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in the neighborhood of forty pounds. We have fed 

 no hay till last week. We feed one shock of corn to 

 eighteen head of cattle, and three quarts of middlings 

 twice a day, and a pound of oil meal twice a day. The 

 shock of corn is very light. 



Mr. Gurler : I am feeding an estimate of forty-five 

 pounds of ensilage, four pounds of wheat shorts and 

 four pounds of grano-gluten on hay. 



CAKE AJSTD FEED OF YOUNG STOCK. 



EALPH ALLEN, Delavan, III. 



As this is a dairy meeting, I presume that it is 

 understood that I should confine this paper to the 

 young stock that relate to the dairy, that is, to such 

 calves that are designed for cows for use in the dairy. 

 The vitality or thrift of the calf may be more or less 

 affected before its birth by means of the feed and care 

 of the dam. The habit of milking the dam close up to 

 the time of calving tends to make the calves smaller at 

 birth, though I am unable to say if the size at birth 

 when due to this cause effects injuriously the ultimate 

 usefulness of the calf, though, relatively speaking, the 

 larger and more robust calves at birth make the more 

 robust cows. 



The feed of the dam has an influence on the calf. It 

 is well known among sheep men that wintering ewes on 

 corn is death to the lambs, neither does corn and straw 

 make strong colts. The kinds of feed best suited to 

 produce vigorous offspring is much the same as will 

 make the best flow of milk. That is, a cow, to produce 



