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Show SAISTMEN PROFIT BY FEEDING MEAL Sanpete county dairymen can reduce (feed costs and also release re-lease large quantities of skim-milk skim-milk now important as a defense de-fense food, by substituting quality qual-ity calf meal for skimmillk in rail rations, E. H. Amderson, chairman of the county agricultural agricul-tural Defense committee, states. In times of peace, calf meals are seldom used because s'kim-miik s'kim-miik can be obtained! easily, and. it has a lowi market value, but due to the present emergency, skimmilk is needed for domestic domes-tic and foreign consumption. Prices of dairy products have climbed to record levels while calf meal grain can still be obtained at a relatively low price, Mr. Anderson points out. 1 armers now find that it is more profitable to sell their skim milk and raise calves on grain meals. Calf meals may be purchased ready mixed, or may be mixed at home ifrom (farm grains and jhigh-protein supplements. One home mixed meal that might j well be used is composed ' of 'equal parts by weight of ground I yellow corn, crushed or rolled (oats, wheat bran, linseed meal, I and one part each of steamed bone meal and salt. I With this grain mixture, the calf should be fed about four to 10 pounds of whole milk per !.day ifor the first three weeilos along with as much meal and high quality legume or grass hay as it will eat. During the I fourth week sikimmilk should (gradually be substituted for j whole milk in the ration, and after the fifth week, tlhe amount ! of skimmilik can -be reduced at the rate of one pound daily. At 13 weeks, skimmilk can be discontinued dis-continued entirely. This plan ol' feeding requires about 250 pounds of whole milk and 400 to 425 pounds of skimmilk skim-milk a saving of about 1,500 pounds oi skimmilk compared with the amount fed wihen calves are raised on this product pro-duct to 6 months of age. |