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brought 5i cents per pound, there was a return of 0.2 of a 

 cent per quart for the milk; and when dressed pork brought 

 7 cents per pound, 0.6 of a cent was obtained per quart for 

 the milk and 0.7 of a cent was obtained when dressed pork 

 brought 7J cents per pound. 



These results are interesting and instructive, and worthy 

 of the careful consideration of dairy farmers. It must be 

 admitted that calves require rather more attention than pigs. 

 The milk must not be sour and must be fed warm, and their 

 condition must be carefully watched lest they be attacked 

 with scours. A small quantity of lime water added to the 

 milk at each feeding seems to act as a preventive. 



No beneficial results were noticed when cod-liver oil was 

 fed in small quantities to calf 7. Its smell and taste were 

 obnoxious to the calf, and quite often he refused the milk 

 containing it. 



The experiment indicates that in order to secure the 

 greatest profit it is not wise as a rule to -feed calves as above 

 described after they have reached 160 lbs. of live weight. 

 The daily gain decreases and the food consumption steadily 

 increases, so that the commercial value of a pound of live 

 weight is about balanced by the cost of the food consumed to 

 produce it. 



This experiment is presented as the beginning of a series 

 designed for the purpose of studying the most economical 

 way in which to feed skim-milk to growing calves, especially 

 to calves intended for veal. Whole milk forms a complete 

 food for calves, and by its use they can be sold from five to 

 seven weeks from birth in a fat condition. How to secure 

 a food equal in its effect to whole milk by Utilizing' the skim- 

 milk and substituting a cheaper fattening material in place 

 of the cream removed, is the problem for future solution. 



Indiana station work.— The Indiana Exper- 

 iment Station "Bulletin No. 47," November, 

 1893, reports the results of four experiments 

 made in feeding calves. In expei-iment No. 1 

 were two calves, one of which was fed skim- 



