226 PRODUCTIVE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 



by experts by the white of the eye being free from any yellow tint and 

 the inside of the eyelids, lips and nose being perfectly white. 8 ' 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is the average birth weight of dairy calves, and how is it influenced? 



2. Give the main feeding stuffs used for feeding calves. 



3. Discuss briefly when they are used and their relative values. 



4. Give three remedies for calf scours. 



5. Give the main precautions to be observed in feeding young calves. 



6. Name half a dozen different combinations of grain feeds that may be fed 



with skim milk to calves. 



7. State the general value of calf meals. 



8. Outline the method of raising (a) a dairy calf; (6) a beef calf; (c) a 



veal calf. 



Reference Books. Students are referred to the following books on the 

 general subjects of feeding farm animals: 



Henry, " Feeds and Feeding," Madison, Wis., 1912. 



Jordan, " The Feeding of Animals," New York, 1912. 



Armsby, " Manual of Cattle Feeding," New York, 1887. 



Armsby, " Principles of Animal Nutrition," New York, 1908. 



Smith, " Profitable Stock Feeding," Lincoln, Neb., 1906. 



Harper, " Manual of Farm Animals," New York, 1911. 



Shaw, " The Feeding and Management of Live Stock," St. Paul, Minn., 1912. 



Burkett, " First Principles of Feeding Farm Animals," New York, 1913. 



Plumb, " Types and Breeds of Farm Animals," Boston, 1906. 



Youatt-Fream, " The Complete Grazier," London, 1908. 



Kellner, " The Scientific Feeding of Animals " (trans, by Goodwin), London, 



1909. 



Wolff, " Farm Foods " (trans, by Cousins) , London. 

 Hall, " The Feeding of Crops and Stock," New York, 1911. 

 Allen, " The Feeding of Farm Animals," Farmers' Bulletin 22, 1901. 

 Armsby, " The Maintenance Rations of Farm Animals," Bureau of Animal 



Industry, Bulletin 143, 1912. 

 Armsby, " The Computation of Rations for Farm Animals by the Use of 



Energy Values," Farmers' Bulletin 346, 1909. 

 Savage, " Computing Rations for Farm Animals," Cornell Bulletin 321, 1912. 



Literature on Calf Feeding. Conn. (Storrs), r. 1903, b. 31; Ga., b. 90; 

 Idaho, b. 48; Iowa, r. 1891, b. 35; 111., b. 164, c. 118; Ind., b. 47; Kans., b. 

 97, 126; Ky., b. 171; b. 104; Md., b. 77; Mass., r. 1893, 1903, 1904, 1908; 

 Mich., b. 257; Minn., r. 1894; Miss., 1894, b. 8; Mo. b. 57, c. 47; Nebr., b. 68, 

 75, 87; N. H., b. 58; N. C., b. 199; Penna., r. 1891, b. 60; S. C., b. 122; Utah, 

 b. 57; Va., b. 172; Wis., b. 1, 6, 7, 192. 



8 For descriptions of the methods of feeding adopted in making Scotch 

 and Dutch veal, see Henry, " Feeds and Feeding," 10th ed., p. 314. 



