Duchesne Record | 1916-02-16 | Page 3 | Feeding Calves Dry Grain

FEED FEEDING NG CALVES DRY GRAIN Digestive Tract of Young Animals Is Small and Giving Small Amounts Often Is Favored t In feeding skim milk calves the grain needed to supply the missing fat at may be corn barley oats or a mix ture tore Occasionally a feeder has skim milk or alfalfa or clover hay on hand and to these he adds linseed meal cottonseed meal or gluten feed These are ale are all high In protein and when any anyone one of ot them is combined with skim milk and alfalfa both alfalfa both high In protein protein protein-an an unbalanced ration results re reo suits and scours or other digestive troubles follow The digestive tract of a calf is small Email and frequent feeding g of small amount during the first month is best During the first month it is better be ter to grind the grains fed At the end of this period either oats or corn may be fed Hard grains like and milo mile give best results when ground All grain should be fed dry in a trough Mixing feeds with milk is not recommended as calves chew their feed better when fed dry