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culty that the average feed store does not carry the special 

 ingredients needed. 



69. A successful calf meal. — For some years at Cornell 

 University various formulas have been fed to find a satisfactory 

 one for home mixing. The following formula (Cornell Formula 2), 

 devised by Maynard and Norris, has given the best results to date: 

 250 lbs. red dog flour 

 250 lbs. corn meal 

 150 lbs. ground oat groats 

 150 lbs. oil meal 

 100 lbs. ground malted barley 

 100 lbs. soluble blood flour 

 10 lbs. salt 



10 lbs. precipitated bone meal 

 10 lbs. precipitated calcium carbonate. 



Calf Raised on Calf Meal Gruel 

 Weight at birth 90 pounds. Weight at age of six months, 423 pounds. 

 Average daily gain 1.85 pounds. 



