Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-14
Don't Waste Too
Much Milk on Calf

What Is the least amount OF whole
milk can feed to my calves, ana
still raise good animals? That Is a
big question with farmers to-day. es-
peciaIly In those sections where mix
Is sold as market milk. MIX worth
10 cents n quart disappearing down
Calls throat has caused many
dairyman to stop and think very
seriously: Does it pay?
To make it profitable. it is import
ant not only that more econoinl"ai
system of feeding and raising caves
be followed but that animals OF oe'-
ter breeding be raised.
How Much Whole Milk Per Ca't'
In manning an economical ration
the amount of whole milk included Is
OF great Importance, and the sinaiie,
the amount that can red ana sun
raise good animals the cheaper Will
be the ration Roughly speaking al
ordinary calf can be raised success
fully on about 270 to 500 pounds OF
whole milk, fed along with other
feeds. For the first day or two' Oh
course. the calf is left with the DAM
hut from then on until the end or
"a DAYS it should receive about l
pound of milk for every 10 POUNDS OIL
weight at birth. After that time the
milk may be gradually reduced uhth
at the end of 60 to so days approx
p,,te,v 400 hounds of milk has been
fed. g
SunDose. fer instance that call
v-eights 80 pounds at birth. Accord
ing to the feeding schedule II Woulu
receive about ) pounds of whole milk
daily for the first 10 days. During
the next 20 days it would receive say
pounds daily: during the 1oii"WlnI
20 DAYS. 3 pounds: and for the last
20 days, , pounds: making a total OF
30 pounds of whole milk.
For a 100 pound calf the quantity
OF whole milk might I've cut down
more rapdIy after the first 10 days
feeding 10 pounds u day for the hrS'
10 aa,s. < mounds fer the second 10
DAYS. 6 pounds for the third l0-day
period: 4 pounds for the 1ourth ~
day period and pounds for the ~
days following; making II total OF
100 mounds of milk fed over per
iod of so days.
The milk from fresh COWS, before
il has become fit for human use. can
be fed to the calves.
Start Grain Feeding Early.
Where such a relatively small a
mount of~whGe milk is fed it is neces-
sary that the calf should be taught
to eat grain as early as possible. 10y
the second week a calf will ordinarily
start nibbling at the gram, eatihN
increasing amounts as It develops Il
taste for it. During the first so days
a healthy calf will ordinarily eat an
average of O.3 pound Of grain per
day. During the next 80 days this Will
be increased to l pound. and after
that to about % pounds daily during
the next month or so.
The following grain mixture mas
given good results for calf fcedins:
Linseed meal. part; bran, part;
corn meal. parts: oats. parts
blood meal, | part.
Some good leGume rouShage. Such
as alfalfa. should be fed with the
grain, and also Il small amount 81
Stage, and as more rOugha@e is taken
by the calf, the grain ration may ne
cut down. In feeding grain the safest
rule is to supply only what the all
will clean up readily. Remember
there is more danger of losing calf
from feeding too much than from not
feeding quite enough. The calf does
not have to be fat to be growing ana
healthy. and it has been found that
some of the larger breeders, vho
have been most successful in saving
their calves have been keeping them
in a medium to thin condition.