1907.] The Fattening of Calves for Veal. 



729 



with the result that by careful disinfection in addition, the disease 

 was entirely stamped out. In fact, the sudden change for the 

 better was very marked. 



Feeding the Young Calf. — Great care has to be exercised in 

 the feeding of young calves during the first few weeks of their 

 lives if they are to increase in weight at a maximum rate in a 

 minimum time. The writer has frequently noticed that a calf 

 drinks too much during the first day or two of its life unless the 

 quantity is regulated ; then about the third day it turns sickly, 

 scours, and practically refuses more milk for a day or two. This 

 gorging of the calf's stomach with milk during the first day 

 or two, or even when the calf is older, seems to bring on 

 "scouring.'' To test the converse, a calf was given a carefully 

 regulated diet, and so far as this calf was concerned scouring 

 did not occur. It was an average-sized calf of the Shorthorn 

 type and a good thriver, and a table is here given showing the 

 amount of milk consumed by it, which will act as a guide to the 

 quantity which can be given with safety. 



TABLE :— Showing milk consumed in lb. by Barbara's Bull-calf. Born 20th March. Sold 

 wh n 28J days oid. Calf weigned on Mondays just before mid day meal. Fed three 

 times per day. M. = Morning; No. = Noon ; Ni. = Night. 



Tu )s. 



Wed. 



Thurs. 



Fri. 



Sat. 



Sua 



1 



Mon. 



Ik consumed 

 in lb. 



:al live weight 

 of calf in lb. 



crease in lb. 

 per week. 



1 1 - 

 M. No. Ni. 



M. 



No.'nI.'M. 



No. 





M. 



No. 



Ni 



M. 



No. 



Ni. 



M. 



No. 



Ni. M. 



No. 



Ni 





0 



□ 



t-i 



























1 



± 



2 2 



2 



3 



11 



89 







6 



3 8 







7 



9 



3 



8 



9 



3 



8 



8 



0 



4 5 



3 



6 



113 



101 



12 





8 





8 



4 



7 



8 



4 



8 



9 



4 



8 



9 



4 



10 9 



4 



10 



139 



114 



13 



10 1 4 12 



10 



4 12 



10 





11 



12 



4 



12 



12 



4 



12 



T2 



4 



12 12 



4 



14 



187 



138 



24 





12 



4 12 



12 





12 



12 



4 



12 



12 



0 



12 



12 



0 



13 12 



Sold 



182 



159 



21 



























Total 









632* 





7a 



* In ihis case 9 lb. of milk have given 1 lb. of increa e. 



Feeding Limits. — The feeding limits beyond which it is not 

 advisable to go with an average calf are : — 



16 lb. per day by the end of the first week. 

 23 lb. per day by the end of the second week. 

 28 lb. per day by the end of the third week. • 

 30 lb. per day by the end of the fourth week. 



