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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 164. 



The calves were in good condition at the end of the experiment and had 

 made a reasonably fair gain in weight. They probably would have done 

 well if the amount of skim milk fed daily had been reduced from 5 to 4 

 quarts, and the calf-meal gruel correspondingly increased. 



Wing/ at the Cornell Station, reports the results of two experiments 

 with feeding Schumacher's Calf Meal. The directions for feeding the 

 calf meal as put out by the company were followed as accurately as cir- 

 cumstances would permit. 



Wing's Results {Average per Calf). 



Nttmber of 

 Calves. 



Total 

 Food 



Cost. 2 



Cost of 



Food per 



Pound of 



Gain 



(Cents). 



Total 

 Average 



Gain 

 (Pounds) . 



Daily 



Gain 



(Pounds). 



Days in 

 Trial. 



S12 14 

 14 69 



8.1 

 9.0 



150.1 

 163.0 



1.25 

 1.10 



120 



150 



Wing remarks that "Schumacher's Calf Meal seems to be the best 

 commercial substitute, in the nature of grain, for skimmed milk on the 

 market at the present time (1909). It does not appear to be a complete 

 substitute for skimmed milk, yet the gains from the use of this meal are 

 good, and the cost of a pound of gain is fairly low." 



IV. Calves fed Blatchford's Calf Meal. 



We have not suflficient data to warrant any positive expression of 

 opinion, it being fed to one calf only, — a vigorous grade Holstein. It 

 did not seem advisable to feed the meal exclusively for the first three 

 months of the calf's life, hence 4 quarts of skim milk were fed daily, and, 

 in addition, what meal the calf would take, made into a gruel with hot 

 water, and the mixture fed lukewarm. After it had reached the age of 

 three months the milk was removed and the calf meal was given as the 

 only food for six weeks, during which time it gained an average of 1.15 

 pounds daily, and did not suffer any digestive disturbances. This calf 

 has made an excellent cow, and is known as Samantha. It was noted 

 that the calf at first objected to the odor or taste of the meal, although 

 no serious difficulty was encountered in inducing the animal to take it. 

 At the present time its cost is about 3^ cents a pound, and it is composed, 

 according to the manufacturers, of locust bean meal, wheat flour, flax- 

 seed and linseed meals, cocoanut meal, ground beans and peas, cocoa 

 shells, recleaned cottonseed meal, fenugreek and salt. 



• Already cited. 



2 Whole milk was charged at $1.65 and skim milk at 15 cents a hundred; hay at $10 and grain 

 mixture at $29.55 a ton; the calf meal at $3.50 a hundred. 



