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8. The rate of growth in height of dairy calves is rather uni- 

 form during the first six months of their lives. The average monthly 

 growth for an average sized calf should be from one and one-half 

 to two inches, although certain individuals may much exceed these 

 figures. 



9. As dairy calves advance in age, their relation between 

 height and weight gradually changes. A calf at thirty days of age 

 should weigh, approximately, three pounds for each inch in height. 

 This figure gradually increases until, at six months of age, the aver- 

 age calf should weigh, approximately, six and one-half pounds for 

 each inch in height. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The writers desire to express their special appreciation to Mr. 

 C. E. Stauffer, herdsman at this institution during the time the 

 major portion of this experiment was in progress, for the splendid 

 execution of the experiment as planned, and to Messrs. Spitzer and 

 Epple, Chemists of the Department of Dairy Husbandry, for the 

 analytical work herein presented. 



