Show C I 1 CALF WILL THRIVE IF STARTED RIGHT at the age of two weeks the calf will thrive best on whole ellk milk of a somewhat low butterfat content fed at body temperature tor for tho the next two weeks when at tho the age of four weeks the milk may be gradually gm dually changed from whole to bild s tills this change should take about a week so as to avoid any digestive daso disorders aders at no time should tho the calf receive over 10 pounds of skim shim milk a day until after it Is four months old at which time it to la usually more profitable to feed the skim milk to hogs or poultry or if the market la Is a whole milk market it will be needed in this form after the calf Is on akini milk twice a day feeding lg Is the most practical care however should be exercised in keeping bright green alfalfa hay bay be foro fore the calves and to let them eat a little fresh ensilage at least once a day it Is IF important that growing calves should be fed a grain mixture that 19 Is high in the growth producing or protein concentrates for this purpose it Is recommended that from one to three pounds of the following mixture be fed to growing calves in addition to alfalfa ensilage and warm skim milk 25 15 lbs lb corn meal 35 iba ib ground oats 26 25 iba b wheat bran 15 iba linseed oil if oats are kinrd to obtain this portion of the mixture tray may be partially substituted with barley As the calves grow older corn chop may be used in the place of corn weal meal an abundance of clear fresh water should always be accessible and care should be exercised in keeping the calves quarters clean well bedded and dry so BO as to guard against the contraction of pneumonia or like diseases eases II 11 R lascelles field man colorado state dairy commission |