190 DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



feeding and cold weather are more than offset by the hot 

 weather and annoyances from flies experienced by the spring 

 calf. For the calf under six months it does not make much 

 difference whether the roughness be grass or hay. Some 

 prefer the latter, but for the second six months grass gives 

 much better results. In the winter season the young calf 

 is also more apt to get the careful attention it needs than it 

 is during the busy summer season. As most heifers come 

 into milk at about two years of age, a fall-dropped heifer is 

 ready to begin milk at the season when the results are the 

 most satisfactory. 



