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THE CREAMERY PATRON'S HANDBOOK. 



The feeding of the grain with the milk has already been mentioned in 

 detail. Calf buckets may be kept clean by rinsing and scalding after each 

 feed. No more grain or hay should be fed than the calves will eat up clean. 

 Should any remain uneaten it should be removed before giving any fresh 

 feed. Calves like salt the same as other animals. 



Dried blood has been found to be an effective remedy for scours. Mix 

 a teaspoonful with the milk while the calf is drinking. In case of a weak 

 calf the allowance may be increased gradually to a tablespoonful at each 

 feed. 



To summarize, warm, sweet milk, fed in clean buckets, with access to 

 corn meal, shelled corn or Kafir-corn meal, bright hay, fresh, clean water, 



WHOLE MILK CALVES. 

 Average Daily Gain Per Head, 1.86 Pounds. Feed Cost Per 100 Pounds of Gain, $5.46. 



salt, plenty of sunlight, shelter and bedding in cold weather, shade in sum- 

 mer and regularity and kindness in treatment will usually instire good, 

 thrifty calves that will gain from a pound and one-half to two pounds daily. 



SOME INTERESTING CALF EXPERIMENTS. 



CREAMERY COMPARED WITH HAND SEPARATOR SKIM MILK: Thirteen 

 calves at, the Kansas Experiment Station were divided into two lots of six 

 and seven respectively. During the feeding period of 142 days the six 

 calves, fed on sterilized creamery skim milk made a gain of 250 pounds per 

 head, while the seven calves fed on hand separator skim milk gained during 

 the same time 251 pounds per head. At first the calves showed a dislike 



