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Show 1-M I I 11 1 1 I I 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I M"I- Dairy Notes For young calves, hay free from mold Is desirable. Good pasture grasses simply will not grow without plenty of plant food; therefore, fertilize the pasture lands A good dairy cow probably consumes more water than any other domestic animal. The more feed consumed, the more water the cow requires. The richness of a cow's milk Is n matter of Inheritance and not of feed Certain factors do influence the test, such as breed, stage of lactation. A study recently completed showed there was very little relationship between be-tween the records made by a hull's daughters and that of Ids own dam while there was a very close relation ship between the records made by his daughters and those made bf his sisters. sis-ters. Records show that fall freshening cows will produce 15 per cent or more fat than where spring freshening Is the rule. A temporary surplus of dairy products prod-ucts caused by low buying power on the part of the consumer makes necessary nec-essary a dairy program that includes more rigid culling ot the dairy herds, feeding in proportion to production, j reduction or saving of labor on the j care of the dairy herd, and vealing of all calves except those from the best cows. |