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Show Oatmeal 1'iirCalie. The Lest food for calves h one of tho studies that Interest! caltli iaiscn. Henzo we make noleof tiie fact that M. Mertens, director of fie Commercial dairy farm at ICarnlt-teu. ICarnlt-teu. Eastern Prula, has found -excellent results attend the employment employ-ment cf one-fourth und of oatmeal oat-meal jier quart of nilifc, given to calves Intended for the dairv !. thrco weeks old, nnd gradually ,ui-rtslng ,ui-rtslng the sue-et for the freeh-sklratued freeh-sklratued milk from the centrifugal creamer. Iater, he gives crushed barley or oats and linseed, gradually augmenting, so tliat when six mouths old the calves will be receiving re-ceiving oue round of linseed and two pounds of grain per head dally. They are allowed the ftntst hay. He dujts about oue good ounce ef chalk per day on the rations. Ex. |