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for labor, show an absolute net loss of $4 to $5 per 

 day. The difference between the approximate 

 $2,000 loss and $2,000 profit represents the differ- 

 ence in the standards of efficiency and management 

 of the two farms. 



PAYS TO RAISE CALVES 



How to profitably raise calves for use in building 

 up the standard of dairy herds has always been a 

 puzzling question to the farmers producing milk 

 for city markets, where there is no skim milk or by- 

 products of any kind to feed young animals. As 

 we noted before, Mr. Pratt fed more than 18,000 

 pounds of this expensive milk to fifteen head of 

 calves. "Isn't this a rather expensive method of 

 producing stock," I inquired of Mr. Pratt. "Well, 

 I fed this 18,000 pounds of milk, which was worth 

 $235 upon the market, to fifteen head of Holstein 

 calves. I sold three or four of these the other day 

 for $50 per head. These were not pure breds, but 

 simply well-graded calves. I can secure this aver- 

 age for the whole bunch. In other words, I will 

 sell for $750 animals that were produced with ^235 

 worth of milk. 



"At the present values of good dairy stock it 

 pays to feed this expensive market milk to the 

 calves. I feed them until they are three months 

 old, gradually introducing crushed oats and other 

 easily assimilated feeds until the complete change 

 is made from milk to dry feed, without any serious 

 detriment to the growth of the young animal. Under 

 present conditions I do not think the making of 

 milk for market, profitable as it has proved for me, 

 represents the greatest or most profitable type of 

 dairy farming. I intend to install very shortly a 



