Show give extra attention to cows before fres freshening ening every cow should be dry at least six weeks before freshening it la Is not uncommon to hear a dairyman say bay you simply cannot get that cow dry she milks right up to calving per alstedt production la Is very desirable in a dairy cow but such buch an animal re quires extra attention during the lat ter part of her lactation A dairy cow has only two ways to dispose of the feed she receives put it on her back or put it in the pall the real dairy cow does little of the former it if she receives the proper kinds of feed succulent juicy feeds and those rich an ln protein produce most milk dry starchy foods such as timothy hay ear corn and corn fodder are poor milk producers the only time timothy hay bay can bo be called a dairy roughage to la when a cow should be dried up the first step in preparing a cow for her next lactation Is to substitute dry roughage for some of the silage and give a grain ration containing less protein jn in some cases silage may have to be withheld entirely and only dry roughage fed |