Substitutes for Skimmed Milk in Raising Calves 



27 



The cost of raising these calves to five months of age was Si 0.5 9 to 

 $13.20, according to Table XL 



The calves in this lot did very well and the raising of the calves on 

 this food was as easy as on skimmed milk, hay and grain. 



Table XII. Lot F. Fed Schumacher's Calf Meal, Hay and Grain 



Calf No. 



I 



5 

 13 

 17 



Whole 

 milk 



lbs. 



304- 

 269. 

 142. 

 190. 



Schu- 

 macher 

 Calf 

 Meal 



lbs. 

 210.4 

 227.2 

 184. 1 

 259.2 



Hay 



lbs. 

 232.2 

 341-8 

 406.9 

 334-4 



Grain 



lbs. 



85- 

 120. 



95- 

 135- 



Entire 



cost 

 of feed 



14.80 



15-87 

 12.21 



15-87 



Total 

 gain 



lbs. 

 179 

 150 

 132 

 191 



Cost 

 of one 

 pound 

 of gain 



.083 

 . 106 

 .092 

 .083 



Lot F, Table XII (Fig. n). — In feeding Schumacher Calf Meal, the 

 gruel was made the same as in 1907-8, as given on pages 12 and 13. 

 The amount given at a feed was governed by the age and size of the calf. 

 The calves of this lot, according to Table IX, reached a weight at five 

 months of age of 184 pounds to 282 pounds, at a cost of $12.21 to $15.87, 

 as shown in Table XII. The results show that the calves did fairly 

 well but did not make the gains that the calves in Lots D and E made. 



Table XIII. Lot G. Fed Blatchford's Calf Meal, Hay and Grain 



Lot G, Table XIII (Fig. 13).— In feeding Blatchford's Calf Meal, the 

 gruel was made as follows : The meal was mixed with a little cold water 

 to avoid lumps, then enough hot water was added to make sufficient 

 gruel for the number of feeds required. The gruel was set aside until 

 cool. If too cold at time of feeding, it was warmed again to 90° to 100° 

 F. When the meal was first fed to the young calf, a tablespoonful of the 

 meal was mixed into gruel in this way and added to the whole milk. The 

 whole milk was then gradually reduced until the calf took the meal gruel 



