Millard County Chronicle | 1913-05-08 | Page 7 | Manner of Drying up Cow

MANNER OF DRYING UP COW Better for Progeny and for Animal Herself to Have Resting Period of Few Weeks. Some cows era aucb persistent milkers milk-ers that It Is next to Impossible to dry them up even for a abort time. Bsys the Farmers' Digest. When a cow persists In milking from one lactation lacta-tion period to another. It Is better to milk her than to take any chances on forcing her dry. There Is much dan ger In Injuring the cow's udder II she Is forced dry snd we have found It the sarer plan to milk the animal from one lactation period to the next. Notwithstanding. It ta better for tbe progeny and for the animal herself to have a resting period of six to eight weeks. j A careful observer will usually find j that from eight to ten weeks before calving the row will have a strong tendency to stop giving milk. If the milker takes advantage of thla time, there la usually very little trouble In getting an snlmsl dry but If she passea by this period, a persistent milker Is difficult to dry up.