Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-08
Feeding Dried Blood.

Ina recent article or two we called
attention to the Investigations that have
been carried on during the past year by
scme of the experiment stations In re-
gard to the expediency of feeding dried
blood to calves, either for the preven-
tlon OF cure of scours, or the bringing
into condition of thrift stunted calves
that have suffered, either because OF
original want of vitality or insufficient
feeding before weaving time. In the
article to which we refer number of
iIstapces were cited where for both Of
these purposes the feeding OF dried
blood had been attended with the hap.
plest results. Quite a number of in
quiries have been sent us in regard to
the subject, a number of which ask
where dried blood prepared for feeding
can be obtained. Some of our CORE.
spondence is from those who had tried
the plan suggested in the articles, and
of these we give the following from Mr..
%. UhlhorD, of st. James, Minnesota.
After referring to the articles on the
subject published by us he says:
II was greatly impressed with the
idea of feeding blood to calves, and at
once wrote to Swift s. Co., of st. Paul,
for prices and other information.
herewith enclose their reply. and will
also give you my experience with feed
ing it. l began feeding the
blood as coon as the calves drink well,
say when about three or four days old.
l put about teaspoonful of 1t in the
milk and shake the pail SO as to mix it
we'll The blood, however, is quite
heavy and will settle to the bottom,
and If the calves do not lick it out l
put little more milk in the pail and
pour into their mouths 30 that they get
the taste of it. 1t takes some little
time for the calves to grow to like 1t,
but when they once know they will lick
it all out. The fourth cslf which was
dropped in my herd this fall was not
fed dried blood as long as it was fed
whole u ilk. l did not know, indeed,
whether it was advisable to use the
blood in the case of so young calf.
Presently it began to scour very badly
and would not drink. l put about
half cup of blood into vessel and
add d about one and half cups of
milk and poured it into the calf's
mouth, repeating the operation in the
evening. The next morning the calf
was perfectly well and seemed very
hungry. 1t has always been well since,
and has a hearty appetite for every
meal, and Is quite thrifty. This has
been my experience, and If any of your
readers have tried feeding blood, 1 for
one shall be glad to learn what their ex-
perience has been. l think l should
feed dried blood to calves even though
it cost good deal more than 1t does.'
Mr.. Uhlhorn seems to be entirely sat.
isfied with the results of feeding blood
where scours occurs, and also to pro-
mote thrift in his young calves. We,
too, shall be glad to have the experience
of others who have fed the blood. The
letter of which he speaks from Swift &
Co., of South st. Paul, Minnesota, is as
follows:
"We are very glad to note that you
are interested in feeding dried blood to
cattle. The blood we sell for feeding
purposes is prepared especially for that
purpose. We put the ground dried
blood up in five pound packages
twelve to the case, at SO per case, free
on board, South st. Paul, MINI. Dried
blood is not bulky, hundred pound
sugar sacks hold about lis pounds OF
| it,"
The cost of the article seems to be
somewhat greater than we were led tc
believe. AS, however, it is not fed as g
food, but is used only In very small
i quantities, teaspoonful- the larger
cost than we had anticipated cuts but
little figure. Readers who live nearer
Ito one of the other markets where
backing is done on larger scale would
10 we'll to order from one of the larg,
packing concerns at their nearest mar
tket. Homestead.