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a bad tendency, and should be avoided. On the other hand, if the young 

 cow shows an inclination to go dry too soon, every effort should be made 

 to prolong her milking period, which can usually be accomplished by giving 

 her rnore succulent food and a moderate increase in her grain ration. With 

 nearly ail cows the length of subsequent lactation periods is determined by 

 the length of the first period, so it is of the greatest importance that the 

 length of the first period be made as long as possible without crowding the 

 second period too closely. 



CALVES. The calf should never be allowed to suck its dam after the 

 first day, and many dairymen never allow a calf to suck at all. Any cow 

 which is worth keeping in a dairy secretes more milk than it is possible for 



TYPICAL DUTCH BELTED COW AND TWIN CALVES. 



Owned by S. A. F. Servin of "Valley Farm," Warwick, N. Y. The Valley Farm herd numbers 65 

 head and has a long record of prizes won at state fairs and other exhibitions, taking 41 first 

 premiums and 26 seconds in 1901 alone, and winner of three championship cups for the three 

 years successively shown, 1897, 1898 and 1901. Two cows from this herd. Belle of Warwick ana 

 Madeline, were leading cows of their breed at the Pan-American Model Dairy at Buffalo The 

 Dutch Belted cattle are native of Holland, though a distinct breed from the Holsteins. 



the young calf to use, and the sooner the cow and calf are separated the 

 better for both. When the calf is taken away at once, and the milking is 

 done by hand, the cow soon forgets her offspring and comes to regard the 

 operation of being milked as the natural means of relief for her udder. She 

 will "give down" her milk to the milker as readily as to the calf, the owner 

 can be sure that the udder is completely drained at each milking, and there 



