GROWTH OF CALVES
AVERAGE GAIN PER DAY BIRTH WEIGHT A FACTOR Experiments conducted by the Animal Husbandry Department of the Univer- ! sity of Arizona disclose that the birth j weight of a calf is a definite indication l of its rate of gain during the first 200 j days. j According to an article in “The Cattleman” the expeiiments also showed that, contrary to popular belief, ' cattle consumption of water is governed more by temperatures and humidity than by the type of feed consumed and that cattle consume more salt in the winter, when dry feed is eaten, | than in the summer, when green grass is available. ' A statistical analysis of the birth | weight and average daily gain records for 194 calves shows that for each 101 b jin birth weight an increase of .231b"in ; the average daily gain of a calf can be expected during the first 200 days of j life.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 16 January 1939, Page 7
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