Feed the Dry Cow

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 220, 13 April 1933, Page 2

Feed the Dry Cow

It cannot be repeated too often that the only time a cow gets a chance to store the materials required for the next season’s milking is when she is dry. During that period she must store up in her body and skeleton a sdpply of the materials she converts into milk. Experiments, often repeated, show that no matter how she is fed after calving, calcium (lime) cannot be assimilated in sufficient quantity for her production of milk; there is always an adverse balance and unless she starts milking with a big reserve, she cannot continue to milk profitably few long.