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Show DAIPV NOTE'S The baby calf should have her rations ra-tions changed by degrees. Name the calves from the first and their training will be much easier. A calf should be fed five times daily, about three pints at each meal. One of the greatest mistakes in dairy farming is having too much land. No farmer can afford to have a cheap, inferior made silo on his farm. Regularity in feeding and milking will go a long ways toward making dairy work successful. After a cow begins giving new milk you will find that her udder is sometimes some-times "caked." Rub it gently. A cold rain, fall or spring rain, will check the flow of milk as much as a snow storm if the cows are exposed. ex-posed. Look out for the gentle bull. Remember Remem-ber that it is not usually the roaring, roar-ing, bellowing, blustering bull that does the killing. Do not feed the cows corn meal if you are feeding corn silage, for there is as much corn in the silnge as the cows should have. Butter from fresh and properly ripened cream not over one day old keeps better than does butter made from sweet cream. A sore teat (remember the sore may be inside) will cause a cow to kick, but if handled gently she will not take on the kicking habit. The heifer that U cared for and handled han-dled gently throughout her entire life will need a little breaking in when it comes time to milk her. The long, flat-bottomed udder of the Ayrshire is typical of the breed, and no other breed is able to show such wonderful development of the fore udder. |