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from overfeeding, although the average farmer is not very apt to 

 do it. But it may Le done. There were a lot of calves spoiled in 

 that way sume years ago at the Geneva Station. Feed the calf a 

 little at a time and feed it often. 



Question. — Is it possible to grow a calf so that it will not make 

 a good milch cow? Or, in other words, that it will become 

 " beefy? " 



Mr. Goodrich. — Yes. One may spoil the best bred heifer calf 

 ever dropped by overfeeding it, or by improperly feeling it. It 

 should be given foods that will keep it growing, not fattened. It 

 must have protein. Skim milk and wheat middlings, with, later, 

 oats and clover hay, are best. Give these foods until the calf is 

 six months old. 



Question. — Can we raise a good calf on these patent calf foods, 

 without any milk? 



Mr. Chapman. — I never vised any. As far as I can learn from 

 analyses it will be better to buy oil meal of dealers at, say $20 

 per ton, than to pay the patent feed dealers $400 per ton for it. 



Question. — Can calves be fattened on skim milk and ground 

 feed alone? 



Dr. Smead. — It will depend on the age of the calf; I do not 

 believe that a calf can be well fattened on other than mother's 

 milk, wholly or in part, till after it is four weeks old. After that 

 period, I think that skim milk with a little oil meal, together 

 with some oats and clover hay, may be substituted for the whole 

 milk. 



Question. — Mr. Goodrich told us how to raise a calf upon 

 skim milk. Now, will some one tell us how to raise one when 

 the milk is all drawn to the station? 



Mr. Bichardsom— That is a question which those who take 

 their milk to the station need to solve. We had three thorough- 

 bred calves and not much milk. We made up our minds to keep 

 the calves at home and see if we could not make them grow; 

 so we mixed up some corn meal, wheat bran and oil meal in a 

 bucket, making it thick, using hot water. We put a spoonful of 

 this mixture, dissolved in hot water, into what milk we could 

 spare when we milked the cow. In this way we grew them nicely. 

 We raised the three, which are now on the farm. Later, we 

 gave them some ground oats, and never had c;ilves do belter. 

 But we do not draw milk to the station. I believe, however, it 

 can be done without the milk. 



Mr. Chapman. — I do not believe it will pay to try to raise a 



