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Cows that are not pregnant this fall naturally will not produce a calf In the spring. In face of a $40 to $50 wintering bill they can only lose money If kept. A pregnancy examination by an experienced veterinarian will detect pregnancy in cows bred 60 days or longer. Now, with the 1966 calf crop weaned and the graz ing season coming to an end. Is the time to have every cow in the herd examined^ says Eller. ' Another advantage of having cows pregnancy examined is that an expected calving date can be established which can be very valuable In isolating heavy cows at calving time, i The cost of a pregnancy examination for the herd will run about one dollar per head. This would represent a cost of some $100 on a cow herd of 100 cows. If five percent of the cows are' not bred (which can generally be expect ed) the profit realized is certainly worth the trouble and expense involved. Not only should open cows be identified and marketed, but also those cows which are the poor producers in the herd. The low producing 25 percent of most herds lose rather than make money because they
duction records are essential. Eller adds, “plan now to identify cows and calves for the 1967 season and then go one step further. Enroll the herd; in the Virginia Beef Cattle! Improvement Association per!
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