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Show ATTENTION TO CALVING COW Animal Requires More Care During Cd"ol Weather Than in Summer Box Stall Is Urged. 1 More care is required by the calv Ing cow during the cooler weather) than Is needed during the summer months, says L. S. Gillette, acting head of the dairy husbandry department at Iowa State college. Lack of comfortable comfort-able quarters at this period has a direct di-rect bearing on the rullk flow of the period following. f The main things to be considered are the health and comfort of tha cow and calf, which are closely related, A large, roomy box stall Is probably the best place for the cow at this time. Very light feed is needed and the wa' ter given should not be ice cold. Assistance should be given the cow at parturition if necessary and due precautions taken to prevent her from retaining her afterbirth. If It Is retained re-tained it may be removed, thereby preventing pre-venting Inflammation and other complications com-plications following calving. |