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Show BEST TIME TO HAVE THE COWS FRESHEN More Time for Caring for Animal and Her Products in Winter Than in Summer. (By C. A. 7IUTTOX. University of Tennessee.) Ten-nessee.) There are several advantages in having the cows freshen in the fall of the year instead of in the spring. There is more time on the farm for caring for the cow and her products during the winter months Cows will give a better yield of milk than if they freshen in the spring. If they are properly cared for and fed they will milk well when fresh; then, when the grass comes in the spring, it helps to keep the milk flow, so that the fall fresh cow will milk better throughout through-out the year than the one that freshens fresh-ens in the spring. The cows will be dry during the hot summer months, when pastures are short and flies are bad. More attention can be given to caring for the calves, and they will be ready to turn on pasture in the spring when grass comes. There is more demand for milk and butter during the winter months, and the price is higher than in the summer. If cows are bred so as to freshen in the fall, they will give better cash returns re-turns from the sale of their products. |
