Show ABORTING COWS POOR PRODUCERS reduction expected from one to three fourths there Is no definite measure of the that the row cow Is likely to experience per peri fence ence after she has aborted but our observation has taught us that most helfers that abort while chife carrying their first calf if they abort at five months or so will usually not milk more than one fourth to one third of what they will III normally produce after a good fitting filing an and H normal run calving if they abort at seven months or nearer the lie normal calilung period they will milk a greater quantity hut but not often more than half the production they would normally produce cows that hate called nori normally nally once or twice and that in do not too early will often milk within IS 15 or 20 per cent of their normal pro auction our observation ling hns beer been that the decrease in production de upon the time the ing in takes place and the uge HEP of the cow or the number of previous calv inga writes dr george ceorge if 11 conn colin of Ste stephenson phenon county connly illinois in the ohp prairie farmer we hie hine imd had cows under our care that hint at mature mattire nee following an abortion produced 1141 pounds of milk in avel anele e month inon llis and the first year following a normal calv ing the normel calving taking place within fifteen months after the pre abortion llon the same anhill pro deuced over 2 pounds of milk several from a herd under our care nearly doubled their pro after they had recovered from abortion disease under ordinary conditions abortion disease in the high producing dairy herd can be expected to reduce the niilo yield in aborting cows from one fourth to three fourths of n what h a t the normal reduction would he be fol lowing the birth of a healthy calf many authorities figure the average loss los per cow due to abortion disease in those herds that are affected at sa per cow but bui in our experience we believe that nearer twice this amount under present methods of operating the purebred pure bred dairy herd would be lenrer correct the purebred pure bred herd owner will mill be runae likely to put forth a vigorous effort efroni to eliminate abortion disease from his herd when once he figures definitely what this MISS disease Is costing him the cost cell can lery ery easily he determined ter mined from the decreased production from that which lie could nor mally expect from his herd and the loss of the calves which Is due to abortion disease in many purebred pure bred herds where offspring Is sold at high prices this loss will sometimes amount to several thousand dollars per year in such herds as this large sums of money can he be profitably spent if 1 net nele essary to eliminate the disease from the herd I 1 |