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FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



From Whole to Skim Milk. It is not uncommon 

 to give whole milk to a young calf for a short period 

 after being removed from its mother. The period, 

 during which whole milk is supplied varies more 

 or less, depending on the value of the calf or the 

 use to which milk on the particular farm is put. 

 Sooner or later, however, skim milk is substituted 

 for the whole milk. If the substitution is gradually 

 made, and if some additional food is provided, no 

 objection to the change will arise. But too fre- 

 quently skim milk is abruptly substituted, and it 

 only is fed. This is bad practice. 



Skim milk contains little if any fat; consequently, 

 the young animal is deprived of this nutrient and 

 will not thrive in a satisfactory manner. Nor will 

 increasing the quantity of skim milk help. Death 

 will ultimately follow if the skim milk ration is con- 

 tinuously fed and not balanced by means of some 

 substitution for the fat removed from the milk. Be- 

 low are shown the digestible nutrients in whole and 

 skim milk : 



WHOLE AND SKIM MILK COMPARED 



When the fat is removed by skimming and the 

 remaining liquid fed exclusively, the calf or the pig 

 develops slowly, shows dissatisfaction with the food, 



