Show RAISING HEIFER CALF FOR DAIRY in many sections of tile the country where fluid milk la Is sold and where the ali T B test and scarcity of suitable replacement stock have brought the matter to a head fiend the raising of helfer calves has become a nn n all absorb absorbing IlIg cud and important problem to 0 o the average dairyman on dairy farms whore where whole milk Is a sold the feed necessary to raise calves becomes a big problem T R E Woo dnard superintendent of the united states burea of dairying experiment peri ment station at beltsville Dells ville md aid at the recent annual meeting ot of the hie delaware holstein friesian association gave some pertinent information on in this subject that should prove valuable to dalry dairymen men all over the country he said in III raising dairy calves I 1 would use skim milk where it Is available the selling of whole milk however Is not a real objection to the raising of calves as a calf can be raised on a total quantity of pounds of milk it if the proper milk substitutes are used and this amount of milk will be given by a good cow during daring the first ten days of her lactation period A number of calf meals have been tried out nt at beltsville the most all successful of which are those that con tain animal protein such as milk powder dried buttermilk or blood meal our experiments tend to show that the milk powders seem more efel clint than the blood meal A good calf ceaf can be made up as follows fifty parts of finely curly ground corn 15 parts linseed oil meal 13 parts ground rolled oats 10 parts gliem milk powder 10 parts dried blood flour and one part salt the use of this meal can be started when the calf Is about ten days old and can be gradually increased in amount fed et at the same time proportionately decreasing the amount of milk used until nt at the age of fifty days the calf will be getting all meal and no milk according to mr woodward the above system would be practicable for most farmers in sections where whole milk la Is sold and would remove the biggest objection to the growing of their own replacement stock it Is considered that the latter practice Is the most satisfactory for keeping the herd free of disease and for building up cp the production ot of the herd |