Two observations relating to the growth of milk-fed calves are of interest. Swesnikowa(i7) fed one cow on a diet rich in vitamins and another on a vitaminpoor ration. Their milk was fed to calves and to rats. No difference could be detected in the growth, digestibility coefficient or metabolism of the calves receiving these milks, whereas the rats which were fed on the milk from the cow receiving the vitamin-rich diet grew quicker. Unfortunately the abstract of the paper, which is alone available to the present author, gives no details of which vitamins are concerned. American workers (18) claim to have shown that milk alone does not supply all the factors necessary for normal prolonged growth of calves, mineral supplements being considered necessary to raise a calf to more than a few months of age and to prevent the onset of anaemia. Such a claim is difficult to substantiate in view of the common practice of raising beef calves on whole milk for considerable periods.