Show A RULES GIVEN YORa RAISING CA S 4 nothing better for young You ilg ste ersha st n bhole tb leall gilfe y i nathl pg can cali take fake ti the place IX 64 oi ano thole e gnp impart jj part at least Jeas fit r 44 g 0 0 d calves pik milk conta contains ins ahe it vitamins ps ibin minerals erid and nil piotr proteins ns which h ca promote mote well balanced growth leit may be e advisable to use s supplements u ap pp leme ts and possibly k to depend w wholly h olly U upon poll substitutes utes milk led fed calves always show superior u quality and those who appreciate pea preci ate te good calves are apt to feed ki inore ellk I 1 k many dairymen follow what lg Is called the minimum whole milk plan by this method enough Is fed to insure a good kal calf hut but not enough ugh tb make mae the calf expensive As kehough Ue enough hough young howsare ow sare coining on only calves from ancestors of gool good records may well go for veal nothing gothing equals whole milk to put pui gains on veal calf the prime purpose in feeding Is to give the minimum amount of whole milk necessary to give ghe the calf a good start and in the meantime to get li it to enting eating hay an and grain some ome calves will get on without milk af at an eailler n ne age e than others with ordinarily vige orbed cities tb the rao removal v fil of milk from the ration may begin at from 45 fo 50 days and the change completed in about ten da days y s more less vigorous culves the complete withdrawal of i milk should ae ba d delayed 0 lay e d under tills this plan from to pounds of milk will be enough to raise a calf tills this provides for foi feeding about te dpn pounds of milk a day in addid addition on to the milk a calf will require phout ROO pounds of grain and about 3 p pound au ads of tiny hay during the first six sik mo months n ta s calves fed thus ila awe e little digestive trouble and considering tile the cost and the ne necessary Lessary care cafe in using substitutes s some me regard such a plan 5 of whole milk c feeding as most satis v f factory it Is cert certainly preferable to lie careless or indifferent use of sub 1 statutes utes no increase in value by grinding cows feed grinding of tiny any feed does not increase theford the food value of that feed A bulky roughage ground loa to a fine pulp does not no make a concentrate out or of it successful e ful dairymen ander bt and nd I 1 Is fact in hn feeding theft their dairy cn atje ither the cow northe nor the grind er Is a K of magic and capable of using a roughage rough as a con concentrate concentta centra te or making a concentrate of a roughage in grinding feed for th the dalry dairy cows recommended steps to follow are to tk I 1 let e t the cost of nf grinding govern the amount of roughage bage done J to not of feed ground hages as t a A concentrate to grind small grain for dairy convirs cow but not to a emeal and 1 to not grind small grain for baby hi calves i cows on short pastures need some grain feeds much has been said and written about supplementary supplement lemeut ary feeding of dairy 1 cows pat tires nie are short fur aber evidence of the necessity of such jV feeding eding lifts lia recently heen been obtained b by t baire bureau 1 at 1 i V or dalry dairy 1 industry i af all the united states department or of agriculture at itra dairy experiment nt tarm farm at beltsville md ARL A half acro aar plot of pasture grass was mowed at 10 day intervals and the grass i weighed in tiny may when conditions were most favorable for the growth of the grass crass iw pounds were obtained in one 10 day period in Augi august during a dry spell the yield for a similar period was only 31 11 pounds it li evident ther therefore dorp ti that 1 at under quah uch short 1 pasture conditions t cows cowa should be fed as heavily as aa during the winter vitamin D in cod liver oil found impractical 1 I cattle cannot canno tuse use vitamin alta inin D in cod liver oil as demonstrated at the university of wisconsin cows dropped in milk and fat production when the oil was added to the ration and ine increased ri eased production when it will removed alfalfa hay exposed three hours to bright sunlight nt at madison wisconsin was not sufficiently supplied with vitamin D to enable bowd cows giving 40 to 50 po pounds ands milk dally daily to keep up the lime content of their systems an exposure of three days of bright tun light at SIad lson j gave good results in maintaining body lime as iowa cows lost about a third odthe of the amount th eyere losing previously the cows were jonii on a ration offley of flay nay silage silace tind and a grain tuli mix 1 ture how much to feed I 1 f how much grain andai and grains to td aped to bow cows s on pasture depond upon thO condition of the enji cowa and the condition of the grass thin cows will need more grain than those tha tAre ahre in good besl siev i orid ns as fl a also need feied grain yat radons lonii that are not quite is as rabi richin lif protein no na the latter if selu fairly fm ansh h and succulent less lesi protein la Is i niso also caged in the tha than n litlie taws baass has become anc |