This talkie is taken from Purdue University, Department 

 of Agricultural Extension bulletin No. 44, published in 

 January, 1916. 



This table may be followed in del ail or a simple rule used 

 bv the writer, which checks almost exactly with the table, is 

 to mix one pound of dry meal with eight pounds of water at 

 100 degrees Fahrenheit and use this gruel just as one would 

 skim milk, taking five weeks for the complete change from 

 milk to gruel. 



The one thing to lie careful about in using this method 

 of raising calves is not to over-feed. Several lots of good 

 looking calves have been raised by the author and no trouble 

 has been experienced in getting the calves to grow at least 

 one pound per day per head. Much better gains may l^e 

 made with Holstein calves when the feeder uses care enough 

 and makes pets of his charges. 



XXIL Feeding and Management of Yearlings and 

 Two-Year-Olds 



FR(J^I the standpoint of the best development of the 

 heifer at the least cost, fall-dropped calves are pre- 

 ferred. But this is not possible for all calves since it is 

 necessar\- and wise to control the breeding of the herd so 

 that the milk flow is maintained at about the same rate for 

 the herd through the vear. When a farmer can turn out 

 about so much milk per day through the whole year, he can 

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