COCOANUT OIL FOR CALVES.
In the Bulletin of Agricultrual Intelligence and Plant diseases, results are given by Dr Pual Schupple of experiments carried out for eight years in which cocoanut fat was used in rearing calves aa a substitute for butter fat. This substance contains 99 per cent, of cure fat, and is the cheapest vegetable fat obtainable. The fat and skim milk were used in the proportion of 35 grains of fat to 1 litre of milk (sAoz to the gallon), heated to GOdeg. C, and passes through an emul ion drum. A milk containing 3£ per cent, of fat was thus obtained at a cost of 44d per gallon. For satisfactory results the milk must be made fresh each time. It was found that calves could be reared much more economically on emulsion milk than on a mixture of whole and skim milk, and that there was no difference in the final weigh of calves reared according to these two systems.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 640, 4 February 1914, Page 6
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163COCOANUT OIL FOR CALVES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 640, 4 February 1914, Page 6
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