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charged the calf with the market value of the 

 other food it consumed; the balance went to the 

 skim-milk because it was the skim-milk that 

 made all the rest available. Figuring that way, 

 the skim-milk returned 63 cents a hundred. The 

 butter fat in the milk averaged at that time, if 

 I remember correctly, $1.50 per 100 pounds of 

 milk. That made the whole milk worth in cash 

 to me $2.13 per hundred pounds. Do you won- 

 der that I say no milk shipper or condensory 

 would pay me what my milk is worth even in 

 raising nothing better than grade heifer calves? 

 The skim-milk is worth over $3.00 a hundred 

 when fed to pure-bred calves." 



Skim-milk for pig feeding. "It is well estab- 

 lished that 100 pounds of skim-milk will make 

 five pounds of growth when fed alone to pigs 

 weighing from 75 to 150 pounds. Multiply this 

 growth by the price of pork and you have the 

 minimum value of the skim-milk. Feed it in 

 conjunction with corn meal and you add 20 per 

 cent to its value or cash return, all as a result 

 of the combination. These are well settled 

 principles of feeding. Yet, how few farmers 

 really and truly know and practice them. ' '* 



EXERCISES 

 1. According to the standards given, what is the 

 value of skim-milk in your vicinity? 



"These values increase with advance in prices. 



