Programme For Steady, Progressive Growth Of Calves

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 94, 13 September 1948, Page 3

Programme For Steady, Progressive Growth Of Calves

The supplying of whole milk to dairy factories is now a common practice in this district, which, for farmers rearing calves, means that either whole milk must be fed much longer or a satisfactory calf-rearing programme found. This programme must be up to the following standards:— (1) It must be palatable; (2) It must contain the vital vitamins and minerals necessary for growth and the promotion of a healthy digestive function; (3) It must be cheap enough to enable farmers to rear good healthy calves at a cost less than if they reared them straight out on whole milk. After years of field work and trial, Messrs. W. and R. Fletcher (N.Z.) Ltd., have evolved a calfrearing programme designed to fill in all the gaps and to ensure that from birth to maturity the calf’s growth is progressive and sound. FIRST, feed Vite-ADee CALF EMULSION to protect the' calf on the change-over from WHOLE MILK. Containing fish liver oil blended with refined animal oils, Vite-ADee CALF EMULSION puts back the “butterfat” vitamins into skim-milk or whey and helps to prevent scouring brought on by a lack of Vitamin A. Being in the form of an emulsion, these vitamins mix RIGHT THROUGH the skim or whey, so that your calves get full nourishment from thepn. In a normal season only three or four weeks feeding on Vite-ADee Calf Emulsion is needed. NEXT, feed TOMOANA CALF PELLETS in small quantities before and during weaning to cushion the effect of the change of feed. By feeding larger quantities ybu can we A your calves completely off milk products much earlier, because milk solids are already incorporated in each Pellet. That is why TOMOANA CALF PELLETS are the one food that is so balanced that, even where milk products are not -available, you can use it as a complete food for calves. If you have skim or whey, and later good pasture, you can cut down the quantities of Pellets accordingly. Ask your Produce Merchant for Vite-ADee Calf Emulsion and Tomoana Calf Pellets. For further information write to Nutrition Advisory Department, W. and R. Fletcher (N.Z.) ’Ltd., Box 663, Wellington.