CALF REARING EXPERIMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 4

CALF REARING EXPERIMENTS.

' Professor Setoh, of the Leeds TJiiivers- \ ity,-'.lectm-iiig'on "Calf-reaiing" before the members of.;tie.Boroiighbridge.Agricultural Society; stated;-that if'an' atitenipj;..,was inado to-rear a new-born .calfwithjijiffc ,Sewvmilki-ohp-icouluVanticipate difficulties.'. Their, calves fed with new; milk, in one'experiment,, received each day 7f-ounces of milk-fat, which was .equal jo a'half-pound of but-, ter. ,Zln„some .laier...es.perimqnts., the calves in .w§re; given cod liver oil' with-'sepaVteft'-iJfflky but. it .was .nofr v p.ossiblp4p.,rtach.. 8 ounces'of oil $$«s;,' '.Phe,,,'a^ima^s..fe'd;thus;after.wcafling'prdgr'dse'd:' so'rapidlyj:,a ; s ; "'to. make up -the, deficiency in weight" bd-tweeni-ffieOne* milk/catves, atidf i.the'm-: selves in the ear}ier'.;stag(is) but eventually the former animals resumed their superiority of condition:; -In- 1902- thebest cod liver oil cost ss. 6d. a gallon, and the cheapest 2s. 9d. - The average rate of ihcreaso was 51.21b. for the new 'milk, .calves, 40.5 for the separated milk nnd.-l'Dsi'.cou'. livex'Vo'ilj and .42.9 for tho cliea^rV-pil.J , h Pn.o.<).f.'tth,9'.caij{es,:in ■/.tho. lastiiame'd aud;,iii..the.following year another ! anuria!' receiving t'lie cheaper.;oil.'Wasifoiuld. ; itlgad;'i;"Aboxit, this time several.'farm'ersi'/added',. the •professor, expresse'd- tho view that-.the expeiiiiibntS. : .w.e're;<)f little JUfee7 ; because, of the_.scarcit)V.if; new milk";".and it/was intimated thafe- farmers would appreciatp efforts to. feai A calves entirely without ,neiv'inilk;:. This/'/suggestion' ..OatmcaTwas theoretically a/'Vory'good substitute, but-.it was,.unsuccessful... In orden.to ;get-tlie 2iecessaryi;q'uantiiy,:. of ndvirifching/ ingrcdiorits, • 2Jlb.--i>f' oatmea 1 - would.;havo. been required each day.- At no'timo would a; calf take moro than.,2lb. j. and reallyJift.considered that.2-Jlb.'.of.oat-meal' pbri'i.dgo-a: day would/settle .'anybody. ' t; Un"dcrVthat treatment; the calves did not put on a stone in -V month, but, although it' had .been decided to givet'hem". hew" milk"in'.cortseqtie.nco : of .their condition, the animals began to make better progress, and before weaning their record of average monthly increase was 51.33, as compared with 67.5 registered by the new milk calves. GENERAL FARMING NEWS; F Some exceptionally high prices wero paid for Shorthorn' calves at the DuthieMarr sale)-- held.-in October (says tho "Live Stock '.Journal'-!). Top'figure was !)00 gUHiqas,;.paid.*"b.v" Mr.'.AV.iSl.. Ca,zalut'for a roah sis?.months old bull'calf by Knight of Collynie. Argentine buyers ■'■tlio.i remainder. Tlio twnnty-fivo calves submitted from tho Collyjijie,. held, averaged j£263 65.10d., and' tlio'total' amount wds-.£6583 10s. Some .10(!;]icad;,:ofi.'tlip;kto;.Mr, 'A. JI. were sold at an over £115, the top pi'ico bcing■'. 52t\ guineas. ' paid.' by Sir.,., Lewis for a threo-ydar-'old'Clipper cow.' : : The ba'M's of '• profit ' depends rtpon the quality" bfrth'e;cheese..< ;Thcrpfor'e,■'. tho:important factor, is to improve the cheese.v.,-. The "V.ic.tpr'p.-.Vaj,,, the' modern, cheese-milker's help,; n.ilcls".inetbriilly,Vto' ■the quality,'! because>tli'6' p s'l6plhgjbottom allows the/ whcj;''tol.rhn-".-fri).slyr;']eaving Hie curd In'pfh and "<!rj\ Investigate tno merits-of "Victor" Vats. , Albert J. Par? ton, Plumber, Carterton.—A'dvt'. 'Develop the milking propensity and high butter-fat tost,-by-.using the ."Gil'ruth" ' Calf Food;:-.. The:-constitution-builder. It is not only.':tbo=best, but also tho cheapest.—Advt;/