1894.J PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 133 



Comments on the Eesults. 



The experiments have shown that calves grown upon skim- 

 milk alone or upon skim-milk and grains during the first 

 eight weeks of their lives make good gains in live weight, 

 namely, from 0.9 to 2.13 pounds per day, with an average 

 of 1.49 pounds. These animals, however, put on very little 

 fat, either when fed on skim-milk alone or when fed on skim- 

 milk and grains. They were not able to digest the necessary 

 amount of corn meal, Buffalo gluten feed, or wheat flour or 

 middlings, when fed in connection with the nitrogenous milk, 

 to promote the formation of fat. 



The meat of the animals thus described was quite white in 

 appearance, but not as tender as calves that were fed whole 

 milk. The ribs and flanks of animals thus fed were thinner 

 than those consuming whole milk, and the shrinkage in 

 dressing is from 5 to 7 per cent. more. 



Butchers ofiered from 4 to 4^ cents per pound of live 

 weight, whole-milk veal being worth at the time 5^ to 6 

 cents per pound. It is to be remarked, however, that at 

 retail as much per pound was charged for the skim- milk as 

 for the whole-milk veal. It will be noticed that when skim- 

 milk veal, so called, brought 4 cents per pound of live weight, 

 an average of 0.63 of a cent per quart or 2.52 cents per 

 sfallon was obtained for the skim-milk fed ; while when live 

 weight brought 4^ cents per pound the return lor the skim- 

 milk was 0.76 of a cent per quart, or 3 cents per gallon. 

 When the skim-milk was fed to pigs, and dressed pork 

 brought 5^ cents per pound, there was a return of 0.2 of a 

 cent per quart for the milk ; and when dressed pork brought 

 7 cents per pound, 0.6 of a cent was obtained per quart for 

 the milk, and 0.7 of a cent was obtained when dressed pork 

 brought 7^ cents per pound. 



These results are interesting and instructive, and worthy 

 of the careful consideration of dairy farmers. It must be 

 admitted that calves require rather more attention than pigs. 

 The milk must not be sour and must be fed warm, and their 

 condition must be carefully watched lest they be attacked 

 with scours. A small quantity of lime water added to the 

 milk at each feeding seems to act as a preventive. 



