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suckled calf for beef production, because the latter did 

 not weigh so heavy as it looked, on account of the 

 carcass having too much calf-fat ; while the pail- 

 reared one gave a much better carcass of meat, 

 and would give more satisfaction to the butcher and 

 consumer. 



Calf-Rearing Experiments. 



Three common systems of rearing calves have been 

 carefully tested in the exceedingly useful calf-rearing 

 experiments carried out by the Department of Agri- 

 culture for Ireland in 1903-4. These results agree so 

 closely with the writer's experience that the main 

 points of these trials are given below. 



The calves were all males of the Cross Shorthorn 

 type, and were purchased locally (Collooney, Ireland) 

 about the end of April, the average age being five 

 weeks. After being divided up in four lots of ten 

 calves each, they were fed for a few days to prepare 

 them for the particular rations they were intended to 

 receive. 



First Summer. During the first summer of twenty 

 weeks, each lot was fed on a different rearing food, but 

 after that, they all received exactly the same treat- 

 ment, until the bullocks were seventy-three weeks 

 old. The rations for the first twenty weeks per head 

 were : 



Lot. 



1. Whole milk, 6 quarts per day. 



2. Skim milk, 6 quarts per day. 



3. Separated milk and cod-liver oil (J to 2 oz. per day). 



4. Separated milk plus meal mixture of 2 parts oatmeal, 2 



parts maize meal, and I part linseed meal. 



