Calf-Rearing. 



[march, 



perfectly fresh and sweet when given to the calves, and if served 

 to them morning and evening shortly after being separated, needs 

 no warming. It will pour into the calf pail clear of the froth if 

 allowed to stand for a short time, or the froth may be held back 

 with the hand. 



Cost. — The cost of rearing a calf for a year under this system 

 is as follows : — 







£ 



s. 



d. 



For first 12 weeks. — 120 quarts new milk at i^d. ... 





0 



15 



0 



Linseed meal ... 





0 





0 



1 50 gallons separated milk at id. ... 



_ 



0 



12 



6 



6 stones of hay at 4^d. 





0 



2 



3 



12 lb. American linseed cake at 











£7 15s. a ton ... 





0 



0 



10 



For next 14 weeks. — 220 gallons separated milk at id. 





0 



18 



4 



49 lb. American linseed cake at 











£7 15s. a ton 





0 



3 



5 



32 lb. crashed oats at 8d. a stone ... 





0 





6 



10 stones swedes at 3d. 





0 



0 



5 



30 stones of hay at 4^d. 





0 



1 1 



3 



For remaining 26 weeks. — 182 lb. linseed cake at £7 15s. 











a ton 





0 



12 



7 



91 lb. crushed oats at 8d. a stone ... 





0 



4 



4 



91 stones of hay at 4|d 







14 



1 



70 stones of swedes at Jd 





0 



2 



1 1 







£6 



0 



1 1 



Bullock calves thus reared sell at a year old at the local 

 spring sales of store cattle easily at £S 5s. each, thus paying 

 the market price (less the cost of marketing) for home-grown 

 produce eaten, 6d. a gallon for the new milk, and id. a gallon for 

 the separated milk consumed, leaving £2 4s. for the first value 

 of the calf and a small margin for risk. The manure produced 

 may be taken as a set-off against the value of attendance and 

 litter. In the case of well-bred heifer calves intended for 

 breeding the value at a year old would be considerably above 

 this store price. 



In rearing young bulls it is only necessary to continue the 

 linseed porridge with the separated milk for, say, six weeks 

 longer than with other calves, and the separated milk alone to 

 the end of the eighth month, at the same time doubling the 

 quantities of linseed cake and meal. This will involve an 

 extra expenditure of 35s., while if the calf has been well selected 



