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Show Ctst of Feeding Calves. v Connecticut Station Ilulletin No. 3 contains general information on raising rais-ing calves, and reports the actual cost of feeding five heifers from birth until two years old. The average cost of the feed the first year was $28 24. snd for the second year $27.25. The labor. Interest and other Items would make the total cost about $71' for the two heifers, from which rhould be deducted deduct-ed $5 for the value of the manure. The cost of the feed was rated ss follows: fol-lows: New milk. $1 per 100 pounds; skim milk, 25 cents per 100 pounds; hay. $12; silage. $4. and grain. $30 per ton. |