Show cow needs dry period to store up minerals it Is true that a cow that la Is continuously milked up until the time she freshens will not milk well during the succeeding lactation says a coi respondent correspondent of the idaho farmer the production of a liberal amount of milk Is it a severe tax tas upon a cow and experience has shown that a cow will produce much more milk if she Is allowed to have a dry period of from six weeks to two months than I 1 11 f sh she e Is milked continuously recent investigations in nutrition show that special value of the dry period Is to allow the animal to store up minerals in her body which may be drawn upon during the heavy milking period A cow that Is not given a rest before calving will begin her milk production at a much lower level and with a result that the milk production will continue on a lower level throughout the entire milking period there Is not much that can be done to increase the production of your cow during this milking period |