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Rural School Leaflet 



difficult than it is on farms where skimmed milk is available. The best 

 advice that can be offered in such a case is to purchase a calf food 

 from a feed dealer and feed it exactly in accordance with the directions 

 that are su]}]jlied by the manufacturer. Two such commercial foods have 

 been found fairly satisfactory in work with the Cornell University herd; 

 these are designated in the accompanying table as A and B. The tal)le 

 shows the results obtained froin these two foods as compared with the 

 results from skimmed milk. 



This table shows that a good calf should weigh from two hundred and fifty 

 to three hundred pounds when five months old, and that it should gain 

 at least one pound every day from birth. Calves should be weighed once 

 a week to see whether they are growing as well as they should. It is 

 probably impossible to grow as good calves on prepared foods as on skim- 

 med milk, but very good calves may be grown, as the accompanying 

 illustrations show. Success will be attained only with proi)cr care, es- 

 pecially to details. 



Care and ?nanagcment other than feeding 

 In addition to feeding, there are some other things in the care of calves 

 that should be mentioned. More than all else cleanliness and dryness 

 of the animal and its surroundings are important. Even though the 

 temperature of the stable is rather low, the calves will grow and thrive 

 if they are kept dry and clean, and are well fed. The pens should be 

 cleaned often and should be kept well bedded. In warm weather par- 

 ticularly, the calves should have access at all times to clean water. 



Many farmers turn their calves out to pasture when young. In New 

 York State it is good practice to keep all calves bom after February i 

 in the barn during the summer. These young calves may be turned out 

 to night pasture if it is available. They are too young, however, to 



