20 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 
milk. Skim milk reinforced with hay and grain will produce 
satisfactory gains with calves, especially those designed for 
dairy animals. Several substitutes for milk have been recom-_ 
mended among which are hay tea and the various calf meals. 
The gains made from milk by calves at several experiment sta- 
tions are shown in Table 10 and the gains from milk substitutes 
in Table 11. 
TABLE IO. 
Gain by calves fed milk. 




“3 uw 
ks RATION p a 
re) s Se 
So Ceo a 
a, 
| Lbs 
Kansas Bul. 126 22 Running with danis..... 140 | 1.77 
Kansas Bul. 126 10 Grain, roughage, whole milk...| 154 | 1.86 
Kansas Bule126.) 180 Grain, roughage, skim milk....| 125 | 1.58 
New Hampshire 8* | Grain, roughage, skim milk....| 124 | 1.35 
Storrs, Bul. 28 9+ | Grain, roughage, skim milk....| 180 | 1.25 
Storrs. Bul. 28 8i | Roughage, skim milk...) . 2/10 apes © 



*Fed 56 lbs. whole milk. 
+Fed 90 lbs. whole milk. 
~Fed 220 lbs. whole milk. 

RABE etd. 
Gains by calves fed milk substitutes. 


RATION. 
No. of calves. 
Days fed 
Daily gains. 

| 
| 

a Cr 
60." 
O 
Kansas Bul. 126 10 Mixed hay tea, grain, hay..... 133 
Kansas Bul. 126 10 Alfalfa hay tea, grain, hay....| 128 
Penn. Bul. 60 13 Calf meal, erain. (hay. ie eee 1 
00 69 
Om 





