CATTI^E 997 



During the period 1912-1914, a series of experiments were carried out 

 at Knistad, in order to ascertain whether skim milk with sugared flour add- 

 ed to it can suitabty replace full cream milk, so as to rear the calves with 

 advantage until, in consequence of the improved quality of the meat and 

 increased w^eight, they are better suited for the market. The food mixture 

 is pre-oared as follows : 



To 22 lb. of oat flour, mixed with wheat, rye or maize flour there is add- 

 ed 3.3 galls, of skim milk and 3.3 galls, of water. The whole is heated and 

 when it begins to boil, the pan is taken oft" the fire and the contents allowed 

 to cool to 600 C, after which very fine powdered sugar is added in the pro- 

 portion of Vio of t^^ ^^^^ (i" t^^s ^^^^ 2.2 lbs.) mixing thoroughly until the 

 mass, which becomes thinner, is uniformly sweetened. Finally, 4.4 galls of 

 skim milk are added. 



During the experiments results clearl}- positive in character were ob- 

 tained : 



i) vSkim milk with sugared flour added can take the place partly, and 

 subsequently entirely, of full cream milk, without any disadvantage to 

 the normal gro^^1;h of the calf, the quality of the meat alone becoming 

 slightly inferior. 



2) The best results are obtained by mixing the flour with skim milk 

 in the proportion of one lb. to 2 gallons of milk ; greater concentration pro- 

 duces digestive trouble 



3) How far it is desirable to prolong this form of artificial feeding 

 is a matter which of course varies from place to place according to the price 

 of meat and the cost of the feed substances used. 



Other experiments carried out at Biarka-vSaby (Alberga) and at Ged- 

 deholm confirm the results already obtained at Knistad. 



775 - Experiments to ascertain whether the Ability to produce Milk-fat is transmitted 



by the Dam or the Sire. — woodward T. E., in Hoard's Dairyman, Vol. IvI, No. 4, 

 ]>. 146. Fort Atkinson, Wise, February 18, igiG. 



In carrying out the investigations to solve the above problem, the Ad- 

 vanced Registry of the American Guernsey Cattle Club was utilised. 



The plan was to take the bulls having Advanced Registry daughters 

 and pick out those daughters which had different Advanced Registry dams. 

 If then a dift'erence was found between the daughters it onust be attribut- 

 able to the dams, since the sire would remain the same in each case. WTien 

 two daughters were foimd by the same bull, the higher and the lower pro- 

 ducer were compared, ^^^len three daughters were found, the highest and 

 lowest were compared and the third discarded ; and w^hen four were found 

 two comparisons were made possible. In every case an even number of 

 daughters w-as used, except w'hen two or more had the same dam, in which 

 event the records of all out of the same dam were averaged and treated as 

 only one animal. 



A total of 384 daughters having tested dams was found, which allowed 

 of 192 comparisons. In no cases out of 192 (57-3%) the high producing daugh- 

 ters were from dams with the higher records. The average fat production 

 was as follows : ' 



