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Bulletin 304 



Lot E. Fed skimmed milk powder, hay and grain 



4- 

 6. 



12. 



16. 



20. 



23- 



Lot F. Fed Schumacher Calf Meal, hay and grain 



.061 

 .060 

 .065 

 .065 

 .062 

 .069 



I . 



5- 

 13- 

 17- 



Lot G. Fed Blatchford's Calf Meal, hay and grain 



.083 

 . 106 

 .092 

 .083 



2. 



9- 

 H- 

 18. 



114 



157 

 132 



135 



The commercial foods 



The skimmed milk powder was purchased from the Merrill-Soule Com- 

 pany of Syracuse, N. Y. The manufacturers claim for this product that 

 it is simply ordinary skimmed milk dried by a patented secret process 

 to a powder as fine as wheat flour. The grade used by this Station in this 

 experiment was the third-grade product and was purchased at 2^ cents 

 per pound. The manufacturers inform us that through an improvement 

 in the process this grade is no longer made except in very small quantities. 



Schumacher Calf Meal has been fully described in the report of the work 

 of 1907-8, page 8. 



Blatchford's Calf Meal has been described by Lindsey as noted on page 6. 

 It was purchased by this Station from J. W. Barwell, Waukegan, 111., 

 at four cents per pound delivered in Ithaca, N. Y. The analysis of this 

 meal as guaranteed by the manufacturers is: 



Protein 25% 



Fat 5% 



Methods of feeding 



The methods used in feeding in 1908-9 were much the same as in 1907-8. 

 The dry grain was mixed according to the formula on page 9. Clean 

 water and mixed hay were kept before the calves at all times. The dry 

 grain was weighed in 1908-9 for each individual calf, whereas in 1907-8 



