192 DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



milk gradually and substitute something else, usually a grain 

 mixture that supplies the nutrients needed in proportion 

 somewhat similar to milk. 



A variety of substances and mixtures have been tried 

 for this purpose with more or less success. Grain mixtures 

 in which oil meal arid wheat middlings or flour constitute 

 the major portion are most common. Calf meals prepared 

 and sold under certain proprietary names are also used to 

 some extent in this country, and quite generally in England. 



The Pennsylvania Experiment Station 1 reports trials of 

 two substitutes for milk prepared by them. The first con- 

 sisted of : 



LB. 



Wheat flour 30 



Cocoanut meal 25 



Nutrium 20 



Oil meal 10 



Dried blood 2 



The second mixture consisted of : 



LB. 



Corn 13 



Nutrium 20 



Flaxseed 1.5 



Dried blood 2 



Flour 30 



Coeoanut meal ..... 6 



Oat chop 6 



The best results were obtained with the first given. 



The nutrium used in these mixtures was a soluble skim 

 milk powder. In feeding the milk substitute it was mixed 

 with warm water at the rate of one pound for six pounds 

 of water, and fed from a bucket or calf feeder. The calves 



1 Bulletin No. 60. 



