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Show Kreshly soured skim milk may be fed safely to calves over ilx weeks old but it must not be decayed. Irregular amounts of skim milk may cause digestive troubles so It Is safest to weigh tho milk at each feeding, both as a preventive of over-feeding and to assure a uniform amount at each feeding. feed-ing. Over-feeding causes more trouble than under-feeding. The belief that skim milk Is thin or lacks In food value Is responsible for feeding more than Is necessary. A uniform temperature should be maintained for all feedings. Body temperature tem-perature Is the right warmth for skim milk fed to young calves. Calves that are over six months old may have the skim milk cold In warm weather but care should be taken to have the temperature tem-perature uniform at each feeding. Separator foam should be removed. In trying to drink foamy milk, calves often suck In large quantities of air which causes them to bloat SKIM MILK IS GOOD FOR CALF FEEDING Bklm milk Is tbe most satisfactory substitute for whole milk In calf feeding. feed-ing. Feeding directly from the separator sepa-rator saveB labor and makes calf raising rais-ing a comparatively simple matter. Skim milk calves make a vigorous, sturdy growth of body and frame. The butterfat in whole milk supplies energy snd not protein and oil meal need not b substituted for it when skim milk Is fed. Corn, oats and other grains will supply the energy. If tbe calves are taught to eat some legume hay such as clover or alfalfa at aa early age, by the time they are three weeks old the skim milk may be gradually substituted for the whole milk at the rate of one to two pounds s day until the change Is made. A safe rule for feeding sklm milk Is one pound for every eight pounds live weight. This should ba Increased as the calf grows, up to the point where 15 pounds is fed dully. This nmouni need not be Increased unless there is an abundance of sklm milk available, as grain and hay may generally be UBed to better ndvamnge. It is a g oo plan to feed sklrii'mllk until the calved are six ninths of age If possible, ami 111 some cases even no to one ie;ir. |