CARE OF HEIFERS.
NOTE OF WARNING.
Although it is true that the most important period in the life of a dairy cow is the first six months of her calf-hood, this does not mean that she can be neglected between the age of eix months and freshening. Undersize and under-development generally can usually be traced to underfeeding during the heifer stage; and it is an axiom of good dairying that the most productive cows are the ones that have grown to their full capacity. Every calf is born with certain inherent and inherited possibilities, says a writer in the Farmers' Advocate Her breeding determines the extent of her possible production and profit for her owner, but her feeding and care determine the extent to which these possibilities will be developed. This is the reason why, when certain dairy get hold of heifers that have been unfed they can make them more profitable than they have been previously; but even the most expert feeding and care cannot make up for all of the lost opportunities that occurred during calf-hood and heiferhood.
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Franklin Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 40, 4 April 1928, Page 3
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180CARE OF HEIFERS. Franklin Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 40, 4 April 1928, Page 3
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