Show spring freshening cows have little advantage although spring freshening cows have the advantage of starting their milking year under ideal feed condl eions provided by an abu abundance nuance of luxuriant nutritious pasture the cheapest and best of all feeds such a favorable environment Is short lived A few weeks later the beat of summer Is upon them good pasture Is less abundant pressing work in the field does not dot permit the farmer to give his cows the attention they require flies add to the discomfort of the cows their and the calves As a result cows go down in production and stay down no methods of feeding have yet been found which will bring them back to good production after they have once been permitted to go down furthermore butterfat prices are generally lower in spring sprine and summer than at any other time of the year |