New Hampshire Farmer And Weekly Union

PUBLICATION ON CALF RAISING.

The existing conditions in the fertilizer market are such as to emphasize as never before the advantages of livestock husbandry, of which in Massachusetts milk production is without doubt the most important branch, in maintaining the productive capacity of soils.

Bulletin 164 gives the results of a long-continued series of experiments in the use of different substitutes for skim milk in the rearing of calves. It is believed that the experience of many dairymen indicates that the best way to maintain a good dairy herd is to raise the best calves, but where the line of dairying followed is the production of milk for sale there is little or no skim milk available and calves cannot be successfully raised unless a satisfactory substitute can be found.

The results presented in the bulletin referred to show that there are a number of quite satisfactory materials on the market, and all those interested in the raising of calves will find suggestions of value in the bulletin, which can be obtained by addressing Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass.