The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-07-01
Value OF SkimmlIk.

Nature has seen fit to mix the skim
milk and cream, and because the law of
gravitaticn divides them or centrifugal
force separates thsm, is no reason why
we should class one part as the good
and the other as the bad. Nature has
mixed the fat and milk serum together,
making one of the best of foods. If we
take one part from this food we can
not expect to get tho best of results
without supplying at least a substitute.
II is well known that milk serum, or
shimmi!k contains the food parts which
80 to make muscle. bone and the vital
parts of the young animal, while on
the other hand fat is furnished as q
hurricane and as hoat-giving portion.
will give briefly my method OF rear
ing young calves on separator milk.
Starting with the calf at birth, | allow
It to nurse It's dam once or twice or
even longer. If in a weak condition.
An ordinary healthy calf | take away
from its dam after the second nursing,
or say the day after birthday. In this
way the young animal gets the colos-
trum milk, and at the same time gives
tho herdsman an opportunity to deter
mine Whether It is strong enough 80
wean or not. For the first week feed
the can it's mothers milk, giving
light rations, say from three to five
pounds twice or three times a Gay if
the calf is weak, for the first two or
three days.
At the end of the first week | begin
adding q little separator milk, taking
a week to change from whcle TO skim
milk. During this period | begin add
ing the ground iaXseed, putting in but
half teaspoonful and gradually in
creaslng so that when the calf is on the
full skimmilk ration it is receiving
about a tablespoonful at feed. Some
calves viii! rot be able TO take this
much, and the feeder must use judg-
ment. as this feed is inclined to be laXa-
tive. During the third and fourth
weeks | cndeaYOr to get the calf to eat
little ground feed. This is easily
taught by sitting in the grain from the
palm of the hand while the calf is suck
ing the fingers. If the calf Is In lit
tie stanchion T. will learn to eat ground
feed from one to two weeks earlier
than when allowed to run at large with
the other calves. have found the ear
lier a calf can be taught to take ground
feed the better.
AS to the skimmilk ration, It is hard
to state just how much q calf can prop
erly assimilate Always remember that
1t is much safer to underfeed than over
feed. Many calves have been killed
because of the belief that there is no
good in skimmilk," as | have often
heard patrons at the creamery remark.
They fail to realize that the milk Is
fully as strcng as ever, with the excep-
tion of the oil, which can be easily
replaced by some much cheaper feed.
To raise the best calves for either
dairy or meat production, it is we'll to
feed skimmilll for six or seven months.
Sliimmilk makes a most excellent ra-
ton for young pigs, in which case it
will be found that the sweeter and
freshsr the milk the more valuable it
will be for feeding purposes. Young
chickens will thrive on skimmilk, but
II must not be given in large quantities.
IL is better to mix it with meal or
some other food of that nature than
to feed 1t alone. 1t also makes a val
uable feed when oagulated-Professor
a. L.-Earcker. in Orange Judd Farmer.