BULLETIN No. 164 NOVEMBER, 1915 



MASSACHISETTS 

 AGRICILTIRAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



I. 



Substitutes for Milk in the Rearing 



of Dairy Calves 



11. 

 The Cost of Rearing a Dairy Cow 



By J. B. LINDSEY 



This bulletin contains the results of our observations covering 

 a series of years in the raising of calves for dairy purposes. In 

 Part I. is described the method followed and the cost of raising 

 calves to six or eight months of age on skim milk, ordinary 

 grains and hay; also the testing of several proprietary calf meals 

 as milk substitutes, and our experience with a number of our 

 own calf meal preparations. In Part II. is given the total food 

 cost of raising twenty dairy heifers, together with data from 

 other sources, relative to food and other costs. It is believed 

 that $75 to $85 represents the total cost of raising the average 

 dairy heifer until she reaches the age of two years. 



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