Show irad L AL A L mail E I 1 ak 11 MO 0 1 WELL NOURISHED HEIFERS FAVORED two year old Is not too young to bear call calf ninny progressive colorado ranch men have found that it a heifer of good breeding has enough feed of good qun llly she bile can successfully produce and balse as satir satisfactory factory a calf all aa a two yen year r old says it W fairbanks associate professor of animal hus banary at the colorado agricultural college death losses among such heifers heffers that are given plenty of nourishing feed will not be high fairbanks adds and the lie helfers will be just its as big of at maturity is they would have been it they hit had kind had their first calves as chri three byear ear olds rn in other act wolds ds a two year old Is not too tin young oung to bear felir a calf it if she Is in sound aby s ivol condition condit lon as the result of a generous supply of wholesome feed tt it Is eirphy en phased sized ri who a aie ae 1 e successful in this pr practice n atice its as it a r rule t ile have reserve pius tures in which there Is plenty of good gras and wilier water and in which they put lilt theli two to year earold old helfers for two iwo or r three before and after aloni alt ni when heffers heifers calve before t bliesa iese aie available it Is net nee of coun sp e to supply elent feed to meet the lie additional require identa et of thib young cows that have not yet et ned their full growth some ranchman ranchmen ranch men say they would ney nev e er lune have a heifer calve until slie she Is three tit ee years old it they could prevent it but that it la Is impractical or imps sible bible for then to maintain pastures that will separate the yearling heifers heffers from the bulls under such conditions it would be advisable to see that these young cows obtain good feed for it at least two months before the calves are born and during the suckling period |