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THE COST OF RAISING CALVES 



to the age of six to eight months, or until the animals' first 

 season in the pasture. Some of the calves were taught to 

 drink from a pail ; but most of them were given their milk 

 through Small's calf feeder, since it made the work of feeding 

 much less. 



Careful watch was maintained to note any indigestion ; 

 therefore diarrhoea or ''scouring" was quickly stopped by 

 reducing the quantity of food and adding lime-water to the 

 milk. Little difficulty was experienced in keeping up a steady 

 growth in size and gain in weight. Differences were always 

 noticeable between individual animals in the rate of growth 

 and amount of food consumed. Large animals invariably re- 

 quired more food to maintain their condition than small ones. 



The quantities of food consumed, and cost of the same, to- 

 gether with the breeds, ages, weights, and weekly gains are 

 given in ^the following tables, which for convenience are 

 arranged to show six successive stages of growth. The records 

 include thirteen individual animals, and all seasons of the year. 



In calculating the cost of the food consumed by the animals, 

 the following scale of prices was adopted as representing a fair 

 approximation to actual prices at various seasons of the year : 



Per 100 lbs. 



The different breeds are indicated by the abbreviations, 

 J, Jersey; J. G., Jersey grade; H. G., Holstein grade; 

 A., Ayrshire; D., Durham; D. G., Durham grade, and 

 Gy., Guernsey. 



