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TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 



First prize Angus and reserve champion, Iowa State Fair, 1922. Shown by 

 Dean Dodder, Letts, Muscatine County. 



fed by himself. A review of the champions at the state fair proves this 

 conclusively. Second, it may be well to start your calf on whole grain. 

 Ordinarily, calves will eat whole grains much quicker than they will 

 ground feeds. Third, remember to change feeds very gradually, a week 

 to two weeks being usually required. As you know, calves must be 

 started on feed gradually. A good many boys, if the calves were not 

 on feed when the feeding period started, begin by feeding once a day 

 for about a week. Care is taken to see to it that the calf cleans up 

 each feed promptly, and is hungry for the next feed. At the same time, 

 the feed is gradually increased. After about a week of feeding once a 

 day, the day's feed is cut in two and the calf is fed mornings and eve- 

 nings. When the calf becomes accustomed to the new arrangement, the 

 feed can again be increased and should be gradually added to from then 

 until March, when the calf should be fed three times- a day until the end 

 of the feeding period. 



Care must be exercised to see that the calf does not go "off feed." 

 It is mighty bad practice to have a lot of feed lying in the box before 

 the calf. Feed him what he'll clean up. When he begins leaving a 

 handful or two, cut down the feed that much, and a little later on begin 

 adding to the feed once again. If he goes clear off feed, a good many 

 miss a feed and give one-fourth to one-third of what he has been getting 

 for the next feed. If he cleans that up, he can rapidly be put on full 

 feed again. If he doesn't care to eat, the feed should be removed from 



