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Show "- t "" Keep Up the Feeding. A forco pulling In tho direction of largo and economical mllk-glving, Is persistent dry milking and persistent high feeding. Tho trouble with most vf us Is that, as tho cows get farther ulong In tho period of lactation, wo drop off tho feed promuturely. We jfollow tho false doctrine that we Bhould measure tho supply of nutrl- ; " I orits by the yield of milk, nnd when- fwor the cow drops In ylold we punish hT, and, through her, ourselves, by maVtlng a corresponding reduction in -. the food supply. Wo forget tho drafts upon tho feed other thnn for tho production pro-duction of milk, and wo forget that these drafts Increaso as tho timo for .the birth of the next cnlf approaches. : Remember, on tho other side, the danger of milk fever, and guarding is ourselves against It as best we may y during tho last three weeks prior to tho birth of the calf, we want to continue con-tinue a good full ration of roughage nnd grain well through the entire period of lactation, Clinton D. Smith. ( |