THE SUITABILITY OF SKIM MILK FOR CALF REARING.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 386, 26 August 1884, Page 5

THE SUITABILITY OF SKIM MILK FOR CALF REARING.

One of the agricultural topics of the day which it is desirable to further most is the inducement of dairy farmers to employ pedigree bulls in their herds, with the object of rearing the whole of their calves, instead of sacrificing them at a few days old so wantonly as they dv at present at a few shillings per head. There is, in fj.cf, veiy little caff. rearing throughout our largo dairy districts, the milk of the cows being considered far too valuable for rea-ly sale or manufacture into butter for formers to leslst the temptation of almo-t giving them away lo the low-class butchers and jobbers. A very large number are disposed of soon after birth, and find their way to the sausage manufactories. While this state of things goes od there is great scarcity of store caitle in the country for gra/.insr purposes, and the supply cornea chiefly from Ireland. This scarcity is accompanied with high prices, the lva on \\i\y grazieY* dtX>law> that, with beef at «»*».. or ]o<l jwpoand, they can make very Ijtljfe profit, their raw material haviug cost, them so.much. money. They have he>n frequently tokl ttiat they ought to breed their own grazing

animals, but in the Ea-t-rn Ummties comparativoly Jfew will over be persuaded to do iftis, and the only real remedy appears to be that of inducing ordinary dairy farmers to employ pedigree bmls, by which means tbe Ciilvei of mongrel cows of the moat tlnifUess description would ' breed young animals well adapted for grazier' purpose--, B«S would dairy farmers be inclined to maHany sacrifice oE milk for this obj.-ct 1 They would not be n qim ed to do so, awi heifCTiu 'lies thtt grc-itK»t puibibiiity of Mew, adapiiug 1 h»s cH^..«r e Iv biute^iwkttta tfcHiviua sjk«n natkis u'lniAst a \v^^e.] i ),mlncr % utut n««ht bu appropriate! to cull vuanng^ whkb, with "Jnctifur," ft milk substitute, s^ko.a highly ot by pmcticai farnft^Wfctti-l serve the purj-ose,as"-l«etifcr" > W-Uhout skin) mi k is represented to. do. Mr J. Kitley, steward to th« b\,\xi e$ Dc»bj>% states tliat he t.ikes calves from their daim* at two days old, ami fe«U 4li«iK) a.Stenvartls on tbis product— Ho^O; fi\]ffii\