MILK FEVER IN DAIRY COWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 602, 2 September 1909, Page 8

MILK FEVER IN DAIRY COWS.

Copy .of..letter- from ■' "Wanganui. Chronicle; "..December 22;' 1904:—"gir,-vA's. it may prove useful. to.' other dairy fanners' I -end you'the following: On the 10th. instant one of my best cows ,calved, her third calf. ; On the. morning of. the , . 13th she gavo me ( ii; three-gallon; bucket full of milk, and looked tip-top. At 3 o'clock-that -evening.- cominghome from the paddock; I noticed her body tucked up,- and hindquarters -stiff.' : I tried to milk her, - but the ; milk, was gone . ■ As the above were indications of'milk' fever. I gave.her ! a doso'of-Sykes's Drench,'ana lemomboring tb.have , .read:/that -oxygen" pumped into the : udder was a'remedy, I got a ibicycle pump and with the part that Its in ,-tho rubber, tyre of the- bike added,' 1 puinped' the forequafters of- the udder, full of air. Webad to support her in the bail while doing this.,- When wo let her .out she staggered a few yards and foil down. About twenty minutes. afterwards, however j to my surprise!,she was oni'ior-feet again, and much better.' By 9 o'clock that night she was resting' comfortably.' at 4.30 o'clock 'sho was up', and -feeding.'■ That, evening-' I got" 151b. of: milk from h«v; ! and she >is now. back to her usual flow of milk, and as well :as ever she -was. I", have now had 18 years'' dairy.'farming,-and. have seen cows die, , and cows recover' in time, , - but in this instance the quick-.recovery! was , - simply marvellous. —I am, etc.,; J. W. 11-Larin,' WAverley, December 18,- 1904."-.- : > Use only Sykes's Drenoh, because it is the best; Price: Is. 6d.''-packet,' or 16s'. , by the dozen.- Better buy it by tho dozen. Write for Booklet.'.: ' --' -- . .19