Show DAIRY r CARE FOR COWS AFTER CALVING Because of Her Low Vitality Good Treatment Needed The core care of ot the cow otter calving Depends upon n a variety of ot things Her lIeI Is low following ln follo parturition and she should be he treated J according I b ly accordingly She should be protected from coM cold drafts and In to cold colli weather her water should be warmed ormed for two or three da days day's s 's or at least loM she site should not be to drink very cold collI water For r the first few days the ration should Ivery be light In character and not I ry very ry abundant A bran mash made ly by moistening bran with warm water Is yell well adapted for the grain portion with which may luny be lie fed J such hay as the cow eow will consume It If the udder Is 13 swollen and hard the grain ration should be Increased very vely slowly pOS pOS- poa possibly ibl using two weeks before attempt attempt- ing attempting to get the cow V on full feed With postpone Ilea heavy It ma mar may r be bo well to post post- pone this even longer No alarm need he be felt If the udder ulMer remains inflamed and hard han for a number of ot days ays pro viding providing milk can con be drawn freel freely from each ench quarter It Is recommended that If the cow Is a good er she should be milked at least three times limes daily or oftener until the tile Inflammation leaves the udder mJ It Is preferable to allow v the calf calt to suck for at least the first twenty twenty- twenty four four hours and some allow them them to suck for even en a longer period than this With high producing li II li- li liable liable able to have milk fever It is quite n a common practice to milk out a n little milk several se times a day until dan dan- danger danger danger ger from this trouble Is past This This ma may be continued for two or three days dars or until unlit such time tilDe as may seem necessary with the Individual cow It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is believed advantageous to leave enough milk In the tile udder to cause considerable pressure during the Hie dan dan- dangerous dangerous peri period and for this tills reason only sufficient milk Is drawn to relieve the extreme pressure After the first t two to o or three days the frequency of milking will depend very largely upon the ability of ot the coto cow co to produce milk As a general rule it Is nd advisable when n a cow produces W 50 t pounds or more a n day to milk mille her WI I more than twice dally daily For lower pro pro- producing producing cows it Is of ot doubtful nn ad advantage I tage Loge to milk mille oftener than this at least so far fur as I profit 10 fit In milk production Is Ie concerned It is estimated that mill milk milking 1 ing cows three times tines n a day Instead of twice will Increase the production by bJ I 12 to 18 per cent particularly with the better producing animals |