1904.] 



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Effect of the Calf JSIeal. — Xo serious trouble was cx})eri- 

 enced with cither calf until February 12, when Calf II. suf- 

 fered a bad attack of indigestion, which rendered it necessary 

 to take awa}^ a considerable portion of the meal and substi- 

 tute skim milk ; and this animal was still receiving some milk 

 when the experiment terminated, although she recovered and 

 made good gains. On January 5 the supply of cocoanut 

 meal became exhausted, and flour middlings was used in its 

 place until March 10. The continued use of the middlings 

 may have lieen a partial cause of the trouble. (Ailf I. was 

 rather more robust, and experienced only a slight digestion 

 disturbance about the middle of February, when a portion 

 of the meal was replaced by skim milk for two days. While 

 the calves did not have as sleek an appearance as animals 

 raised on a whole milk diet, they were certainly in a thrifty 

 growing condition, and at the close of the trial appeared 

 especially vigorous. 



Weekly Weights of Calves (^Pounds'). 



* Just after beginning calf meal, three weeks after birth. 



' Just after beginning calf meal, two and one-half weeks after birth. 



' 111 with indigestion. 



It will be seen from the above tables that the calves made 

 a fair growth during the experiment, especially during the 

 last month of the trial. Calf I. weighed 310 pounds when 

 six months old, and made an average daily growth of 1.4 

 pounds while receiving the calf meal ; while Calf II. weighed 

 260 pounds when five and one-half months old, and gained 

 1.1 pounds daily on the calf meal. 



Cost of Feed Confmmed. — Allowing 3 cents a quart for 

 the whole milk, i cent a quart for the skim milk and 4 cents 



