REARING BETTER CALVES.
BELGIAN' EXPERT'S ADVICE. Rearing heifer calves success!uliy is one ol the problems of the dairy farm. Uoncentrateis of some description are needed, hut wlvat are best for the young calf i" Here js the latest information on the subject, given to members ot the World's Dairy Congress by Mr Van Gedtseuhovan, _ one of the leading 15e!gi'an antilOinities.
In consequence of the foundations of mi morons co-operative dairies am ol the popularisation of the centrifugal skimniing of milk at the farm, the leednig of calves by means of skimmed milk has, during the last few years, acquired considerable importance in Belgium. Jn order to bring this operation to a successful issue, whether the calf he destined for the butcher’s shop or loir rearing, it is necessary to- lollow certain rules in ‘the process of milk lee<iintr. The nutritive, "value of skimmed milk varies greatly and depends chiefly on the method of skimming. \V ith recall'd to this question, among- many
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 16
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