Show 70 SUITABLE FEE FEEDING DING FOR BRED HE HEIFERS IFE RS ailred belfer liel fera 4 should receive particularly rood good care tills this la Is especially true of those that will freshen during tile next six alx months says J W bartlett dairy husbandman tit nt tile the now new jersey state college of agriculture it Is not enough to feed the bred heifer on oil roughage alone such kuch a heifer will continue to tn prow grow until she chives it if given it 11 rood good supply of food feed after freshening sho she will be obliged to use ilse nil all of her feed for andy maintenance ten tince and nilla production so the dalry dairyman inan connot expect rapid growth after the first freshening the basis of tile feed for tho the pregnant helfer heifer can well viell bo be it u good legume tiny and silage if these are available she bho should have hac till nil tile city she will clenn clean up tip twice dally daily and 20 to 25 5 pounds of silage until about six weeks before freshening she should be iriven it good growing ration about live pounds dally daily of it ration consisting of equal martn by weight of corn oats arnix and oil anieul nieul will give good re suits lf site alio Is not fat the ration should contain at least two to parts of corn meal or hominy to one of the other ingredients it may seem beem that tile the heifer Is getting heavy over the tha shoulders and taking on a beell ness but site she will wilk milk off ill I 1 s heaviness and produce a ili higher g her testing milk than it if site she freshens in III a thin condition at least a month before freshening the heifer should be bb put in a box stall or in the stanchion row so that she will become used to being handled site she can be watched WRt ched better in such a also A heifer in good or high flesh will probably have a caked udder this need not cause we worry rry it if she I 1 la is kept out of draughts and not allowed to lie on wet cold ground immediately afsar freshening two to weeks before calving if the udder Is caked the ration should bo be changed to bran and oil meal and a few days before fresh ening tile the oil meal should be tell to ro reduce udder congestion after freshening bran only should be fed as it 11 grain ration tor for the first few days leaving the calf with the heifer for three or four days also will tend to re tl the ie condition |