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2L day, because when you exceed that you are liable to create 

 scours or something that is difficult to stop. It is best in start- 

 ing the calf even on new milk to give it five pounds twice a day 

 or four pounds three times a day; it is better to feed a young 

 animal three times a day than twice a day. Later there is no 

 benefit in feeding more than twice a day, then feeding eight or 

 ten pounds twice a day you will have accomplished the results 

 you require. 



I have found a good plan. in feeding skim milk to put in 

 from a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of soluble blood flour. 

 In the first place, it prevents and checks scours, which is some- 

 thing for the dairymen to consider. When I fed blood meal or 

 blood flour I never knew a case of calf scours to occur. Then 

 if you have your blood flour analyzed you will find it contains a 

 large amount of protein and a large amount of mineral matter 

 in the form of phosphate, which are what you want to grow bone 

 and muscle, and even then I would not advise feeding a large 

 amount for that purpose because you have protein and mineral 

 matter in your skim milk. If you are feeding skim milk and 

 blood meal it is only a short time until the calves want food stuff 

 of more solid nature than is advisable to begin feeding the calf. 

 This time occurs at different periods with different calves. 

 Some calves begin nibbling at their bedding or some hay that 

 may lay about the stalls at two weeks old, others at four and 

 the majority in the neighborhood of six weeks. 



There should be some alfalfa or clover hay placed in front , 

 of the calves at this time and alfalfa is better than clover, but 

 I would never put timothy hay before them, if I could sell the 

 timothy and buy something else rich in protein. It is not advis- 

 able to feed your calves timothy hay but it is advisable to feed 

 them alfalfa or clover. 



At this time you will find the calf will begin eating grain; 

 probably you will notice when he gets through drinking his milk 

 he will turn around and if there is another calf in the stall he 

 will grab him by the ear and begin nursing. That is a bad 

 practice; the calf gets air in the stomach and gets colic, so we 

 try to guard against that and the way to do this is to take some 

 ground feed and as soon as the calf gets through drinking, open 

 his mouth and put a little on his tongue. Then he will begin to 

 look for something else to eat, and then if you have a nice clean 



