CARE OF HEIFERS
NOTE OF WARNING I Although it is true that the most important period in the life of a dairy cow is the first six months of her calfhood, this does not mean that she can be neglected between the age of six months and freshening. Under-size and under-development generally can usually be traced to under-feeding during the heifer stage; and it is an axiom of good dairying that the most productive cows arc 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 th a reason why, when certain dairy farmers 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 portunities that G-eurred during c&®| hood and heiferhdud, ; I . i I
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20110, 31 March 1928, Page 24 (Supplement)
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187CARE OF HEIFERS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20110, 31 March 1928, Page 24 (Supplement)
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