Show START DAIRYING IN SPRING BEST when the grass turns green la in the spring farmers usually think more live stock and us as a rule most beginners in dairying start their new business during the early spring months and there Is s very little doubt that the appearance of grass Is an incentive to this line of thought and belion action concluded J P lamaster chief of the dairy division at clemson college A great majority of milk cows in the state freshen during the spring which helps to produce interest in dairying nt at this season of the year because when a surplus of milk la 19 pro need the farmer usually looks round for a market for this product lie ile soon realizes that with one to three cows he cannot expect any very great return and therefore decides to add three or four more cows to his herd in this way he grows into the dairy business which Is undoubtedly the very best policy however there are many reasons why it Is best to have the dairy cows freshen in the fall and for the same reason it Is usually the best policy to start a new dairy business at that season of the year with the spring pastures there usually come certain noxious weeds such as wild onions and bitter weed which produce bad flavors and odors in the milk of cows which graze them As yet no DO satisfactory method has been determined to eliminate these objectionable tio flavors from milk after it Is drawn from the cow the only way the farmer can control these flavors Is to either destroy the weeds Is the pasture or remove the cows from pastures infested with these weeds weed at least three hours before milking time sometimes green rye and oats pasture produce these bad flavors and odors in the milk tills this can be controlled by the same procedure as outlined above |