Benefits Of Providing Supplementary Feed
To ensure proper feeding of cows in winter and dry summer and lo control facial eczema in autumn, supplementary feed is considered by the Department of Agriculture to be essential. As soon as more pasture is available than is necessary to meet the immediate needs of stock, the Department recommends that the balance be closed for hay or silage. On a well-managed dairy farm it should be possible to close 30 per cent of the pasture. Crop growing for the fattening of weaned lambs is standard practice in South Island districts, and in the Department's view could with advantage be adopted more widely in North Island districts where summers are dry. Crops such as thousand-headed kale and turnips, in addition to provid'ng excellent fattening feed for lambs, are a splendid insurance against facial eczema. In Poverty Bay and Hawkes Bay they should be :o'.vn before the end of October so that they are well established before dry weather sets in.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 6, 11 October 1950, Page 8
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165Benefits Of Providing Supplementary Feed Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 6, 11 October 1950, Page 8
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