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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



the mixture. It may not be out of place to add that the 

 meal should be line, and free from any coarse particles. 



One pound was thoroughly stirred into 8 pounds of very 

 hot water, and allowed to stand until milk-warm, in which 

 condition it was fed. Hay ward used 6 pounds of water to 

 a pound of meal, and employed a calf feeder ; but in our case 

 it was considered better to teach the animals to drink at 

 once. 



The calves were fed whole milk for the first nine to four- 

 teen days, and then skim milk and calf meal gradually sub- 

 stituted, whole milk being entirely taken away at the end 

 of three weeks. Three quarts of skim milk were fed daily, 

 in addition to the calf meal, until the calves were four or 

 five weeks old, when both calves were placed upon an entire 

 diet of calf meal. Hay ward used the calf meal entirely after 

 the first ten da} s, but it seemed wiser to the writer to allow 

 some milk for a longer period, and thus give the animals a 

 better start. Three-fourths of a pound of the meal was fed 

 at first, and the amount graduall}^ increased, until at the 

 close of the experiment Calf I. was receiving 3 pounds and 

 Calf II. 2 pounds of the meal daily. 



Arerfujc Daily lUrord of Each Calf. 



1 Whole milk, 93 quarts; skim milk, .59 quarts. 

 * Whole milk, m iniarls; skim iiiilU, KH) ijuarts. 



