Gruel for Calves
Ingredients
Directions
Mix 2 quarts of gruel with 2 quarts of warm water.
Feed this mixture to the calves morning and night.
Ensure the mixture is well diluted before feeding.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Finely ground linseed cake
- Adds concentrated fat and protein, giving the feed energy and body.
- Mixed meals
- Provides the bulk of the dry feed, supplying energy and body to the gruel.
- Hay tea
- Adds liquid and moisture to the base, helping the feed mix and flow.
The step that matters
Dilute the mixture well before feeding. A thick gruel is harder for calves to swallow and digest. Diluting it with warm water gives a thinner, more fluid mixture that is easier to drink and to digest, and it keeps the dry feed evenly suspended.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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