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formation which is so desirable in this kind of feed- 

 ing. This grain feeding may be begun when the 

 calf is about two months old and gradually in- 

 creased until as much is given as the animal will 

 consume. The calf should be weaned when it is 

 five or six months old. The weaning time will 

 generally be in late summer or early autumn. At 

 this time, the feed should be varied so that it will 

 include oil meal or cottonseed meal. The percent- 

 age of shelled corn may be increased at this time 

 also. A satisfactory grain mixture consists of 80 

 per cent shelled corn, 10 per cent oats and 10 per 

 cent linseed oil meal. Calves at this age will con- 

 sume from 17 to 20 pounds of grain per 1,000 

 pounds of live weight. As the milk ration is with- 

 drawn, it will be well to take particular pains to 

 provide green feed. There will usually be clover 

 or some other freshly mown hay available for feed 

 at the weaning period in case pasture is short. Green 

 sweet corn or ordinary field corn may be cut and fed 

 with advantage at this time, gradually leading up 

 to dry, shocked corn which it may be desirable to 

 ' feed later in the winter. It is best to keep the 

 calves on green pasture as late in the fall as it is 

 possible while at the same time keeping them well 

 supplied with all the grain that they will eat. As 

 the pasture is used up, it would be replaced with 

 increasing amounts of roughage, and the change 

 from pasture conditions to the dry feed lot wiH 

 thus be made without any setback to growth and 

 without any serious derangement of the animals' 

 digestive systems. 



FORAGE AND SUCCULENCE 



Alfalfa, clover or cowpeas form most satisfactory 

 forage for winter feeding. Corn fodder is in com- 



