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Show MILKING THREE TIMES DAILY Custom Among More Advanced Dairymen Dairy-men of Denmark Practice Prevents Pre-vents Congestion of Udder. What are our dairy cows for? Do we keep them as lawn ornaments, or as a source of milk supply? Shall the dairyman drive his cows from door to door, as dairy cows and goats are driven in some countries, milking as much and as often as his patronage demands as long as his supply holds out, or shall he use more improved methods? Shall he milk once a day, as was the practice some hundreds of years ago, and is yet the custom in some places, or shall he milk three times, as is the custom among the more advanced dairymen in Denmark? Den-mark? Shall the cow be given the op- Holstein-Friesian Heifer. portunity to show her capacity by the removal of her milk product as often as seems necessary, or shall we dry her down to suit our convenience in milking? As our population and the cost of food products increases, milk as one of the most valuable of food products will also increase in price, and iu the near future it will be as customary for dairymen to milk cows three times a day during the earlier portion of the lactation period as it is now to milk but twice. Indeed, owing to the wonderful milk-producing qualities of Holstein-Friesian cows, in order to avoid congestion of the udder it is the common practice among those having the better cows to milk three times daily for many w'eeks after freshening. |