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Show GRAIN MIXTURE TO FEED YOUNG CALVES When One Month Old Quantity May Be Gradually Increased. Experiments Tend to Show That Corn Should Be Cracked Rather Than Finely Ground Use Corn In Feeding Alfalfa. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) When the calf is in Its second week It should begin to receive grain, and when one month old it should eat about half a pound a day. After this time the quantity of grain may be gradually Increased, feeding all that the calf will eat until three pounds a day is reached, probably during the third month. Grain fed to supplement separated milk should never be mixed witli the milk. It is questionable whether the preparation of grain In any way, such as soaking or boiling, is advisable under most circumstances. Wheat bran is eaten readily by young calves. Corn has an excellent physiological physio-logical effect and to a great extent may take the place of fat removed from skim or separated milk. Experiments Experi-ments tend to show that corn fed to calves should be cracked rather than finely ground. Ground oats are good In grain mixtures when available, but In many cases cost, much more per unit of feed than corn and bran. The following grain mixtures are recommended recom-mended by dairy specialists of the United States department of agriculture: agricul-ture: (1) Three parts cracked corn and one part wheat bran. (2) Throe parts cracked corn, one part wheat bran, and one part ground oat. 'i. (!i) Three parts cracked corn, one pint wheal bran, one part ground oats, and one part linseed meal. (-1) Five parts cracked corn, one part wheat bran, one part ground oats, mid one part blood meal. (fi) Guts, ground. Glover liny, alfalfa hay. or the most palatable roughage available should be given tin; cnir after the second week. Alfalfa is likely to cause scours, anil should be fed sparingly at first anil Increased only lifter lhe calf gels accustomed ac-customed to It. At first hay should be furnished only a handful at a time, and be placed so (hat It cannot he (Killed. For lhe first six iiimil lis. at least, the calf should receive all the roughage of good quality Unit It will eat up clean. When the calf has access to good pasture dining the first six monlliH, It need not receive other roughage. It Is not advisable, however, how-ever, to have the calf under two rnoilthH of ago on pasture in the early aprlng. |