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July 25, 1810
Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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Historical farming advice on a German substitute for calf milk using boiled oatmeal water mixed with skimmed milk to allow cow's milk for dairy use; notes Indian corn meal used similarly in parts of the US.
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Among the modern improvements in farming, the dairy has of late years been very much neglected. So much of the profit of breeders depending upon the facility with which the milk of the cow may be reserved during the suckling time of the calf, the following substitute, used in Germany, for the natural food of the young progeny, may be acceptable to our country readers.
Let as much water be heated on the fire as the calf will be disposed to drink; and when it boils, throw one or two handfuls of oatmeal into it, and after continuing in that state for one minute, take it off, and let it be cooled to the temperature of new milk, when 1 or 2 pints of skimmed milk are to be added to it. With this beverage the young animal will fatten and thrive prodigiously; the milk of the parent will be applied to the dairy, & the intelligent farmer will immediately discover the great advantage to be derived in the produce of the dairy, from such an expedient.
* The meal of Indian corn is successfully used for the same purpose, in some parts of the United States.
Among the modern improvements in farming, the dairy has of late years been very much neglected. So much of the profit of breeders depending upon the facility with which the milk of the cow may be reserved during the suckling time of the calf, the following substitute, used in Germany, for the natural food of the young progeny, may be acceptable to our country readers.
Let as much water be heated on the fire as the calf will be disposed to drink; and when it boils, throw one or two handfuls of oatmeal into it, and after continuing in that state for one minute, take it off, and let it be cooled to the temperature of new milk, when 1 or 2 pints of skimmed milk are to be added to it. With this beverage the young animal will fatten and thrive prodigiously; the milk of the parent will be applied to the dairy, & the intelligent farmer will immediately discover the great advantage to be derived in the produce of the dairy, from such an expedient.
* The meal of Indian corn is successfully used for the same purpose, in some parts of the United States.
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Agriculture
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Dairy Farming
Calf Feeding
Oatmeal Substitute
Skimmed Milk
Indian Corn
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Substitute for natural calf milk: boil water, add oatmeal for one minute, cool to new milk temperature, add 1-2 pints skimmed milk. Calf thrives, cow's milk reserved for dairy. Used in Germany; Indian corn meal in US parts.