The Lamar register., 1902-05-14
SCIENTIFIC FARMING PAYS.
Large Sums That Farmers Can Save
by the Use Of Modern Methods.


The extracts published below from {
bulletin Of the Missouri State Agricul
tural College should be read by all oul
cattle growers. There are numerous
ways in which products which are now
being allowed to waste on the farms can
be made of immense value, and the
scientific researches OF the agricultural
college are bringing these facts to the
attention Of the farmers. Those who
take advantage OF these modern dis
coveries are going to be the ones that
make the most out Of their labor.
The high price which has prevailed in
the butter market for several years and
is likely to continue for some time makes
the matter dealt with below of double
value, and gives our cattle raisers an
opportunity to make large profit out OF
material which is now an absolute
waste.
c. II. Eckles, professor of animal
husbandry in the Missouri State Agri-
cultural college, after tour OF the
state in farmers institutes and a study
OF conditions existing, is preparing a
bulletin which will be a matter of sur
prise and likewise source OF profit to
the farmers OF the state. He makes
the appalling statement that, in one
item alone, by an Investment of a little
more labor and care, more than $2O,-
100000 annually would be added to the
~ r.. Nt,r,
item which he so highly estimates is
the saving OF the butter fat, or cream,
from the milk. In an interview he
said:
at is a common practice in this state
to allow the calf the use of the whole
milk OF its mother for the first six or
seven months of its life. This is max
ing beef, worth sc to &c a pound out OF
butter fat worth from 2Oc to 25c pound.
BY proper management Just as good a
calf can be raised on the milk after the
cream has been taken out 1t has been
abundantly demonstrated by scientific
experiment and practical experience
that the butter fat or cream OF the milk
is by no means the most valuable part
for growing calf. While the fat in
some form must be supplied to the
calf this may be furnished in such ma
terial as cornmeal in the ordinary sea-
son at perhaps one-tenth OF the expense
OF the butter fat"
Professor Eckles finds that creamery
patrons and dairymen OF the state are
delivering their milk to the creamery,
getting from $50 to $50 per COW for but
ter fat and raising just as good calves
on the skim milk and other cheap food
as they formerly could when the calves
ran with their mothers. On the as
state would yield $50 worth of butter
fat every year at the creamery, the
800, COWS in Missouri shown by the
last census to be kept for calf alone,
would yield S24, 900, 900 worth Of butter
fat, and raise just us many and just as
good calves as they do now.
To insure success In raising calves on
SKINNED milk the utmost care and in.
telligence must be used. After care
full study and investigation Professor
Eckles made the following recommend
ations:
The calf must be allowed to nurse a
few days, or until the fever is out of the
udder OF the mother, or may be taken
away as soon as 1t can be fed by hand.
In any case it should have it's mothers
whole milk for the first two or three
weeks. AT this time skinned milk is
gradually substituted for the whole
milk, 30 that at the end OF six or
seven weeks from the time the calf was
dropped it is drinking skinned milk
alone. AS soon as the calf IS taught to
drink milk it should be taught to eat
grain. The most satisfactory grain is
cornmeal, although many dairymen use
a small quantity OF cooked haxseed for
the first few weeks, and use cornmeal
later.
1t is very important that the feeding
should be done frequently while the
calf is very young and be allowed to
take only limited quantity each time.
The calf's stomach at this time is not
suitable for holding large amount,
and an excessive amount always results
in indigestion and scours. For the
first few weeks five or six quarts, or
ten or twelve pounds, per day is all
the calf should be allowed to take. As
the calf grows larger quantity must
be used, but at no time more than
eight or nine quarts day. Overfeed.
ing is one OF the most common causes oi
bad results.
1t is Of the utmost Importance that
the milk be fed warm in as near 1Ot