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Mr. Gurler: I have raised a great many calves on 

 separator skim-milk and I have good results, and I put 

 them on the skim-milk when they were only a week 

 old. 



Mr. Gurler: Do you consider corn the best ration 

 to give them at first? 



Mr. Allen: I think it is. I give the whole corn. 

 Skim-milk is deficient in carbo-hydrates, and the corn 

 supplies the place of it better than anything else we 

 can give. 



Mr. Gurler: It is also a fact I think that a calf 

 will digest more corn and better than a larger animal, 

 a mature animal. 



Mr. Allen: Yes, young calves always digest their 

 corn, they chew it the same as a sheep does. I think 

 that the rumen is not developed and the digestion be- 

 gins in the mouth. 



Mr. Graham: Corn is a good feed for calves, but I 

 find that I can raise them cheaper with ensilage and 

 a little middlings and some oil meal added to their 

 milk in a pudding, than in any other way, and have 

 a better calf. I never fed a calf longer than a week 

 with full milk, and I have raised a great many very 

 good calves that have sold from fifteen to nineteen 

 dollars a head, at from four to six months old. 



The Chairman : I am feeding this winter the same 

 rations and never had calves do better. 



Mr. Gurler : I think Mr. Allen's suggestion as to 

 having the milk warm, is a vital one, and cannot be 

 emphasized too strongly. 



Mr. Allen : That is a fact. I always use a ther- 

 mometer in my practice, and have the temperature ex- 

 actly the same when I feed it, about ninety degrees. 

 In very cold weather, I should warm it a little warmer. 



