| Show LITTLE MILK MILI IS ISN N NEEDED EDED FOR CALF CAL Youngster Is Early Taught to Eat Hay a and d Grain Although whole milk mUk Is la often marketed marketed mar mar- leaving little skim milk for feeding It Is no longer necessary to tobe he be handicapped In raising at least enough h calves on dairy farms to take care of replacements In the tIle b herd rd For feeders and animal husbandmen husband husband- men have found that they can raise thrifty calves successfully and use only about pounds of ot salable whole milk In doing It The rite general method of ot feeding calves is practically the same for tor all dalr dairy breeds reports I. I W. W In charge of the work at the Wisconsin College of Agriculture The calf Is given ghen a n start on whole milk for a afew afew afew few weeks and find during this time Is la taught to eat hay bay and concentrates Thrifty calves are then gradually taken tak tak- en eli n off the milk and continued on concentrates concentrates concentrates con con- hay water and salt salL But In their experiments Rupel and his associates have ha also found that one schedule was most successful success success- ful for Holsteins and P Brown io Swiss while Willie another schedule had to be worked out for and und Jerseys The method the workers found bestor best for or the rhe LIol and Brown Swiss was to leave Jea the calf with the mother for three da days s and then to pail pall feed whole milk by gradually getting the calf to take tale by the en end of the first week nine nino pounds until it was six Y weeks eks old an and then the allowance was gradually reduced until at nt the end of the seventh week no milk was fed The process for the other three breeds was slightly more complicated The calves es were left with the mother moth moth- er for three to four da days s 's and then were pail fed fell at nt the rate of six sit pounds daily for two weeks when the amount was Increased to seven seyen pounds dally daily for five weeks After the calves cal were ere seven se weeks old ohI the milk was reduced gradually until at nine weeks no milk was fed Because the calves must get along without milk It was found that It Is necessary that the feeds given be highly palatable and nutritious The protein supply must be especially liberal liberal liberal lib lib- eral and so the con concentrates need to carry a high proportion of protein rich feeds The experts also Iso found that the hay needs to be of the highest highest high high- est quality obtainable preferably clover clo cIo clover ver er or alfalfa |
