Roosevelt Standard | 1925-05-06 | Page 8 | Substituting Skim Milk for Whole to the Calf

substituting skim milk for whole t to 0 the calf A calf ought to have whole milk for three weeks after that skim milk may be substituted but the substitution should be made gradually at the rate of about a pint a day that Is reducing ducia the whole milk by one pint and increase the skim milk by the same amount in that way a complete change will be made in about two weeks the calf wilt will then be from five to six sis weeks old it should be taught to eat just us as soon as possible it c will usually begin to nibble at hay bay at the ege age of two weeks and it may also be taught to eat grain very soon thereafter whole oats is perhaps the best grain to start with although racked cracked corn Is also a splendid feed and especially so it if clover hay Is available or mixed clover and timothy some farmers feet feed alfalfa to young calves and get splendid results but la in other cases it does not work so well