Show 9 h e DAIRY ry GET BEST RESULTS BY FEEDING GRAIN adjust ration to prevent tendency to scour to get best results calves should have about all of the grain they can eat up to the time they are five to six months old and a good methods of feeding would be to have enough grain in the manger so that there Is some grain there practically all of tile the time it would be desirable to feed the grain twice a day aiming to feed it so that there will be just a little left from each eab feeding when it Is time to give the next feed calves are handled tills this way to the ago age of about six months after that they can be turned to pasture or fed about the same as you would feed older cattle and shou should id go ahead and make satisfactory growth it Is only occasionally that it Is 13 desirable desirable to try to treat a calf for scours by any other means leans n than to adjust the ration so as to prevent the tendency to scour changing grain ration ration should help to reduce the amount of scouring in calves it Is necessary to avoid feeding too much skim milk also generally about one gallon of whole milk at a feed twice a day Is as much as any calf can handle during the first tw two 0 or three weeks of its life and many calves will ill not handle quite this much it Is doubtful if it Is ever desirable to feed more than one and one halt half gallons of skim milk at a feed twice a day to calves after they are put on the skim milk larger amounts of milk are often the cause of scouring and digestive disturbances disturbance 5 |