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We sold her to a neighbor at the price of a three days' old calf. 

 He fed her on skim-milk and she improved very fast. We have 

 now yearling and two-year-old heifers, some of which had 

 plenty of skim-milk for the first six months, and others were 

 cut off at two or three months, because we didn't have it. The 

 difference in size is very apparent, even to a superficial observer 

 (and it almost makes me groan every time I look at them). 

 One pure blood Holstein, and one pure blood Jersey, both 

 dropped in September, 1912, were fed skim-milk for three 

 months, thriving nicely, the Jersey growing to be nearly as large 

 as the Holstein at the end of three months. At that time other 

 calves came along and took the skim-milk, so that they were cut 

 off. One of these, a pure blood Jersey, from a very much 

 smaller cow, and smaller strain, being fed skim-milk six months 

 or more, is very much larger than the Jersey above mentioned. 

 The Holstein is not as large as she would have been had she had 

 skim-milk. I might instance calves that I am now feeding, 

 sometimes with skim-milk and sometimes with grain. 



SWINE AND SKIM-MILK. 



The speaker does not take the same personal interest in feed- 

 ing swine as in feeding calves, but feels at sea if milk is lacking 

 when feeding young pigs. This may be partly accounted for by 

 the sentiment that it is the natural food for young animals. 

 However, it appears to be a fact that it is also a profitable and 

 economical feed, producing results in growth of carcass and 

 vigor that are commensurate with the cost. I have quoted 

 freely from Henry whom I have closely followed. 



A deduction by Henry from 19 experiments in feeding 88 

 pigs is, that 327 pounds of skim-milk will save 100 pounds of 

 corn meal, when fed in the ratio of one pound of meal and three 

 pounds of milk. This would make the present value of skim- 

 milk about fifty cents per hundred. 



By a rule deducted by Henry from experiments with all ages 

 of pigs at the Wisconsin Station, when corn is worth 90c per 

 bushel, skim-milk when fed with grain, not more than three 

 pounds to one of grain, is worth 48c and a fraction. 



Hoard's rule of multiplying the market price of hogs by five 



