Show powdered milk produces good results with calf powdered skim milk and powdered buttermilk are growing in favor among dairymen as a means of rais ing strong healthy calves cheaply the powders rally may be used if natural skim nilla Is lacking or as a substitute for part of the whole milk which would otherwise be used according to dairymen at the state college of agriculture at ithaca N Y good calves can be raised to sli six mo months rillis of age on 75 pounds of skim milk powder about pounds of whole milk pounds alfalfa hay and pounds of grain the skim milk should be mixed at the rate of one pound of powder to nine pounds of water and the water should lie be warm enough to make a liquid 90 to degrees fahrenheit when fed according to a statement of prof C H eckles of minnesota who has conducted experiments in feeding pow tiered dered milk with powdered buttermilk pounds whole milk 65 pounds dried buttermilk ago pounds of grain and about pounds alfalfa hay were needed to produce a calf of about as good condition at the same age namely six months the powdered products are convenient sanitary about one half as expensive as whole milk but they are more expensive than natural skim milk skim milk powder remixed with water is skim milk and calves cant tell the difference the men at the col lege say |