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Show Dairy Notes Duly a tew days ure usually neces-" neces-" 8ii ry io teach the calf to drink from the bucket. Old. low-producing cows should be made ready for the butcher at the earliest possible date. The better calves should be properly proper-ly grown and given a chance to become be-come prolttahle producers. Dry cows should be fed some grain during the entire dry period which is usually of about six weeks' duration. Hay Is fed to calves as soon as they 1 . will eat it. They also receive whole grain and wheat bran as soon as they have a liking for IL It is Just us bard to make milk In summer as it is in winter, and the heaviest producing cows will pay well for a little extra feed If they ure on thin, dry. scant pasture. i The usual falling off In milk flow ' in most dairy herds during the late summer months Is due chiefly to an insullicient amount of feed and the hot weather. I The calves should be put In clean, bright, drv nuarters out of sight of the cows. It is best to wait 12 to .4 hours before attempting to teach the calf to drink, as it will be hungry by then. ; After the heifers are bred they must be fed enough grain and bay or pasture pas-ture to meet the demands of the developing calf and to keep them ' growing and developing at the same time Too often they are turned out j on the pasture nnd neglected un til a week or two before calviug. i |