CALF REARING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 201, 8 August 1928, Page 8

CALF REARING

' ‘ The total replacement of whole milk* by skimmed milk has never given good results In the fattening of the calf “The choice of an aid for the skimmed milk depends on the object aimed at in milk feeding. If it concerns calves for rearing purposes, flours sufficient! y rich in albumin and min eral substances are needed; that is to say. foods good for hastening the growth of young animals. The addition of 10 to 15 per cent of washed chalk (carbonate of lime) to these mixtures has always given excellent results. “The lactive flour for rearing calves can be made up as follows: 121 b bar ley meal or potato starch; 41b linseed meal; 41b oil cake meal; 31b carbon ate of lime. “With regard to the preparation of the mixture based on skimmed milk and lactive flour, the following very simple and practical method is generally followed. Every morning a quantity of water is heated equal to about one quarter of the quantity of skimmed milk to be used for tho full daily ration. The quantity of lactive flour to be used during the day is gently poured in after having been diluted with a little cold water, care being taken to stir well with a wooden spoon. As soon as the mixture begins to thicken, it is taken off the Are. From the pulp thus prepared, one-third is added to the milk of each meal. After having mixed all very thoroughly, it is heated to about 30 degrees centigrade.