Show OLD COWS SOMETIMES EXCEL Animal Should Be Ee Kept u Until She Falls Fails to Give Good Profit for the Feed Consumed By J J. B B. IRWIN It Is Js my exp experience c that a cow remains valuable until about twelve years of age My cattle are purebred Holsteins and some have p produced over pounds of ot milk per pcr year ter they ther were twelve years wears re r We WC 4 r J c ka Rao- Rao Holstein Cow seldom keep them longer than that Al AU farmers that have purebred cows know their ag ages s and I find thid that the farmers farmers farm farm- in do have e ers s this PIls vicinity that not purebred cows know the ages of their animals approximately I have kept kep one or two cows YS until they showed signs of falling failing as producers of milk This was Indicated by th the decrease inthe inthe in inthe the milk flow but bu not in the shortenIng shortening shorten shorten- Ing of the period of lactation My way of getting them ready for Jor the butcher is to let them go dry and they will fatten fatten fat tat ten if in good ph physical condition I think a 3 a cow should be kept as ns long as ns she gives a goo good profit for the feed teed consumed |