Show Dairy Cows Need Rest Period Advises Expert By Professor George 13 B. B Caine head Dairy Department It is sometimes claimed by dairymen that it is impossible to dr dry up tip a particular cow G Generally Generally Gener Gener- mer- mer ally when a 0 cow is milking extremely extremely extremely ex ex- well at the close of her lactation period it is an indication chat she Is a good cow but if that thatIs Is the case this is no excuse for forthe forthe forthe the herdsman's not drying her up If the cow is hard to dry off the first thing to do is to chan change e eber her ber feed If sho is on pasture get get- ting Ling good green feed lock her up in a dry feedlot for a few days clays take her preen green feed away from her and milk her at irregular in intervals in- in If in the winter when the I Ithe cows are in the Darn barn all the time the first thing to do is to take takeaway takeaway takeaway away the grain Change the hay ration from alfalfa to timothy or orsome orsome orsome some other food that is not so palatable and milk at irregular intervals With cows that are producing only about ten pounds of milk per day it is not necessary generally to do anything with them except stop milking them or milk at very irregular intervals With cows that are producing as much as ns from 15 to 20 pounds a n day either one me of the first methods mentioned mention mention- ed may be bo employed to get satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory results The idea that is prevalent in the western country that when a cow is 13 dry she needs very little to eat is wrong and the sooner this practice practice practice tice is eliminated the better off the dairyman will become and the greater production they will get from their dairy cows To produce milk is just as much mucha a tax on the system of the dairy cow as hard work is on the average average average aver aver- age draft horse and for that reason reason reason rea rea- son it requires considerable energy en- en ergy and nutrients to keep up the body It has been proved beyond question that cows when dry for fora a month or six weeks arc are much better producers than if milked up to within two weeks weel s or a few days of their calving time |