Show T 23 VACATION FOR COW FOUND PROFITABLE Experiments have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that It does not pay to milk a cow continuously rl right ht up to tho the day dRY of her tier freshening Almost any good cow can eRn give milk right up to the day clay her calf calt Is la born but It Is Isa Isa isa a better and more practice to dry her up several weeks before this This rest that the cow gets before before be be- fore tore her calf calt comes enables her to produce much more milk after atter freshening freshen freshen- ing and puts her In a n good strong condition con- con to withstand the strain of ot a heavy milking period without so much danger of sickness and weakening of or Continuous u I milking up to freshening time undoubtedly un un- tends to reduce a n cows cow's productive productive pro pro- e life Generally It pays to dry wp tip a ft eow from six to ten weeks before her calf Is expected to be born Some heavy producing cows s are not easy to dry dry- up But nut It Is always possible pos pOSe sible to dr dry a n cow up within a period of from two to three weeks by cutting down on the amount of grain or meal feed teed and green reen feed and by milking her less frequently and by uy falling to remoVe remove all nil the milk from her udder Do this gradually and get the milk milk- Ings farther and farther apart until she Is giving only a n quart or two of ot milk mUle dally daily As soon as a cow Is dry she should be given gI all the rough feeds she needs to get her In good sappy c condition before before be- be fore fore- calving It Is not necessary or advisable to feed a dry cow he ny nyon on grain or meal feeds A cow should be fat but not overly fat when her calf com comes s. s Do not let a cow go too long tong after calving It does not pay It Is recommended that a n cow be bred between be be- tween one and four months after calv caly- ing Failure to breed a cow promptly results In financial loss and In some cases long-delayed long breeding Is thought to result In the cows cow's becoming bar bar- ren F. F. F R. R Edwards A Animal Husband man Georgia Experiment Station |