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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 164. 



Calves II. and IV. were pure-bred Jersey heifers sent by a breeder. 

 They were some ten to fourteen days old when received, and it did not 

 seem necessary to feed them much, if any, whole milk. Calf V. was a 

 pure-bred Jersey bull. They received from 4 to 5 quarts of skim milk as 

 a basal ration daily, and frorn 1 to 2j pounds of calf meal daily as gruel. 

 Calf II. underwent a severe attack of indigestion at the close of the experi- 

 ment, lost her appetite and became quite emaciated. It was necessary 

 to put her on an entire diet of skim and whole milk for a month in order 

 to restore her to normal condition. The cause of the trouble was not 

 clear. 



Lindsey's Calf Meals III. and IV. 



Ingredients of III.: — 

 8 pounds fine corn meal. 

 10 pounds flour middlings. 

 142 pounds flaxseed meal. 

 10 pounds cheap flour. 

 7 pounds glucose sugar. 

 i pound salt. 



Cost, 3.4 cents a pound. 



This meal differed from I. in the increase of the glucose sugar, to note 

 if the additional sugar had any ill effect on the nutrition of the calf. 



Ingredients of IV. : — 

 10 pounds fine corn meal. 

 10 pounds flour middlings. 

 141 pounds flaxseed meal. 

 15 pounds cheap flour. 



i pound salt. 



Cost, 3 cents a pound. 



This meal differed from the preceding in the removal of the glucose 

 and in the increase of the flour. 



Results. 



> BuU fed calf meal III. 



« Bull fed calf meal IV. 



Both calves did well, and no adverse effect of the glucose was noted 

 in case of Calf VI. The calves each received 5 quarts of skim milk daily 



