Show DAIR v r FACTS LET COWS BE DRY FULLY SIX WEE WEEKS KS Need Rest Rest Between La Lac Lacta Lactation eta to I tion Periods I f Overworked cows like overworked people make vacations mentions show profits profit according to Prof II A. A Hopper of th the New v York State College of ture turc Cows In poor condition should have a rest of two months lactation periods and good cows should rest a minimum of six weeks he ad vises I It is not generally understood that I I when a n cow Is producing milk mille sh she uses the minerals from her body faster than they can he be replaced A cow producing pounds of milk a year I must manufacture iGO pounds of dry I matter or more than Is contained IQ In lar r the carcass of a 1 pound pound O-pound steer If H Ha a n cow is given little e or no rest she she enters the next lactation period In a n weakened and run down condition I. I with the result that she can cnn produce produCt less milk than she could hn have e had she been dried off oft a few weeks before she freshened It Is false alse economy according ais ao cording to Professor Hopper to try to keep cows in nearly constant tion To allow them to replace the minerals min mia which have haye hone gone into the production tion of milk cows that are dry durin the pasture season should receive I legume hays has and pasture or be a allowed al al- lowed to graze on a le legume ume pasture At other times legume ha hays s 's and silage je should be fed to dry cows If possible |