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for sterilized skim milk but as soon as they became accustomed to the odor 

 they drank it with a relish. It will thus be seen that the two kinds of skim 

 milk are practically equal in feeding value. Too much emphasis however 

 cannot be placed upon having the skim milk from the creamery thoroughly 

 sterilized, preferably by live, dry steam so as to add as little water as pos- 

 sible. The temperature should go above 200 degrees F. Where the skim 

 milk is sterilized at the creamery and well cared for after reaching the farm 

 the calves are sure of getting good sweet milk of uniform quality at each 

 meal. Sterilized milk helps to prevent scours. Without these precau- 

 tions it is .impossible to raise good, thrifty calves on skim milk. Sterilixa- 



CALVES RAISED WITH DAMS. 

 Average Daily Gain Per Head, 1 .77 Pounds. Cost Per 100 Pounds of Gain, $4.41. 



tion is not necessary where the milk is separated on the farm and fed im- 

 mediately after each milking. 



FEEDING OIL MEAL, FLAXSEED MEAL OR BLACHFORD'S MEAL WITH 

 MILK: The Iowa Experiment Station compared the relative value of oil 

 meal and corn meal in supplementing skim milk. In commenting on the 

 results Professor Curtiss says. "The results of all the investigations made 

 at this station strongly indicate that it is not only unnecessary but poor 

 economy and poor practice in feeding to use a highly nitrogenous product 

 like oil meal in combination with separator skim milk. The practice has 

 neither logical reason nor scientific theory for its support; and in the 

 corn belt states with their surplus of corn and oats, there is no necessity 



