The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-16
Fixing the Habits Of a Dairy Cow

around "a years Is a good period 10 lave
the helfcrs freshen
Breeding the hefcrs at the right time viii
be OF little avail II the management is not
such as VIII develop tho milking habit. The
feed must be such Will sustain the COW
and ennblc her Ia yield all the milk that her
system can make Here ~ point thnt
should not be overlooked. Tic hcifor or
COW should be I'm good condition before fresh
cning I'm order that there need not be n
double strain on her digestive and ussimi-
lativc systems TO keep up the bodily condi-
tlons and at the same time produce milk. II
the milk producing functions can be directed
In their channels unrestricted the possibili
ties of large productions VIII be greatly en-
hanccd.
Al this point the necessity for feeding
succulcnt food must bc very apparent Grass,
silagc soiliug crops or roots and balanced
grain feeds. according TO the season OF the
year arc the articles on which the COW
feeder can depend FOR class OF feed that
VIII enable the COW TO yield heavily. Dry
feed will not and cannot do rs well The
feed must b. such as can be easily diGcsted
and the nourishmcnt taken from II without
n heavy draft on the energies Of the system
during the operation.
The habits OF productvcncss cannot be
we'll fixed without regular feeding. and In
such quantities as the system can utilize H.
a
feeding that must be deferred until some
future time. But regularity in feeding is too
often undcrcstimatcd As soon as the mill
runs empty moro feed should be put I'm the
hopper. The cows system should not be
called upon 10 yield up some OF the stored
UP material in order 10 keep up the business
OF milk making. for that would be an inter
ruption OF the general processes OF the sys-
ten and certain penalties In diminishing milk
production are sure TO follow.
The other habit of milking regularly should
follow that of feeding regularly, 1t is a fact
that many do not seem To comprehend that
the milk should be taken at regular inter
walls have in mind case where the man
on whom devovcd the duty OF milking at
regular intervals during an official test over
slept and deferred the milking one hour, and
the interruption broke UP the regular flow
of milk during the three succeeding days
and caused the amount Of butter TAT TO
wavor. ono should keep in mind the fact
that the well developed dairy Is an ex-
tremely sensitive animal
In a very great measure the man who
handles the COW has under his control the
length OF the period OF lactatlon. II for any
reason during the first period the heller goes
dry early there is start toward a short
period COW If on the second year the period
is shortened the habit Is fixed and cannot be
overcome afterward; size Will be short
period COW, matter what effort Is made
To keep her TO her milk
with these facts in view 1t Is worth the
while to cultivate the habit OF the cows sys-
tenn up to the point where she will hold To
her milk close to the time when she Will
frcshen again. a long period COW Is much
more valuable for several reasons than the
rt-Dcrod COW. Keep in mind the habits
you desire In a and fix them in the
heifer