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Show The Skim Milk Calf. Feeding and raising the calf on' skim milk is not always an easy proposition, prop-osition, but I have had very good success. suc-cess. The calf Btays with the mother until the milk is good to use; then it is gradually changed to skim milk. The calf will soon learn to eat alfalfa hay. By putting a little corn chop in the bucket when the calf Is through drinking it will soon learn to eat It. Corn will supply the fat that is taken out of the milk, writes J. C. Fry in an exchange. The calf must have exercise ex-ercise and is allowed the freedom of yard and farm. We have the best success suc-cess with the fall and winter calves. Hay is better for the calf than grass. |