84 THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



pecially in warm weather, when ground sometime pre- 

 viously. For calves sucking their dams corn, oats, and 

 bran in the proportions of 3, 3, and i parts, by weight, 

 would be suitable. Those on skim milk and to be mar- 

 keted at a later age, should do well on the standard ration 

 (see page 21), but if they are to be sold in the months 

 not far distant from the weaning period, a large amount 

 of corn would be needed. The proportions may be 

 given as 5, 4, and i of corn, oats, and oilcake, respectively. 

 If cottonseed meal is fed at all it should be with great 

 caution to calves so young. Should oats and bran be 

 expensive toward the finishing period, corn and oil meal, 

 in the proportions of 7 and i parts, respectively, could 

 be given. 



Spring calves, during the first winter, may be fed 

 preferably on clover or alfalfa hay, or on mixed hay 

 largely composed of clover. Corn may furnish 50 per 

 cent of the grain portion, the balance being preferably 

 made up of ground oats, bran, and oilcake. The grain 

 mixture does not necessarily call for more than 10 per 

 cent of oil meal. The balance may be made up of oats 

 and bran in such proportions as relative prices will jus- 

 tify. Either will answer in the absence of the other, but 

 not quite so well. There may also be instances in which 

 it may be prudent to make the ration consist of corn 

 and oil meal only, in the proportions of 80 and 20 per 

 cent, respectively. Such a grain ration could be fed 

 when the fodder was largely composed of corn fodder 

 and hay other than clover, in the absence of bran and 

 oats, but usually it will be found cheaper to furnish a 

 part of the meal in addition to corn in the form of bran 

 and oats, rather than all in the form of oilcake. 



With spring calves the second winter, when the 

 fodder is leguminous, the proportion of corn may be 

 fully as large and, in some instances, larger than the 

 grain supplement recommended above for spring calves. 

 If the corn could be fed in the ground form, the grain. 



