Show r LET COWS BE DRY FULLY SIX WEEKS i i need rest rea between betwee i ri lacta tion periods w overworked cows like overworked people leopie make vacations show shiow profits according to prof irot 11 A hopper 0 of f the new york state college of agriculture cows in poor condition should have a rest of two months between I 1 lactation periods 1 and good cows should rest a minimum of six weeks he advises it t Is not generally understood that when a cow lg Is producing milk slie she uses tile the minerals from her body faster than they can be replaced A cow producing pounds f milk a year must manufacture pounds of dry matter maiter or more than Is contained in the carcass of a 4 1250 pound steer it if a cow Is given little or no rest she enters the next lactation period in a weakened and rundown run down condition with the result that she can produce less milk than slie could have had she been dried off a few weeks before she freshened it Is false economy according to professor hopper to try to keep cows in nearly neaily constant production ifo n to allow them to replace the minerals which have gone into the prodie L tion of milk cows that are dry during the pasture season should receive legume hays bays and pasture or be allowed to graze on a legume pasture at other ather times legume hays bays and silage should be fed to dry cows if possible |