| Show early breeding sure to hold back development many li cifers that have been well fed full fall to niale make proper size at maturity because they have been bred at too early an age not only is size lost by this practice but ability to produce milk as well the heavier the breed the more Is the time required for development before the animal Is breil bred for instance I 1 may be bred at the age of eighteen to twenty one months depending on their development at eighteen to twenty months and jerseys at fifteen fl to seventeen months tills this Is a general rule the best breeders bleeders bre eders may prefer to hold bold their heifers heffers a little longer one of the greatest ayrshire breeders bleeders bre eders once sald said that the best helf ceif ers lie ever owned were not bred till twenty one months and he considered this quite early enough in altogether too many cases the lighter breeds come in at twenty months and the heavier breeds at twenty four months |
