calf each 100 pounds of gain cost
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e Results in Feed Lot after weaning-
In the fall all. these calves were placed
in, the FEED lot. where they were
pushed for baby beef During the
seven months. under experiment, the
slxim+milk calves gained 40 pounds
per head, the whole-millx calves 4O5
pounds per head, and the calves nursed
by the COWS 422 pounds per head. This
experiment shows that the feed cost
of raising good skinsmilk calf need
not exceed 1928 in contrast to s15.75
for a whole-milk calf, and IS for one
nursed by the dam. The skim-milk
calf becomes accustomed to !, eating
both grain and roughneSs early In life.
is handled enough to be gentle, and
when transferred to the feed lot is
ready to make rapid AID economical
gains.-D. II, Otis, Kansas agricultural
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