134 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



No beneficial results were noticed when cod liver oil was 

 fed in small quantities to calf 7. Its smell and taste were 

 obnoxious to the calf, and quite often he refused the milk 

 containing it. 



The experiment indicates that, in order to secure the great- 

 est profit, it is not wise as a rule to feed calves as above 

 described after they have reached 160 pounds of live weight. 

 The daily gain decreases and the food consumption steadily 

 increases, so that the commercial value of a pound of live 

 weight is about balanced by the cost of the food consumed 

 to produce it. 



This experiment is presented as the beginning of a series 

 designed for the purpose of studying the most economical 

 way in which to feed skim-milk to growing calves, especially 

 to calves intended for veal. Whole milk forms a complete 

 food for calves, and by its use they can be sold from five to 

 seven weeks from birth in a fat condition. How to secure 

 a food equal in its efiect to whole milk by utilizing the skim- 

 milk and substituting a cheaper fattening material in place 

 of the cream removed, is the problem for future solution. 



Tables showing Average Daily Food Consumption and Gain 



IN Live Weight. 



Calf 1. 



