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experiment, which is rather a significant point. It is 

 not quite up to the calf meal lot either in live weight, 

 increase, or economy. 



Cost of Rearing a Calf for first Twelve Months. 



If the calf is fed with calf meal and separated 

 milk in addition to a fairly liberal supply of dry con- 

 centrated food, the cost of feeding for the first twelve 

 months would be approximately as follows with an 

 average Shorthorn calf: 



First Week 



Colostrum ...... o I 2 



Second, Third^ and Fourth Weeks 



Mother's milk, varying from I to 2 galls, milk per 

 day = 31^ galls., at 6d. per gall. . . . o 15 9 



Next Five Months 



2 galls, of separated milk per day = 300 galls., at 



id. per gall. . . . . .150 



Cakes and meals, varying from J to 2 Ibs. per 

 day=i57^ Ibs., at fd. per Ib. . . . o 9 10 



Summer Grazing 



Twenty weeks, at 6d. per week . . .0100 



Winter Months (seventh to end of twelfth month) 

 8 cwt. swedes, at 8d. per cwt. . . .054 



4 cwt. hay, at 35. 6d. per cwt. . . . o 14 o 



5 cwt. cake, etc., at 75. per cwt. . . . 1150 



COST OF FOOD FOR YEAR . . . ^5 16 i 



If the calf had to be purchased, it would cost from 

 i to 3. The cost of attendance and risk for the 

 year may be put down at 2 to 3, hence the total 

 cost of rearing the calf for the first year works out to 

 approximately 8 or 10. 



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