1905.] 



Calf-Rearing. 



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Third week. — Two pints of new and three pints of skim (or 

 separated) milk, three times a day with half a pint of 

 linseed porridge or half a tablespoonful of cod-liver oil. 



Fifth week. — Three quarts of warm skim milk three times a 

 day, with one pint of linseed porridge or one table- 

 spoonful of cod-liver oil, and a little sweet meadow 

 hay, increased week by week. 



Ninth week. — Omit mid-day milk and cream substitute. Give 

 five quarts of separated milk morning and evening, 

 a handful of broken linseed cake (6 oz.) at mid-day, 

 and hay, increasing week by week. 



Fig. 1. — Heifer Calf, 6\ months old, weighing 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 13 lb. 



Thirteenth week. — Milk as before, | lb. mixed linseed cake 

 and crushed oats, £ gallon pulped swedes (green-meat 

 in summer), gradually increasing, hay ad lib. 



Twenty-first week. — Milk as before, 1 lb. of mixed linseed cake 

 and meal, increasing quantities of hay and roots. 



Twenty-fourth week. — Discontinue evening milk. 



Twenty-seventh week. — Discontinue milk altogether. 



Although skim-milk is somewhat richer in fat than separated 



milk, yet the latter has an advantage over the former in being 



