Weight of Calves.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 6 November 1914, Page 8

Weight of Calves.

Calvee usually weigh . 8 per cent, of the weight of the dam. "TCighty pounds is a common weight, but they sometimes vary from 501b. upward to 12f>lb., or even more. A calf nine days old would likely weigh about 201b. more than when born. For rapid growth the calf should have all the new milk it will take without digestive troubles, and it should suck it rather than drink it. To supplement, the milk there should be good pasture in summer and silntge and clover or lucerne hay in winter. As a grain ration to be fed the year around as soon as the calf will eat, nothing excels a mixture of equal parts by measure of ground corn, ground oats, and bran. In order to cheapen the grains the bran is frequently replaced by cut lucerne bay