Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-25
BEST Method OF
CALF FEEDING IS
TOLD BY EXPERT
De Tar Tells Professor
Mead's Methods. for
Press Readers.

TeSS rcdOorS.
Vcrn DcTar. assistant farm ad.
visor. has returned from Los An
gc'"~, where he attended the farm
advisors conference. One of the
/ principal issues discussed by the
i've stock group. Of which DeTar
was 4 member. was ''Calf Raising. -"
Following is DcTur's report on a
lecture on ;hat subject given by
Prof. $. w Mead. Of the college
OF agriculture, University of Cali
iornia:
Approximately one million dol
IarS worth Of dairy cattle are
brought into California each wear
from other states. Most of the ami
mails are milking COWS purchased for
'Ec purpose of replacing COWS whose
period Of usefulness has ended or
20 help meet the Increasing demand
sar whole N. Tx. Hairvmea have rec
sorted 70 this practice because ot
he high cost of raising calves. such
a practice, however, win never lead
% am Improvement Of the standard
ot our dairy cattle
- Good breeding is equal to aool
feeding for economical milk pruiuc-
tion. \ systematic breeding pro
gram j. absolutely necessary Il we
are going tn .iHrreaSe the ayerag"
production Of our dairy COWS. Breed
erS Of dairy cattle must use good
bulls and raise the heifcr calves From
their best COWS.
Calf Passing Methods
Three commonest methods of
raising calves are ON whole milk.
skim milk aud milk substitutes.
The whole milk methods is TOO
expensive unless the stock is being
raised for show purposes. Whea IN.
greater finish obtained through
whole milk feeding may justify the
extra expense.
"Nkim milk viii develop COW,
equally Is good as whole milk. AT
much less expense. To feed skim
milk the calf should be left With it,
mother for the first two DAYS. For
the first two weeks feed form q to
10 pounds of whole milk per day i'm
| three feeds, the amount drp"u ling
on the si2" of the calf. At tAe end
of the second week feed one pound
less OF whole milk and increase tha
/ skim milk 4 pound each day until
the calf is receiving only skim milk.
At two weeks the calf should be
given all it will eat of good grain
mixture and alfalfa hay The skim
milk feeding should continue Until
! the calf is five or six months old.
Substitutes Not Good
Milk substitutes are mot salts
| factory unless great care is used,
Grains and other materials may take
! the place of milk, f. din the form
of Cruel \ common homo m:X'l
milk substitute is composed Of rqu"'
weights of finely ground barley. rr !
I dog flour, old process linsoad moal
and high grade dried blood.
! " Newer methods Of raisiu
calves which are relativel" ca"a'
are the minimum milk method aU
/ the skim milk powder method
/ 'Tle former consists in retionS
IF hav and rye grain after the calf
is 50 days old. At that age calf
! should be reduced to one pound Of
milk a day for ten days when a
grain mixture Of four parts Of rolled
or ground barley, three parts of
/ ground oats. three parts Of wh"1t
/ bran and one part of old process lin-
seed meal with , per cent Of salt,
I one Of steamed bone meal and u
/ per cent Of skim milk powder can b.
4 given. At five months "a cheaper
mixture can be used consisting of
/ four parts rolled or ground barley
/ two parts wheat bran, one part li.-
seed meal. per cent sail aaI one
Of steamed none meal.
''The skim milk powder j., 'Hera
expensive than skim milk. one
pound Of the powder is dissolved ia
/ nine pounds Of water and fed as
/ skim milk.
Six calf feeding rules are given.
Never over feed. Watch tho calf =
bowels. Reduce milk if the ralf is
securing ; Keep feeding pals clean,
weigh the food, give plenty Of c'r2u
water, and tie the cslvc4 up So they
. may be- fed scuaratclV.