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fat. Calf 7, fed on skim-milk with one part '< oleo " to two 

 parts brown sugar as cream substitute, gave by far the best 

 results. He grew rapidly, making an average daily gain of 

 2.04 pounds, and he returned 0.91 of a cent per quart for 

 the skim-milk fed. His kidneys were quite well covered 

 with fat. 



It is intended to note the effect of this mixture on other 

 calves. It must be admitted that considerable labor is 

 required to feed calves as described, and when pork brings 

 from six and a half to seven cents per pound dressed weight 

 it will undoubtedly be more profital)le to feed the skim-milk 

 to pigs. The average farmer would not find it profitable to 

 attempt to fatten veal calves by this method. 



If the mixture of skim-milk, ' ' oleo " and brown sugar or 

 skim-milk and brown sugar gives approximately as good 

 results with the average calf as it did in case of calf 7 of 

 the present experiment, fatting veal by this process might 

 prove profitable to a limited number when circumstances 

 were favorable. 



When pork is below six and a half cents per pound, 

 dressed weight, it would undoul)tedly be profitable to feed 

 the skim-milk alone to calves after they are a week old, 

 provided the}^ will bring four cents per pound live weight. 

 When eight to nine weeks old they will weigh about 160 

 pounds. 



Skim-milk can also be fed with decided profit to calves 

 that are intended to be raised to maturity upon the farm. 

 As soon as the animals are old enough to consume grain in 

 addition to the milk, equal parts of Buffalo gluten feed and 

 corn meal or cream gluten meal and corn meal can be fed 

 dry. 



