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until they were 120 days old, when the amount was reduced to 3 quarts 

 daily. During the fifth month they received as high as 2^ pounds of calf 

 meal daily as a drink. They were both verj^ vigorous calves, and while 

 they suffered at times from slight attacks of scours, thej^ grew rapidly. 



Lindsey's Calf Meal V. 

 This meal was made so that it contained a fairlj^ liberal amount of 

 ground oat flakes and some flaxseed meal, together with flour middlings 

 and corn meal. The flaxseed, being expensive, was reduced somewhat 

 from the amount used in the other meals, and the blood flour was incor- 

 porated as a check to scours. 



Ingredients: — 

 22 pounds ground oat flakes. 



10 pounds flaxseed meal. 



5 pounds flour middlings, 



11 pounds fine corn meal. 



li pounds prepared blood flour. 

 2 pound salt. 



Cost, 3 cents a pound. 



Results. 



The first two calves were Jerseys, the next a grade Ayrshire, and the 

 last a high-grade Holstein. Ida II. was fed 4 quarts of skim milk and 

 as liigh as 21 ounces of calf meal daily as gruel. During the last month of 

 the trial she also consumed 1 pound of dry caK meal a day. She was a 

 thrifty calf, and although she suffered from two short attacks of scours, 

 she did well during the entire trial. Red IV. received daily 4 quarts of 

 skim milk and as high as 20 ounces of calf meal in water. She also ate 

 1 pound of the dry meal daily during the final month. She was not af- 

 fected with scours and grew steadily. Betty III. received but 3 quarts 

 of skim milk daily after the first two months. She consumed as high as 

 H pounds of moist calf meal daily, and also 1 pound of the dry meal per 

 day for the last month. She was a A^ery thrifty calf. Colantha was 

 given 4 quarts of skim milk each day. She also consumed a maximum 



