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Show Have salt where the cow can get It every day. Palatability Is an Important feature of good dairy rations. Facilities for handling milk are giving giv-ing an impetus to the market. Don't let the cows out In the storms to stand around. It doesn't pay. It Is rather a difficult task to dry up a cow when In full flow of milk. One of the great mistakes In dairy farming is in having too much land. No farmer can afford to have a cheap, inferior made silo on his farm. In feeding a milk cow a corn ration, reduce the ration at first indication of fattening. Cows should be In prime condition at time of freshening. Therefore feed grain if necessary. The best time to dehorn ad animal Is when It Is only a few days old, by using caustic potash. Roughage for calves should first be fed at 2 or 3 weeks of age, when the calf begins to eat grain. If a heifer is to make the best dairy cow, she should freshen when she is from 2 years to 30 months old. Simply because a calf is given her ration of milk each day. It does not signify that she does not need -water also. A pure-bred bull on the farm will double the value of a scrub or low grade herd of cattle In a very short time. |