Show SKIM MILK FOR DAIRY CALVES Found to Be Nearly Equal in Value to Whole Milk in Experiment at North Dakota Station I In feeding the dairy calf th the aim I Ito isto is isto to cut down the period of whole milk mull feeding At the North Dak Dakota tn experiment ex cx experiment station two lots of four calves culves each were fed as follows v Whole milk first three weeks both lofs loth From then on lot A was fed one-half one whole milk and one-half one skim milk till six months old Lot B after three weeks ol old was fed skim milk with flaxseed Just enough h flax was added ed to supply as much fat as was given the calves culves In lot A In their whole milk Each calf V f Promising Young Holstein was given two gallons of milk a n day The whole milk calves made the best gains the first three months but during the next three months the skim milk calves culves nearly caught up the four lackIng luckIng lack lack- Ing lag but 15 pounds of weighing as much muchas as the whole milk calves and several expert cattlemen who examined examine the two lots pronounced the calves In lot lotin B In as thrifty a n condition as those In lot A A. A The saving in using skim milk and flax In place of the whole milk amounted to 19 19 per calf for the six month period The grain and hay huy cost the same for both lots |