OUR FINE FRIEND, THE COW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 8

OUR FINE FRIEND, THE COW.

AN INTERESTING TALK. •.'Whether it be oil: the. .crossing of breeds to \ v . J.produco' tho-ideal milker or oil' the germ of. .Vi. ■milk fever:and other, diseases, .Air. John Wnn-.■'■.v:i;:-»vhssi',.thß.--:pracheal'.old Scot, -who for .several has jraaiiagcd: the" farm-at; Sunny- • > iMi Bidp; Mental Jlospital, has, ideas. ' The talk be- ; j ' , .v,.c.jV:can--with-m»mmitiSi-'ffith which Mr. Wanliss : /.beoamo acquainted whenihe. firstvwent to Sunnyside. 1 r "Tho :usual euro," said Mr. .Wanliss to .a* Dominion reporter, "is-to killitho cows at once. ■- But thoro is a better way. I have seen cows v treated ;by veterinarians with; enough. stuff..to Uroirajiherifi in;':but ;without: e iv cure. • . The best way, and tho way I adopted at Sunny- • . side, is to put them out in a paddock to rear calves on., Wo first speyed tfiem. \ >. Is mammitis milk good for calves? ■ i.. _ : , -"Well, that question occurred to mo, and I "Gorarnment:[veterinary: •• officCTS. It seems. that it does ''them no 'harm. havavmammitis.'nor:do thoy get •A«■ ■ 1 X'sore throaty,vliko human .beings. I:knew an 111Cant6rbnry: where' all thepatients • •''V .. -were-found ;to';bo. getting toad'throats, and it ; discovered : that tho threj cows which sup;r; . : plied the: milk all- had mammitis. However; that icolves were safe: from;, in-. : jury.'l 'speyed my .infected; cows,, and after put .• . ting ,6n'.a calf, ,or perhaps two calves/ turned them out into a paddock.' ' After' they had' X ? >•'.. reared 'one calf I'would givo tbem another. 5; : -' ; '%K:iririallyilthey?went»to : ;tho: butcher.";: .! . Did"you 'stamp' out the diseaso in this , way?. : ■ ; . "Yes. Sunnyside is now quite freo .from mam- ; abortion/ I .have/also . ... ; got rid of-that by isolation, disinfection, and ~' ' . ..clean/treatment.". , 'jvV "Enough Whisky to Drown Ker." i-A '.' Milk! fever'lins been'a very troublesome dis- ' eaio." It used to be treated with whisky. I !. '. liaye given' a.'.cow enough whisky to drown her——" brbko!tho continuity.'of:.the conversation here, and .one:.had, as,-it worp, tiino-to KSS''®;poiider:?over i\'hut/.liad-,becri last said. And .... ' then''the interview proceeded: • • '■ "But the man who invented the air troat- . . nieri". deserves' a.:-medal».his' weightin.:gold; .1.. ;Kisrt : ::Kayo : in the last Wo years, and'never lost a cow. You know it's a microbe." . .' "An anaerobe,.that can t live in oxygen?. .y it'diesjin the presonco of air... So the. .' air we pump into tho .udder skills Ihcrn. I do • it with a common bicyclo pump, with a bit of tube attached to insert into tho teat iho .'viv'/'yineighbours -'-to :me';.whenever. they. had a case of milk fever. I cnco mot Mr. —, 'v ' dairy farmer, with a bottle, of .: '; whisky 'in Vliis pocket/ going to. drancli. a cow for milk -fever: -1 said,'.. Tut the -w usky- away, arid let iuy attendant .'pump the. udder up. Wo ' ciired'the cow."; / i •.'' ..' . .But : who; had. tliQ v,-hisky?.. . ■ ■ : ? "-v r>A" second'' paufe occurred, and tho vast ; I' .-'tioir ;'of pathology - arid stimulants, - :vH r 'iiyKi:h'rbugli.. tlie : i in.;about :003 of:a

, ECCOltd. No Water Neadcd. . Changing the subject at this point, Mr. Wanliss observed that it was a splendid Hols tern bull that the Government had bought • from Mr Newton lung They had also bought sorno Holstein cows from Mr. Grigs, of Longbeach, Canterbury He understood thoy were crossing "some of thorn with a Jcisey ball, experimenting in the production of crossbreds of dairying qualities ■■ Mr. Eagle, the noted Jeisoy breeder, believes ' most an the Jersey-Ajrshire, observed the Te- j i l "I agree with hitn," said Mr. WanliS6, ( r, "But thpMAyrshiTO went out of fashion somo timo ago We had about a score ot 'Ayrshno ' .bolls at Sunnyside when I wciit there, and the doctor said they could not gat rid of them At-my suggestion wo held a sale and sold them all except two" Bnt the} are coming into favour again? ""Wo had Shorthorns at Sunnyside then. Bnt they vary, so ranch m their yields They -are beef 'rattle. Theio is nothing" like the 'Holstein for quantity of milk. It needs no wafer" , *" l I ," ''"'V. -'V - Ton thiitSMt is watery enough already? t "Well I didn't nn that I mean that tho quantity is alrcadj there." Best Cow of All, Da yon thmL. the bull best suited to produce "good dairy cots from a Holstein is the Jersey? "Thero is a better. It is the Guernsey.' , There are no Guernsey herds in New Zealand? " I taowt of none, .But tney t have them in Australia. I think tho Guernsey is tho bfst dairy cow of all. It is a much larger animal than the Jerse), and at Homo wo considered ,'it hardier. Besides being bigger, it n moro . the shape of the-Holstein, and would make V an ideal dairying crossbred. To a would got much moro size and weight than from the

:i:3.:'- 15 JerseyTHolstein;/:,Tho-;Guernsey-gives.;as : much iW : "2j'j: ! ' 'Kmilk - as; the;? Jersey;-'or;:inpre,;; and 'it;,is justvas ; *'i ! :;ft} rich;;ami 'it;has ; a. ; better-coristitution.' ■[■. l' think kvfti-'r,:, 1 i-'Jersey-Ayrshire'.would be; a -better.;dairy 'cow, ~^H&'% t£an':ia;iJerseyrHolstein.'V;:': ;■ <i■ '■■, ; -• \ :