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109. Raising the Calf on Skim-milk. It is well known 

 thai calves may be raised on skim-milk practically as well 

 as when fed whole milk. 

 A ^kim-milk calf is not 

 quite so fat during the 

 firsi few weeks but grows 

 equally as well as the 

 om receiving the un- 

 sepirated milk and de- 

 velops into an equally 

 good animal. Skim-milk 



differs from whole milk Fl f, 30. - A thrifty Holstem heifer six 



months old, raised on skim-milk after the 



Only in the much Smaller first two weeks with very little grain. It 

 ,. , , was fed 200 pounds of whole milk, and 



amount ot butter-tat that 2 6io pounds of skim-milk. 

 it contains. 



The calf may be taken from the cow at birth or allowed 

 to nurse two or three days. It should be given its mother's 



FIG. 31. The same animal shown in Fig. 30 when four years old, a 

 good type of cow and a good producer. 



