Substitutes for Skimmed Milk in Raising Calves. 



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Table IX. Summary of Table VI for Lot C 



Calf No. 



Whole 

 milk 



17 

 18 



19 

 20 

 21 



lbs. 

 190.3 



19^-5 

 173-2 

 302.0 

 .? 2 I . o 



Cost 

 of one 

 pound 



gain 



.138 

 .108 

 .089 



. lOI 



.179 



Table X. Summary of Tables VII, VIII, and IX, for 1907-1908 



Conclusions from work in 1907-8 



A careful study of Tables VII. VIII, and IX, which summarize the 

 results for each calf, and then of Table X, which shows the average for 

 each lot, warrants the following conclusions : 



(i) While skimmed milk gives the best results as a substitute for 

 whole milk, good strong calves can be raised without milk of any kind 

 after the third or fourth week. 



(2) It will cost at the present prices of milk, skimmed milk, hay, 

 grain, etc., $12 to $15 to raise a calf to five months of age. 



(3-) Under normal conditions, a calf well cared for and properly fed 

 should make an average daily gain of one to one and one-half pounds 

 during the first four months of his life. 



(4) Schumacher Calf Meal does not appear from this feeding trial 

 to be a complete substitute for skimmed milk, yet the gains from the 

 use of this meal are good and the cost of a pound of gain is fairly low. 



(5) In the results derived from feeding Lactina Suisse, the gains 

 per day became greater as the calves grew older, but this food did not 

 seem to be nearly ecjual to skimmed milk or Schumacher Calf Meal 

 at any corresponding periods of age. 



