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Rural School Leaflet 



Ca/f raised on skimmed milk 



Calf raised on meal A 



Calf raised on meal B 



from the lar^je abattoirs. It 

 may be obtained from the 

 feed dealer. It must be very 

 finely ground because coarsely 

 ground dried blood will not 

 stay suspended in the milk 

 while the calf is drinking, but 

 will settle and be lost. Blood 

 flour is expensive, but the 

 amount fed is very small and 

 is worth many times its cost 

 for two reasons. First, it is 

 a very good high protein food 

 in itself; second, it keeps the 

 bowels of the calf in good con- 

 dition and overcomes any ten- 

 dency to digestive troubles. 



Roughage. — At four weeks 

 of age the calf will begin to 

 eat food other than milk. The 

 best roughage is bright, well- 

 cured alfalfa hay from the 

 second or the third cutting. 

 On farms where alfalfa hay is 

 not available, the second cut- 

 ting of clover hay may be sub- 

 stituted for the alfalfa. With 

 a little care practically every 

 faraicr in the State of New 

 York can cut and store a 

 small amount of clover hay 

 from the second cutting for 

 his calves. If neither of these 

 two kinds of hay is available, 

 the best quality of hay that 

 can be secured, should be 

 used. The calf should have 

 all the hay it will eat. After 

 it is six months old, it may 

 have a little silage. 



The grain mixture. — At 

 about the time at which the 

 calf will begin to eat a 



