Show COWS conditioned LARGELY after after calving make good use of bran mashes CO cows that have been milked until they are below normal in flesh can cabbe be most quickly and economically ca condl n 11 atoned on corn says 0 A williams 0 of indiana A mixture of six pounds ground corn two pounds ground oats ai or bran and one pound of oli oil meal la a 0 mixture he recommends As soon as as the desired condition has been obtained tal ned r replace the corn with bran and ground oats lots at at least ten days before freche freshening teed feed equal parts of bran and oats with los possibly sibly one poun pound d of oil meal a day and greatly reduce the quantity for seve several z nl aa days ys before and after ca calving aing there Is no feed so go good oa as bran mashes because of their cooling and laxative properties it if constipation develt develops ps glie give a quart of raw linseed oil or one pound of epsom salts rJ clover over alfalfa or soy boy bean hay bay may be allowed with possibly p a limited cited amount of silage many cases of milk fever feer can beav be avoided olde by care at this time after after calving sul supply joly plenty of water agrain but increase the ration very slowly corn coin and oats roust must be sparingly used until about the fifth day when the regular ration of four pounds I 1 of obrn corn two pounds of oata andone and one pound of oil meal attebe at the rate of four to five pounds a day may be used increases should be made at the e rate of one pound every third or fourth day until maximum production ion has be been ii reached when w a cow no longer responds to increased feed drop back slightly when it will be noted that she will increase still further in production product lon full feeding had basi best be deferred until four fou r to six weeks after freshening wag clr mr williams calls attention to the fact fac piat that at the time of calving certain substances n ces called balled hormones hammones har mones are liberated into the cows cowls blood stream which stimulate milk production these har hari nones he be says become exhausted I 1 li as the lactation period advances van cesor or inthe if the bowis cow la in poor flesh |