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Mr. Van Wagenen. — We are feeding buckwheat middlings and 

 skim -millc to pigs^ in preference to corn meal. It is not right 

 theoretically, but, when we can huj buckwheat middlings for 

 $12 per ton as against corn meal at |18, we are satisfied it pays to 

 let the pigs burn protein instead of carbohydrates in their bodies. 

 Understand, I am not advising this, except one is situated just as 

 we are and the same market conditions iDrevail. 



CONCERNING CALVES. 



How many pounds of milk will it require to fatten an ordinary veal 

 calf? 



Mr. Windecker. — I estimate it at 20 pounds a day. At six 

 weeks it would amount to $6. All above $7 for a calf at that age 

 is profit. The estimate is on the basis of 150 pounds weight for 

 the calf, with milk at |1 per hundred pounds. 



Mr. Smith. — ^yhen calves bring but 4 cents a pound, the cost 

 will be more, will it not? 



A Farmer. — It would depend upon the calf. A small one would 

 not develop up to that price — 17. 



Mr. Windecker. — I would not start a small calf. It would not 

 be worth fattening. 



The Farmer. — I have experimented with two calves. The first 

 week I fed two and one-half quarts of milk per day, the second 

 week three quarts, the third week four, and the fourth week five 

 quarts. These figures are for one feed. They should be doubled 

 for 24 hours. The calves weighed 276 pounds, gaining two and 

 one-half pounds per day the last week. 



Is it profitable to feed whey as it comes from the factory to calves three 

 to six months old? 



Mr. Cook. — It is not profitable to feed some whey to calves; it 

 depends on its condition. The milk sugar all goes into the whey,, 

 about four pounds in a hundred; then there is the ash and a small 

 per cent, of fat, making in all about six pounds of solids. If the 

 whey vats are kept scalded and the whey barrel clean at home 

 it will pay to feed whey. If these conditions do not obtain it 

 does not pay to feed it at all; it is a by-product and should be 

 saved. The Standard Oil Company is now making tbp most of its 

 money out of that which it once threw away 



