Show overfeeding OVER FEEDING IS CAUSE OF TROUBLE calf often given too much milk or alfalfa hay overfeeding Over feeding of skim milk and alfalfa hay or filth in pens liens mangers and feed buckets are the causes for most calf troubles says 0 A hanson dairy extension specialist university farm st paul when scours appear at once reduce the amount ol of milk and grain fed advises air hanson mansun as well as changing to timothy hay if alfalfa or clover Is being abeln fed pulls palls and utensils for calf feeling feeding should always be washed each day and ana placed in the sunlight NeN newborn born calves should be allowed to have the first or colosi rura mill milk from their dams as this Is an aid to the lie digestive system whole milk should be fod fed for the first three or four weeks after afler this the change from whole milk to skim milk may be 0 made ade by adding one cunil of skim milk and taking awa alij one pound of whole hole milk daily until all skim milk Is bein being fed healthy vigorous calves can take one pound of skim milk for each 10 pounds of live weight until they are consuming 10 16 pounds dully dally after that nothing le ie gained by the feeding of additional quantities ae ac cording to mr air hanson ll anson when eight or ten days old ad calves wi will 11 begin to nibble hay and should be given some clean bright clover and timothy hay alfalfa Is ex excellent ellent for older calves but frequently causes scours in young animals and there fore should be fed sparingly calves should be encouraged to eat grain early as this will supply some of the food materials such as fat which ore arc lacking in skim milk A good feed mixture may be comp composed ased of 30 pounds ground oafs SO 30 pounds ground corn 30 pounds bran and 10 pounds linseed oll meal calves under five months of age may be fed as duct of this mixture as they will clean up twice a day older calves should be limited to 6 pounds or less depending on their age and growth |