CHAPTER XIV 



CALF RAISING 



IMPORTANCE, RAISING ON SKIM MILK 



Birth Weight of Calves. The following table gives data 

 compiled from the records of the University of Missouri 

 dairy herd. The calves were weighed within 24 hours after 

 birth, while the weights of the cows are the average of three 

 days' weights, taken immediately following calving. 



BIRTH WEIGHT OF CALVES 



This table shows the males average heavier than the 

 females at birth. Of the four breeds represented the Hol- 

 stein calves are the largest at birth, and are also heavier in 

 proportion to the weight of their dams. 



More than three out of four calves come within 10 per 



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