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usually shrink very materially in her milk flow when changed from pasture 

 to dry feed in the fall. Again the cow calving in the fall produces the largest 

 amount of butterfat when prices are the highest. A fall calf will usually 

 fare better than his spring sister. The farmer has more time to give it the 

 attention that it needs, flies are not so bad and in the spring it is ready to 

 go to pasture. Much depends in getting the dairy heifers in the habit of 

 calving at the time of year when they will bring in the most profit. 



GENERAL CARE: The yards, sheds and barns in which the young dairy 

 stock are kept should be so situated that water will readily drain away, that 



HALF GUERNSEY HEIFER. 

 Raised on Skim Milk. 



sunlight will find an abundant entrance, and if possible so that cold winds 

 of the north and northwest will not reach them. The shed or barn should 

 be well bedded. While it is not desirable to have the main racks for hay 

 under the shed they should be located in as well protected spot as possible. 

 Where racks are constructed to prevent the cattle from wasting it, enough 

 hay may be hauled in at one time to last several days. When ice forms on 

 the drinking water, tank heaters are very desirable. They cost but little, 

 require only a small amount of fuel and are easily cared for. These heaters 

 will keep ice from forming in the severest weather, and the stock will drink 

 much more water with evident satisfaction. 



