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Show PROVIDE GRAIN FOR CALVES Best to Feed Cracked Corn at First and Later on Shelled Whole Oats Are Recommended. (By n KiU'i'i: University Farm, St. I'buI. Minn.) A grain ration of equal parts corn, oats and bran, with a small quantity of oil meal, should be provided for the Calf, Even When only a few weeks old a CttM will begin to eat grain, and nibble at hay. If is best to feed cracked rora first and later shelled corn. Whole oats are heller than ground oats for the young calf. Clover VB . jgs aw e vJeHH $ BttuM j x afiflHwtf$ ? ' mBaflSMQetasv Healthy, Vigorous Calf. liny, or mixed dover and alfalfa. Is superior to alfalfa alone, as alfalfa alone Is too rich for the kidneys and digestive tract. Calves dropped In the full and early winter win do well on pasture the first summer, if provided with some grain and shade, while calves dropped in the spring or early summer are much better off when properly cared lor in the barn during the first summer. |