Show developing THE YOUNG covi to establish long milking pron nit dairyman must be 00 persistent in milking helfer heifer it if you wish arf establish sh a long milk ing propensity you must be persistent in milking tho the heifer better after her ber fl calf it la then that the habit of ot first long or short milking period Is formed dry her up at seven or eight months and it Is difficult ever after to get he her to milk tor for 10 months for this reason keep heep on milking her for 10 or 11 months no matter how little milk you may get this la Is tho the danish method of making largo large and persistent milk ers era and it is the only practical way to obtain gentle cows there la Is nothing like raising them yourself the tow cow seems BO ems to partake of the disposition of her keeper no dairyman can afford to have a man in his stable who la Is rough and quick tempered A cow that Is abused will not give much milk it the heifer Is thrifty and well developed sho she may be served when 18 months of age and will then drop her first calf when two and a quarter years old eld it served much beyond this period she is apt to acquire the habit of food into flesh and not into milk it is well to delay the coming of the second call calf for or tho the low few months longer than Is usual in the mature cow this gives the young cow a better chance to develop as there la is not tho the extra tax on her during the heaviest flow of milk the danish and north holland dairymen lay great stress on the importance of 0 manipulating the udder teats teata and milk veins this consists of rubbing the udder with the hands bands and the milk veins under the stomach once or twice a week from calt calf hood bood up to the time she drops her first calf this handling enlarges and lengthens the teats and gives greater capacity to the udder the young heifer so handled becomes very docile and when she calves she will allow you to gently rub her udder and draw the milk the heifers heffers hei fers udder a few days after calving to Is swollen and inflamed i and often painful the young cow Is nervous and excited let the calf remain with the cow and after tho the calf has sucked gently milk her out clean the relief thus given will quiet her and she sha will not offer to kick the kicking cow is not born she Is made mada so BO by the milk wo we have for a number of years followed this method and it has been very satisfactory |