THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, FEBRUARY, 1927 



HOLSTEIN-FREISIAN CLUB 

 FEATURES CALF RAISING 



The use of skim milk powder for feed- 

 ing calves was carefully explained by Mr. 

 J. G. Archibald of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College at the annual meet- 

 ing of the Hampshire-Franklin Holstein- 

 Freisian Breeders Club. This meeting 

 was held at the Mansion House, Green- 

 field, on January 12, and Mr. Enos J. 

 Montague was reelected President of the 

 club. 



A great many dairymen have doubted 

 the advisability of its being financially 

 profitable to raise their own replacements 

 but Mr. Archibald presented figures which 

 show that it can be done. These figures 

 represent actual costs on many Massachu- 

 setts farms. 



The fact that it is cheaper to raise \ 

 your own replacements is shown above 

 and in addition to that there is more 

 pleasure in growing replacements, it is 

 easier to control diseases such as T. B. or 

 abortion, while better and more uniform 

 stock is produced. 



Skim Milk Powder for Cahes 



The experiment station at Amherst has 

 for years carried on extensive feeding 

 trials on the value of different feeds for 

 raising young calves, and skim milk pow- 

 der has given very satisfactory results. 

 These tests were run on high grade Hol- 

 stein calves. 



One pound of the skim milk powder and 

 a scant even teaspoonful of salt are add- 

 ed to enough cold water to give a creamy 

 consistency. Then enough luke-warm 

 water is added to make one gallon of the 

 liquid. 



Whole milk is fed for the first week 

 after weaning and then the skim milk 

 solution is gradually substituted. Not 

 over nine quarts daily are fed to each calf 

 and it is better, although not necessary, 

 to continue feeding a minimum of two 

 quarts of whole milk daily during the first 

 six or eight weeks of the calf's life. 



After the first month the calf is taught 

 to eat good rowen and a calf meal made 

 up of 30 pounds red dog floor, SO pounds 

 ground oats, 24 i pounds corn meal and h 



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pound of salt. A special effort should be 

 made at all times, to have the calves eat 

 heartily of the dry grain mixture and 

 rowen. 



When the calves are two months of age 

 the daily allowance of skim milk powder 

 was cut to 6 quarts of liquid and at three 

 months, it was again cut to 3 quarts of 

 liquid. 



Costs 



On skim milk powder (roller process) 

 the calves made an average daily gain of 



1.4 pounds at a cost of 18.2 cents a pound, 

 about 125 pounds of the dry milk being 

 fed to each calf. Straight liquid skim 

 milk at 2 cents a quart made an average 

 daily gain of 1.7 pounds at 18.8 cents a 

 pound. 



Calf meals are rather unsatisfactory 

 as they are apt to cause digestive dis- 

 turbances and do not promote as rapid 

 growth. Under present conditions, dried 

 skim milk, fed as above suggested, offers 

 the best substitute for liquid skim milk 

 in the rearing of young calves. 



