| Show IT CAN BE DONE prof shaw tells tella of growing pure bred calves on skim milk while visiting the farm of 0 mr W J X landon of 0 winona alyin which was warded awarded second lilze in fit the hill con test I 1 saw a bunch of purebred pure bred shorthorn valves in a pasture that had every appearance app tarance of thrift w writes rites pi of thomas shaw in orange judd farmer I 1 was of couise pleased to learn that they had been lapsed substantially ly on skim milk they were as large and thrifty as aa cales of the age usually are reared on the dams rhebe calves were reared as follows T they hey were riven given new milk until three to four weeks old they were then changed to skim milk taking about thice weeks to make the change from all new milk to all skim milk milic AB A a soon as the change was b gun them overy a certain amount of lin seed beed gi gibel uel it Is made by mixing ground oil meal in boiling water and adding as much as Is ne necessary essary to the milk iho 1 he amount to add Is determined ml a ed by the influence which it exerts on the digestion meal Is added ui in the diy daiy form this Is fed along with mith meal tha grain mixture la Is composed of about equal paita of barley oats cats and bian the two first named being ground rhey are liberally fed of this food and make a good growth on it I 1 hey ire ira plentifully supplied with mith green food at the same time indoors or out the difference in the cost between lowing calves thus thua and on the dams dama Is very instead of giving it to the calves the milk ot of the dams la is made into butter are kept producing thus for nine or ten months in the he leir ear and they bleed more leg than cows not thus managed ahe calves have no check after being weaned as they sometimes have when reared on the dams |
