. Annual report of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals. 128 AGEICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. The above analysis of artificial milk represents one ounce of " oleo " to each quart of skim-milk. Scarcely any of the calves ai)pcare(l to be a1)le to take more than this amount per quart without disturbing their digestion. When one and a half ounces per qviart were fed indigestion nearly always resulted, and the manure voided contained an excessive amount of fat, fatty acids and similar substances
. Annual report of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals. 128 AGEICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. The above analysis of artificial milk represents one ounce of " oleo " to each quart of skim-milk. Scarcely any of the calves ai)pcare(l to be a1)le to take more than this amount per quart without disturbing their digestion. When one and a half ounces per qviart were fed indigestion nearly always resulted, and the manure voided contained an excessive amount of fat, fatty acids and similar substances. During the last few weeks of the calf's life one and a quarter ounces were fed for each (|uart of the skim-milk. Other Oils substituted. Onl}'-* one-half ounce of either cotton-seed or corn oil could be fed per quart of milk without producing bad effects. One calf was fed with one-half ounce of '' oleo " and one-half ounce of cotton-seed oil per quart of milk. Another was fed with one-half ounce of '' oleo " and two ounces of brown sug-ar per quart of skim-milk. Following comes the financial record of the seven calves. Five were fed skim-milk and " oleo," one skhn-milk and cotton-seed and corn oils, and one skim-milk, "oleo" and brown sugar. Financial Results. Calf 1. Age when received : three days. Breed: Jersey, bull. Foods fed: whole milk for the first four days, and then gradually changing to skim-milk mixed with oleomargarine. Financial Original cost-, 2 (juarts whole milk, at 3 ctMits, . pounds " oleo," at 10| cents, pounds live weiji^ht, at 5 cents, quarts skini-milk returned, Price returned jjcr cpiart for .skim-milk fed, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts State Agricultural Experim
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