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 bay or filth in pens mangers and feed buckets are the causes tor for most calf troubles says B H A hanson dairy extension specialist university farm st paul when scours appear at once reduce the amount of milk and grain fed advises mr hanson as well as a changing to timothy bay if alfalfa or clover Is being fed palls falls and utensils for colt calf feeding should always alway be washed each day and placed to in the sunlight newborn calves should be allowed to have the first or colo milk from their dams as this is 3 an aid to the digestive estem system whole milk should be fed tor for the first three or four wee weeks ka after this the change from whole milk to skim milk may be made by adding one cunil of skim milk 01 iloie aun and d laking aking a away w y one po pound u of f whole h milk lik dally ly u until I 1 all ski skim r a milk la Is being fed healthy vigorous calves can take one pound of skim milk for each 10 pounds of live weight until they are consuming 16 pounds daily after that nothing to Is gained by the feeding of additional quantities according to mr hanson when eight or ten tea days old calves calve will begin to nibble hay and should be b given some clean bright clover and timothy hay alfalfa Is excellent for older calves but frequently causes scours in young animals and therefore 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 are lacking in skim milk A good teed feed mixture may be composed of 30 pounds ground oats 30 pounds ground corn 30 pounds bran and 10 pounds linseed oll meal calves under live months of age may be fed as much 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 |