cows THAT ARE MILKED BY HAND 



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abundant and prolonged milk-giving. It is safe, there- 

 fore, to say that cows milked by hand and otherwise 

 properly managed will give milk far beyond that fur- 

 nished by the same breed of cows equally favored in 

 respect to the food furnished. But the fact should not 

 be lost sight of that it is possible so to manage cows 



PURE JERSEY HEIFER 

 (By courtesy of the owner, Erland Lee, Stony Creek, Ont., Canada) 



that nurse their calves as to bring the average of milk- 

 giving in the cows up to a higher standard than ordi- 

 narily exists in herds thus managed. 



This means, therefore, that if maximum milk yields 

 are to be obtained cows should not be allowed at any 

 time to suckle their calves. It follows, therefore, that 



