A Plan That Will Add to Your Profits 91 



This is not theory. 



The experiment station of one of our largest state 

 agricultural universities found, after exhaustive ex- 

 periments, that calves that were fed on skim milk 

 plus meal, actually showed an increase in weight on 

 the nominal cost of two and one-half cents per pound. 

 At the same time experiments were made upon calves 

 fed upon whole milk and it was discovered that the 

 cost per pound of gain was seven cents ! 



The average calf weighs eighty pounds at birth. 

 As a rule it is vealed at an age of six weeks. The 

 average weight at that time is 175 pounds. This 

 shows a gain of ninety-five pounds. 



If calves are fed on skim milk plus meal that ninety- 

 five pounds gain is made at a cost of only two and 

 one-quarter cents per pound or a total of less than 

 $2.14 per calf. 



Raise the calf on whole milk and this ninety-five 

 pounds gain will cost you at least seven cents per 

 pound; that is a total of $6.65 per calf. 



Why not pocket this difference of $4.51? 



By the foregoing we do not want you to get the im- 

 pression that we do not advocate the policy of the calf 

 receiving whole or part whole milk for the first few 

 days. 



This does not reduce the profit the dairyman re- 

 ceives from that cow, because the milk for the first 

 two or three or four days from a fresh cow is not suit- 

 able for human use, anyway, and must be fed to calves 

 or hogs in any event. At this period the calves thrive 

 nicely on as little as ninety pounds of whole milk. 



Feed the calves the skimmed milk while it is still 

 warm from the cow. In this way the best results will 



