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Feed Consumed in Pounds, and Cost. 



Table No. 4. 



Whole Skimmed Grain Ration Hay Cost 

 milk milk No. i No. 2 



12 months 70 4250 244.5 244.5 2155.5 $3377 



In summing up the above results : The calf consumed during 

 the twelve months 70 lbs. of whole milk, 4250 lbs. of skimmed 

 milk, 489 lbs. of grain and 2155.5 ^^s. of clover hay, the total 

 cost of which was $33.77. 



The prices of feeds on which these calculations were based 

 are as follows : 



Whole milk 4c per qt. 



Skimmed milk 25c per cwt. 



Bright clover hay $13 per ton 



Bran $i-5o per cwt. 



Corn meal $i-75 P^^ ^^'^' 



Linseed oil meal $1.80 per cwt. 



Ground oats $1.50 per cwt. 



The feeds grown on the farm as well as those bought were 

 sold to the calf at market prices. If ever}^ dairyman charged 

 all the grains he raised to the account of his stock in this way, 

 he would see the advantage in raising as large a proportion as 

 possible of the grains he feeds. In doing this he would be 

 keeping the money at home instead of enriching the grain deal- 

 ers and transportation companies. 



As near as I can find out, after reading several articles and 

 different records, this calf did just about what isi expected of 

 the average calf under the average farm conditions. The calf 

 made a gain of 1.2 lbs. to 1.4 lbs. a day from the time it was 

 three months old up to the time it was twelve months old, and 

 it made these gains on the average amount of feed. A notice- 

 able fact shown by the table is that the cost of feeding per cwt. 

 of gain for the last three months was; about twice the cost of 

 feeding per cwt. of gain for the first three months. 



The cost of raising the calf was approximately what is 

 reckoned as the cost of raising the dairy calf to one year old 

 under the average farm conditions. In this case the cost, not 

 including the labor, amounted to $33.77. 



