CARE AND FEEDING OF DAIRY CATTLE. 



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RAISING CALVES WITHOUT MILK. 



Calf meals sold under proprietary names are used with good success. A mixture 

 may also be compounded at home. One which has given good results in the United 

 States is made up as follows : 



Wheat-flour 30 Ib. 



Cocoanut-rneal 25 ,, 



Nutrium (soluble skim-milk powder) 20 ,, 



Linseed-oil meal 10 



Dried blood : 2 



The calves are given their mother's milk for a week, when the milk substitute 

 gradually replaces the milk until at two weeks no milk is fed. For the first six 

 weeks the calves should have 1% to 2 Ib. of the mixture per day, mixed with 1 to 

 1% gallons of hot water. At three months of age an ordinary grain ration may take 

 the place of the above mixture. 



The results from this feeding are not as good as when milk is used, but with 

 care good animals can be raised. Patent calf meals and skim-inilk powder usually 

 cost between 4 and 5 cents per pound in British Columbia. 



" Bessie Botsford," one of the best Holstein-Friesian cows in British Columbia. 



FEEDING FOB VEAL. 



For producing the best veal the new-born calf should be kept in a darkened 

 stall, and receive twice a day all the fresh whole milk it will drink. About 10 Ib. 

 of milk are required for each pound of gain on the calf. The veal should be at its 

 best at the age of two months. For the very best veal nothing but milk is fed, and 

 care is taken that no bedding is eaten. 



