120 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Prof. Haecker: We had as good growth as at any time 

 without feeding the grain. I have probably taller heifers 

 than I ever had of the different breeds. The form is all there, 

 but there is no superfluous flesh; when I fed grain they got the 

 habit of putting on flesh. 



Mr. Seeley: What is the advantage of pasteurizing milk 

 for feeding calves? 



Prof. Haecker: There is no advantage, only to keep it 

 from souring. We have raised good calves on sour milk, but 

 if we commence feeding sour milk, we must feed it sour every 

 time; you can't feed sour milk one day and sweet milk the 

 next. 



The Chairman: I think there are some calves that you 

 can not raise on sour milk. 



Prof. Haecker: I have no doubt that is true. There is 

 a great difference in individual calves. I have raised some 

 very fine calves on sour milk, and have seen some of the 

 poorest that were fed on sour milk. 



A Member: You have told us about raising calves for 

 milk. Would you do the same for beef? 



Prof. Haecker : No, sir. We have the little calf, a year- 

 ling possibly, pretty nearly through the winter, fed on fodder 

 corn. She was bred last fall; last week we commenced to 

 put in a little oats and a little oil meal; they are food stuffs 

 that furnish the material to build the bone and muscle and 

 frame. We add that to the heifer's feed, because she is be- 

 ginning to carry the coming calf, and now is about the proper 

 time to give it to her, and she will not convert it into flesh. 

 She receives that until pasturing time comes, w^hich is with 

 us about the 3d or 4th of May. They will all be turned out 

 then and no more attention paid to them until in the fall; 

 they will come up springers ; we have wintered them once, and 

 now they come up to make profitable animals, and they will 

 give a larger result for the food you have given them. 



Mr. Plank: Suppose you take two very nice Jerseys and 

 let one suck the mother until it is four months old and the 

 other raised on skim milk, which one do you think would be 

 the better milker. 



