Show no 4 1 MILK substitute IS EASILY MIXED dairy experts uperta at the united states department of agriculture experimental farm at beltsville md havo have worked out a calf meal milk tuto tute which Is 13 practical and easily mixed and which contains a greater proportion of home grown feeds than Is ig used in most calf meals T the lie departments recommended ration Is as follows take 60 50 parts fenc finely around round corn IG 15 parts linseed oil meal e 15 parts parta finely ground rolled oats 1 10 0 parts dried blood flour 10 parts skimmed milk powder one halt half part s salt aft stir up with war warm mixture at the 1 rt rate of one pound of the meal mixture ur t to about six pounds of water increase actis gradually as the whole milk to Is decreased until at th the 0 time the calf Is BO 60 days old it should be getting only tho the gruel at this time 1 to 2 pounds pound of the mixed with water will constitute a days feed the tha total quantity of milk used Is about pounds it if less Is fed uie the calves are likely to bo be unthrifty the time at which calves can be put on milk substitutes alone say department dairymen depends upon tho the same factors ns as in tho tha use of be separated pa milk namely the breed development and vigor of the calves etc it Is hardly safe as aa a rule even with the most vigorous ones to attempt to I 1 put them on milk substitutes alone within due one month after birth and with calves below normal in vigor some milk for two months or more may bo be ne necessary cesary to raise them the department suggests as a guide tor feeding the above substitute to large vigorous calves the following schedule first 10 days 10 pounds of whole milk dally daily second 10 20 days 8 pounds of milk and 04 pound of meal mixed up lu in 0 times its weight of warm water third 10 days 0 6 pounds milk and 08 pound meal fourth 10 days 4 pounds milk and 12 pounds meal fifth 10 days 2 pounds milk and 10 pounds meal 0 after 50 days 2 pounds meal and no milk smaller and less vigorous calyes should be fed somewhat less and the milk feeding should be continued a little longer in any event a 0 total of pounds of milk should be su efficient grain and roughage should bo be fed wl with th milk substitutes utes tho the same as with separated milk whole milk Is the best food for a calf skim milk ranks second calves fed the substitute as aa stated above have bave been subject to no more digestive troubles than the skim milk fed calves and the gains in weight have not been materially less leas |