HOW TO RAISE A CALF ON SKIM MILK 63 



Kaffir corn has proved to be a real good calf food 

 fed in the form of a dry meal, and calves of four 

 weeks old will readily eat from half to three-quarters 

 of a pound per diem, and when two months old 

 about two pounds per day. This Kaffir corn meal, 

 to which a little mealie meal may be added, makes 

 a very perfect substitute, when fed dry, for the 

 cream removed from the milk. It is, therefore, 

 unnecessary to believe that we have to buy a 

 " cream substitute/' for we have the right grains on 

 our own farms, but they must be fed separately 

 from the milk and not mixed with it. 



About the same time that they are beginning to 

 eat grain or meal the calves will also begin nibbling 

 hay. They will readily eat i Ib. daily per head, 

 and should only be given good clean, well-made 

 grass hay. Lucerne hay is a little too loosening 

 for them, but it may be gradually introduced into 

 their ration when they are older and weaned. 



Weaning should take place when the calf is 

 about five to six months of age, and it should be 

 gradually accustomed to green food before being 

 turned on to a green heavy pasture. The calf 

 should have access to fresh water daily. Each calf 

 should have its own feed trough, and be tied near 

 this but far enough apart from his neighbours to 

 prevent them sucking each other's ears. If each 

 calf has its own feed trough to which it is tied 

 during meal time he learns to eat more quickly than 



