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Show Age of Freshening In the examination of Advanced Registry records. Prof. C. W. Tnr ner of the Missouri Collpge of Agriculture Agri-culture has drown the following conclusion concerning the efTeot of age at first freshening upon the lnt ; er production of heifers: "Thp most I efllclent milk and fat production ! (utilization of nutrients) will be oh j tnlned by breeding nnlmals to calve them at from 20 to 24 months of i age, maximum production at about I 30 months of age, and within S to 10 per cent of the maximum production pro-duction at from 23 to 28 months, depending upon the breed." |