Show substitute FOR GOOD SKIM MILK A r report c port just received from the massachusetts agricultural college colleg 3 iny ays that under present conditions dry kirn milk fed in accordance with their experimental set eel ebule offers the best substitute for liquid milk la in the rearing of young calves tills this confirms the work of prof C U H eckles of minnesota who says there Is no substitute for milk in raising good milk producers the latest feeding experiment Is reported by dr J IL lindsey and prof J 0 archibald as follo follows for several years the at einherst Aro herst lias has carried on extensile fading trials on the value of different feeds for raising rals young calves experiments with calf meals and preliminary trials with kith skim milk powder were reported in bulletin no the powdered skim milk offered the most fruitful field for further tudy study and during the past three years a large number of calves mostly high grade have been raised on it although a little more expensive than liquid skim aklin milk tho the powder tins has tho the advantage of being in a form that will keep for a long period of time it can usually bo be obtained liquid skim milk cannot be and la Is much cheaper lhnn whole milk in tile the early experiments tile the max maximum amount of sl lm milk powder 31 ounces of the dry powder 9 quarts of liquid was fed dally un tin III 11 the calves were four months old during tho the past year calves have been roared reared on much smaller quantities of the powder the object being to 10 cut the cost the procedure tins been similar to what was followed in our ear earlier ller work except that when the calves two months of age their dal daisy y allowance of skim milk powder wits cuto 21 ounces 0 6 quarts of liquid and at three months was again cut to ounces 3 quarts of liquid and a special effort was made all through the experiment to induce the calves to eat liend fly of the dry grain mixture and rowen the calves made an average dally daily gain of 14 pounds tit at a cost of a pound about aboud pounds of the dry milk being fed to each calf growth was practically the pame oa larger quantity of af powder was fed and tile the cost was lessened appreciably it ft Is probable that delicate calves will require rather more skim milk powder than the amount mentioned above under present conditions dried skim milk fed as above suggested offers the best substitute for liquid skim milk in the rearing of young calves calf meals are fairly satisfactory but are apt to cause digestive disturbances and do not promote as rapid growth |