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Nipple versus Pail Feeding of Milk to Holstein Calves¹

Department of Dairy Science, Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station, University Park

ABSTRACT

Forty-eight male Holstein calves were employed in a comparison of methods of feeding milk. Methods studied were: open pail placed on floor, open pail elevated 10 in. off the floor, nipple pail, and nipple bottle. Calves were fed milk to 6 weeks of age. In one of three trials, pail-fed calves exhibited superior growth when compared to nipple-fed calves. This difference was not substantiated in the other two trials. Pail-fed calves consumed their milk more quickly than did those nipple-fed, and there was no difference in incidence of scours between pailand nipple-fed calves.

¹ Authorized for publication as Paper No. 1946 in the Journal Series of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station, February 14, 1955.

² Present address: Dairy Department, University of Maryland, College Park.

³ Present address: General Mills, Inc., Larro Research Farm, P.O. Box 263, Indianola, Iowa.