—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 7.1968
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Putting The Cow To Rest
By Using Noture's Way Of Drying Off A Cow
With Jill our knowledge of
feeding the dairy cow, we still
.do not know exactly all the re
quirements of each individual.
Consequently, for each quart or
pound of milk the cow produces,
she must steal some materials
from her own body. Because of
this body-stealing, every cow in
the herd must occasionally be
given a period of rest and re
newal. During such a rest pen
od, we must replace the materi
als she has stolen from her body
if we expect her to increase pro
duction in the coming lactation.
The time a cow stands dry is the
most important peiiod of her en
tire lactation. Therefore, we
should give real thought to how
we are going to stop the flow of
milk and stait her repairing and
building up her body.
There are various ways of
stopping the milk flow. Some
dairymen practice what is known
as the skip, strip, starve meth
od. This involves intermittent
milking, with a gradual shrink
age of the feed Other dairymen
go all out to get Iheir cows dry
by practicing the skip, strip
starve, dehydration method. This
involves taking away not only
the cow’s feed, but her water as
well. Both of these methods us
ually are successful in dry in?
the cow. But they are not good
for the future herd because,
while we are drying up the milk,
we are also cutting down on the
food going to the unborn calf
How much damage is done to
the unborn calf is a question
But it could be considerable,
since the calf at this point is
Just entering, its most rapid
growth period Another disad
vantage in practicing these meth
ods of drying the cow is that by
withholding her feed and water
we are actually encouraging, in
fact, demanding that she steal
from her own body the very
thing we are trying to minimize
by giving her a rest
A Look at Nature’s Way
What is the conect way of dry
ing a cow’ We are strong in ad
vocating natuie’s way Let’s see
how nature dries up a cow First
we should understand a few bas
ic functions that take place in
the cow The blood that supplies
the fats, other solids, and water
required in making milk comes
from the lear of the uddei It
hesitates in the udder long
enough to deposit its milk-mak
ing mateuals, then is earned
throush the mammary veins and
into the body through the mam
mal y wells to the lungs, and then
to the heait to be pumped with
more material foi future work
The blood (appioximately 80
pounds pei cow) is continuous
in its woik and lesponds to the
point of most insistence When
a cow is diy the demand on the
blood is foi body repair and
building When a cow is milk
ing the demand is on making
milk When we diy off a cow,
we change the i equu ement fi om
milk mak’ng to body building
Now, how do we diy off a cow
using natuie’s methods’ Fust of
all, cows aie neatiues of habit
and do not like change So take
hei out of the stall she has
giown used to and put her in a
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of the barn. Don’t cut back on
feed or water. Examine each of
her quarters for infection (mas
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ply quit milking. At the end of
seven days, milk the udder thor-
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