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gains were made by using corn meal, while the dry matter per 

 pound of gain was the lowest with oil meal. On account of 

 the lower market value of corn, it made the cheapest gains. 

 The conclusion from this experiment is that several of the 

 common feeds may be used with success to supplement 

 skim milk, and the one to be used will depend upon what is 

 available, and the market value. 



In the corn belt, where an abundance of corn is always 

 available and usually cheaper than the other grains, it will 

 be the most satisfactory to use, and it will be unnecessary to 

 buy feeds not grown on the farm. 



It was found by the Kansas Experiment Station that 

 shelled corn gives equal, if not better, results than corn 

 meal, after the calves are well started eating grain. As the 

 calves approach weaning time, if corn is the grain ration fed, 

 a change can be made with advantage to part oats, bran, or 

 oil meal. Otherwise the ration may become too wide, and not 

 contain sufficient amounts of growth-making nutrients. 



Feeding Hay and Pasturing. Calves will begin to eat 

 hay, if it is put before them, about as soon as they will eat 

 grain. For young calves timothy h&y is often preferred to 

 clover or alfalfa, as the young calf may eat more than it can 

 properly digest of these palatable feeds. Further, they are 

 rather too laxative, and help to produce scours, the most 

 common difficulty in calf raising. When turned out to grass, 

 the calves are as well supplied as can be with rough feed, but 

 care should be taken to get them on grass gradually, so they 

 will not get off their feed. 



Importance of Sweet Milk. In order to make a success 

 of raising the calf on skim milk, the condition of the milk 

 must be uniformly sweet. Probably nothing can be done 



