The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-02-18

not be a great difference in size of
skeleton if they have been properly
fed and cared for.
calves should, under proper conditions,
make an average daily gain of 1.25 to
Is pounds the first six months. 1t is
desirable to weigh the young growing
stock every six weeks or oftener in
order to determine the gain. The gain
at first should be rapid in proportion
o the total live weight az to& pounds
for each 100 pounds) but it will not
usually reach one and one-half pounds
per day before they reach the weight
Of 200 to 300 pounds.
The skim milk should preferably be
centrifugally separated milk so that
it will be fresh and sweet. When the
milk is separated primarily for calf
feeding, once a day is often enough,
provided proper care is taken of that
which is held over, keeping it sweet
and provided it is warmed to 80 de
grees before feeding. At least a week
to change from whole milk to skim
milk should be allowed, changing at
the rate of about one to two pounds
per day. When fresh separator milk
is used the foam should be remvoed
as the air may cause bloat and produce
scours. 1t is a mistake to guess at the
temperatures; a dairy thermometer
should be provided for this purpose
1t is well to add a %taspoonful of solu.
BILE blood meal to each feeding of milk
While blood meal is expensive, the
amount fed is small. Besides having
n hirh food uo1,,o - opfe &C n o,.,.n
tive for digestive disturbances. Will
individually and keeps all factors pro.
perly regulated such a corrective is OF
much less Importance.
After the calf has been successfully
changed from whole milk it can have
more milk as its appetite and condition
warrant, but care must be taken tt
prevent overlooking. Up to this stage
more harm is usually done by over
feeding than by undertaking. Many
make the mistake of increasing the
skim milk too rapidly. At four to si>
weeks of age the amount of skim mill
can be increased to IA pounds per da!
and at two or three months of age tC
IS pounds if plenty is available. Sons
feeders practice feeding 20 to 2;
pounds per day to calves four months
and older, but others claim that 81
much milk develops too much paunch
a tendency towards coarseness in the
head and neck and a thick, heavy hide
The hide will improve. however, whe1
the heifer into milk. On ac
count of the cost of skim milk, it il
not usually fed beyond the sixth month
age limit. although calves will utiliz,
it to good advantage several week.
longer. Where only $50 to $50 pound:
of whole milk is fed at the beginning
it is best to feed not less than 200
pounds of skim milk to each calf t.
secure good development.
Good calves, equal to skim mill
calves, can be raised on 500 to LOO
pounds of fresh whole milk, with
grain ration consisting of 8 part o
ground oats, 2 parts corn meal O
hominy. l part standard middlings ant
2B parts linseed meal. Up to two o
three weeks of age they should b'
handled as described for skim mill
calves. At about three weeks of age
when the calf would be getting /.
pounds Of whole milk daily, one ca,
begin to add warm water, gradual,
reducing the milk n adding an eQua
amount of water day by day. They a
four weeks of age the milk will hav,
been reduced to 4 or 5 pounds daily
This allowance had better be continue,
for about six months. The reason TO
commencing dilution is to better salts
fly the calf's appetite as to quantit,
and to enable it 10 drink more cleanl,
from the pail. Such a ration supple.
some butterfat, casein and milk ash
which are usually absent in a milk sub
s%titute. Feeding diluted whole mill
eliminates the bother of separating
washing the separator utensils, AM
marketing cream or butter in addition
to the whole milk. The milk can b,
fed fresh and warm from the COW al
though it will be desirable to warm tn,
water for young calves and also other.
in winter. A report Of an experiment
in feeding calves on diluted whole mill
is given in full in Bulletin 1O2 of tn,
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. Many dairymen and purebrec
breeders are using diluted whole mill
for calf feeding in this section at pres
ent with success and satisfaction.