THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



the third week. Veal calves should have all 

 the milk they want, supplied at least five 

 times a day for the first two weeks; then 

 four times a day. Calves to be retained for 

 beef can at the end of the fourth week be cut 

 down to three meals a day, and, in the sum- 

 mer, gradually deprived of the midday meal, 

 as they should be accustomed to pasture after 

 the third week. 



After six weeks of age young cattle want 

 to make growth, more than flesh, to within a 

 short time of marketing, when flesh and fat 

 become the main object. A glance back to 

 the tables of feed materials, in the chapters 

 on manurial values and the silo, will show the 

 constituents of relative materials, and enable 

 anyone to select the best food at their disposal 

 for desired results; remembering, always, that 

 after infancy the frame must be built before 

 it can be covered with flesh, and that the im- 

 portant components of the animal's body are 

 water, which predominates over other sub- 

 stances; ash or mineral matter, which is the 



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