202 DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



satisfactory, selling the calves at an age of from eight to ten 

 months. However, the dairymen as a rule will find it more 

 profitable to utilize the skim milk by feeding to growing 

 pigs or laying hens than to raise this quality of meat. ^. 



Veal Production in Europe. The farmers of Europe* are 

 in the lead in this line of meat production. There veal con- 

 stitutes an important part of the meat supply, and the qual- 

 ity is excellent. The prices realized are sufficient to justify 

 paying close attention to this line; and in some countries, 

 especially Holland and Germany, it has become something 

 of a specialty. In these countries where the finest quality 

 of veal is produced, each calf is confined in a small pen, in a 

 dark but comfortable stall, and is fed all the whole milk it 

 will consume three times per day. They are put on the 

 market between ^two and three months of age. The calves 

 are said to consume about ten pounds of milk per pound 

 of gain in live weight. 



The following facts were given the writer by the manager 

 of an estate in Denmark. The calves are fed whole milk 

 for about two weeks, then gradually changed to a ration of 

 20 pounds daily of skim milk and one fourth pound sun- 

 flower seed cake. The last two weeks about one half whole 

 milk is again fed, and the animals sold at an age of about 

 twelve weeks at an average price of from $ 12 to $ 15 each. 



