Show EXTENSION NEWS NOTES the following waa taken from the october ima number of the amer call hii hereford journal WINTERING TUB THE 11 HEREFORD DREFORD BREEDING DING the problem Is very materially reduced if the ilerd herd starts the iho winter season in ui good condition cows with young dalves should mave have the best the farm falm affords by JOHN the all ajl important thing about mc ces wintering ali the breeding herd is to have it start the winter in good condition in ili traveling the country over I 1 have round found that t tha average hereford breeder makes ills his fatal mii talce lake in october or november by let ling ili has cattle run down ill ili condition cold i rains ains dur during ng the he latter part of and the light lit falls of snow allow cr beet in ill Noven november tiber after art are all but bat golic goine are particularly hard on cattle at thai hat I 1 season of the hie year also cattle are rai loaird on an the pay gross grass that is ki abed into rhe ground late in the ilia fall will not come again so early in the the bro breeder dia r wl who aru i ns on oil letting hig hia callable caiti lilo run down in ili order to slave flave a altae effra flork ork or feed generally ia Li his caudle candle at both elix edds le jn ili a visit to a well known herd berd I 1 reitar remarked ked to the member of the ane firm finn how well the herd looked and congratulated el him on what an ea cosy y ara ter it would be to winter such a lierd herd lie ile red and looked at me a moment and thon than staid Leill Leit liam nim auy y fool cd now hat it is cheaper and easier to lio tain condition than to lot your herd run nm down iu in the faill fail and try to lo moke it up ill on winter eced ec ed we have tried boidi ways and know the te economy of never losing milk hit fat on oil young things or g grass flesh on our older elder attle there lehere is the of being able am any lay clay to show your herd to VL is I 1 wi bitout tout bialt dont help the entitle and simply confirm the visitors 01 sl 0 pillion opinion of your bring a short handed d i 1714 1 v YOUNG GALVES CALVE 1 1 thero there li no set rule nils or routine ot of fcc din that wul aul aver the different ltv tes f g or locations IIer efard a wro kii o bred and fed ali revor I 1 you ellid cial aico flUe you avill field the united stute 4 over I 1 or the lie special care at ahlis aea on or of ilia filic year should lie le ho cows with young see that they aliey ire arc fed and ni eif as 19 VIS as conditions will give them the bet be z t 3 w 1 have sot got next see ee to lo it that the calv cs are and sst get to a feed fraligh lind hay rach tind and good water katr dont furet the waler waiter tt if they have bave a creek in in tap an ure ule durilin tho summer thoro will be no loss durki during the weaning in period there I 1 is no hotter better place for wean ngi and oam heffers heifers ilion the apen upen nw now la ig tine the time thile to lo see to it limit it is id filled in ili a foot or IS 18 inches above the lel of the outside yard if 3 you failed 10 have it eave spouted inet winter wi niter get tile the tinner at it now ona dont dant let the young hel forsi wade lafoe necip to got into tille tilt shed people arre apt to pity cattle when wot wet 01 snow on oil tille ir b aks backs hut but I 1 have always wondered in freming weather liet ij if young youn cattle with their feet and biogy nj N j encased incased in cased in bant lages of frozen mud were not quite as aa uncomfortable aind aalde r really rally ally suffering ing more with avith a comfortable to sleep plenty of forage and a litak lil tl ration or of good silage or groin gnahn to keep them 1 rl Wini a bundi of heifer calves or x axi i I 1 langs largs in do famously be ready bior for gratis early in mio he spring and aid forge ahead ah ead of li elfers fed in ili a carlil ham barn W garding the young holtei heiters s amt ali it dilvo hilt hile in i n whiter or r ill m early api lna g it lq li well to remember that they are lai bovan vinc a doi lible train on their totems both before and after calving calvin unlike the matura cows they ire are still gi browm and at a I 1 the same time making or carine for jimr off pring one would oil cd in a years travel to see asee how bow sol set ioni jhc thc e oung in mot others liora are given art an exxa exra ciare or jar even a beitter batter clin elin uco alco llian the ordinary dry cows of the ali herd girerd to the marioa pm i od after wean fiig in stay hy six nl c to eight months 1 bove s co the foul months previous to and the tour four mouths after calving as the critical time in ill uie the development of a hereford eow rowa g life ire I 1 DRY COWS WINTERED lows clows hint have I 1 ave their WIVES dives nila dont adver again till spi aina are arc eliy it if a Ilore flord cow licia by mat aih it I 1 deflit mean man corn corli olit have no wade irini idu fy hay bay or Ila d al a falfa ant lit palatable palli pala table tahle t with some little nutriment in sh li will carry abit ough in good goad condition for grasis grit sis provided tt iii as in good shape |