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should have more than this amount. The milk may be fed in two 

 feeds, night and morning, or better results may be obtained by 

 feeding it three times a day. As the calf grows older the amount 

 should be gradually increased. The best guide as to the amount 

 which should be fed is the calf's appetite. It should be fed suf- 

 ficiently, but never overfed, and it is a good practice to always 

 keep the calf a little hungry. It should take the last milk from 

 the pail with the same relish that it took the first. It must be re- 

 membered that the calf has a small stomach, and there is great 

 danger of overfeeding it. As a general guide for the beginner 

 the following method may be used to determine the quantity of 

 milk to feed. 



For the first lOO pounds live weight feed lo pounds of milk 

 per day. 



For the second lOO pounds add 5 pounds of milk per day. 



For the third 100 pounds add 2}4 pounds of milk per day. 



Changing To Skim iVliik. 



The time to change the calf from whole milk to skim milk 

 will depend largely upon the development of the calf. If the 

 calf is strong and well developed, it may be changed to skim milk 

 at the end of the second week. This change should be made 

 gradually by substituting a small quantity of skim milk for whole 

 milk in the daily ration. About a week or ten days should be| 

 taken for this change. In this way the calf will go off the whole 

 milk gradually and will not have a distaste for the skim milk. 



Temperature of iVlilk. 



Care should always be taken to have the milk warm and 

 sweet ; especially is this necessary when feeidng the young calf. 

 As the calf grows older it will do just as well on cooler milk ;if 

 it is fed at the same temperature every day. The right tempera- 

 ture for the milk fed the young calf is blood heat, 100° F. The 

 milk should be as nearly this temperature as it is possible to get 

 it. There is no way by which the digestive system of the young 

 calf can be upset more easily than by feeding cold milk at one 



