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If this is done, two important things will have been accomplished. 

 First, time and feed have been saved; and second, the heifer's ener- 

 gies are early turned towards milk production, before the habit of 

 producing flesh and fat has been acquired. The latter reason may 

 be considered fanciful by some, but there seems to be good evidence 

 for the belief that coming into milk early in life, helps to develop and 

 fix the milking habit. Even if this were not true, the saving in time 

 and feed will amply repay the farmer for giving the young things 

 extra care until they are two years old. (Conn. B. 63.) 



Authorities Consulted : Cattle Foods and Feeding. la. A. E. S. 

 B. 87; Cornell B. 154; Miss. B. 104; Kans. B. 115; Miss B. 114; Tex. 

 B. 110, 135; Va. B. 164, 173; la. B. 87; Miss. B. 92; Pa. B. 70; 

 Colo. B. 125; Ky. B. 141; Mich. B. 203; N. H. B. 154, 147, 149, 

 133, 116; Mass. B. 50; Wash. B. 48; Minn. B. 36, 27; Pa. B. 50; 

 Del. B. 5; R. I. B. 78, 98; S. C. B. 105; Del. B. 7; la. B. 86; Mass. 

 B. 51, 45; la. B. 66; Ag. Dept. Bu. Chem. B. 108; 111. Cir. 88, 92, 

 94 ; Wis. B. 151 ; N. J. B. 184 ; Ind. B. 21 ; 111. B. Ill ; Kans. B. 124, 

 130, 132; Miss. B. 136, 92; Kans. B. 11.2, 39, 61, 60, 51, 67; Minn. 

 B. 60; Ky. B. 108; Pa. B. 83, 74; Idaho B. 24; Utah B. 101, 54; Pa. 

 B. 68, 64, 53; Wash. B. 79; Pa. B. 57; F. B. 320; Nebr. B. 75, 85, 

 90; Tex. B. 86; Minn. B. 99; Vt. B. 152; N. Dak. B. 73, 33; Tex. 

 B. 97; Colo. B. 102; S. Dak. B. 97; Okla. B. 58; Mo. B. 25; Va. B. 

 173; Mo. B. 75; Va. B. 164; 111. B. 103, 83, Cir. 94; Nebr. B. 100; 

 111. Cir. 92; Ag. Dept. Bu. An. Ind. B. 131 ; Ind. B. 141, 152; F. B. 

 346; Ag. Dept. Bu. An. Ind. B. 143; Wis. B. 187. 



Calves and Calf Feeding. Mo. A. E. S. B. 57; Wis. B. 192; 

 Kans. B. 97 ; Pa. B. 60 ; Ind. B. 47 ; Mass. B. 28 ; La. B. 104 ; Kans. 

 B. 126; Mo. B. 47; N. H. B. 58; Mich. B. 257; Idaho B. 48; Va. B. 

 172; Conn. B. 43; Conn. B. 63; R. I. B, 140, 



