Show DAIRY FA AUTUMN AND WINTER BEST FOR DAIRYING A study of 0 the prices paid fot foi creamery butter over a period ot of 13 years shows that invariably the price arico per pound paid for butter on tho the larger markets of tile the united states la Is highest during tile the fall and winter and lowest during the spring and summer months therefore a farmer who breeds his cows to freshen in the fall will get more from the volume of cream produced than he would get from the dame volume in the spring points out J P Ln La Master BIRster chief of the dairy at division of clemson college the fall calf Is also cheaper to raise debause it Is fed milk grain and bay during the winter months and ty by spring aprong la Is old enough to got get a considerable amount of its feed requirements from pastures while spring born calves must bo be fed milk and grain during summer then grain hay and silage the following winter thus making the spring born calf cost considerably more at ona one year of age than a calf born in the fall furthermore the farmer has more time to devoto devote to tile the caro care of the he calves in fall and winter titan than in tho the sp spring ring and summer season when crops require most of his attention this same thing applies to mature cows ln in that they are arc giving their grea greatest tesi flow during the slack winter months and ard d dry ry or nearly so eo during the dry hot busy season the cow that freshens fres liens in the fall Is fed dry feeds during her heaviest production when the product prodoc t sells at tile tho highest highes t price and therefore yields a 9 reater greater return on oil the feed consumed this production comes nt at a period of the year when it Is easier to deliver a cream of good of cool weather conditions and lack of flies and dust on the other hand the cow that alvea in the spring produces her heaviest yield during the busy summer when hot weather and flies files make it difficult to deliver a high quality product to the creamery and when the price Is lowest the spring freshened cow does not improve in her milk how flow during the fall and winter months but usually goes down in milk luring during the hot summer months thus making it difficult for her to return a profit on dry feeds site she will also be dry in late winter months and must be fed on dry feeds who whim she Is not returning an income when spring comes now new pastures help boost the milk low flow of the cow which freshens jn in the fall and thus she will finish her lactation period with high product production lon in spring the price begins to fall off but the cow le 18 producing at a cheaper rate because she Is on pasture she Is then dry during the hot season when butterfat sells at the lowest price and when farmers are busy with ir field crops |