22 THE MANAGEMENT ANn FI':EDING OF CATTLE 



fairly satisfactory. Among tliese are tlie following: (i) 

 \\'here corn meal is plentiful and oil meal is lacking, a 

 mixture consisting of equal parts by weight of corn and 

 cob meal finel\- ground, ground oats, and wheat bran, 

 has given good results, but some feeders prefer corn 

 ground for calves without the cob. Where oats are not 

 available, corn meal and bran in the proportions of i 

 and 3, respectively, may be fed, but not so advan- 

 tageously probably as the former. (2) Where peas and 

 barley are much grown, as in Canada and the mountain 

 regions of the West, ground oats, peas and barle}^, wheat 

 l;ran, and oil meal in the proportions of 4, I, 1,2, and I, 

 respectively, has been found to answer well, especially 

 for calves reared for milk production. (3) In the north- 

 western states, where millet grows well, it is highly 

 probable that a mixture of ground millet, oats, bran, 

 barley, and oil meal, in the proportions of 2, 3, 2, i, and I 

 parts, respectively, will prove a good food for calves, but 

 experiments made with millet seed in feeding calves 

 have not been numerous. (4 ) In the southern states, the 

 concentrates that could be most cheaply furnished are 

 corn meal and cottonseed meal, but the latter has not 

 proved entirely satisfactory when fed to calves during 

 the milk period. Because of this, oil meal and wheat 

 bran as a source of protein, though both should have to 

 l)e shipped in, would be more economical. For south- 

 ern conditions, corn meal, wheat bran, and oilcake in 

 the proportions of 3, 3, and I parts, will probably be 

 found suitable. 



When calves on skim milk are to be pushed for the 

 block at the age of six to nine months, they, like calves 

 for other uses, can be best started on a supplementarv 

 meal ration of ground oats without the hulls and oil 

 meal. As soon as they will eat the dry meal freelv, 

 finely ground corn meal ma}' be added. The mixture 

 may then be fed in the jiroportions of 4, 4, and I parts 



