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PROFITABLE DAIRYING 



MILK HABIT 



Occasionally cows will be found which show a dis- 

 position to be continuous milkers. As a rule it is 

 better to have a cow go dry from four to six weeks, 

 but if, after reasonable effort to dry her off, she de- 

 clines to go dry, she should be humored. It is dan- 



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gerous not to do so. If in milk within three weeks 

 of calving, no attempt should be made to dry her off. 

 Heifers should be induced to continue their flow to 

 within four weeks of calving if possible. If allowed 

 to go dry too long, they form a habit hard to cure. 

 An eye should always be kept open for well sired 

 heifer calves from unusually fine milking cows. When 

 there are not enough in a herd, the dairyman should 

 look out for some in a neighbor's herd. The author 

 knew one cross-bred Ayrshire-Durham cow that was 



