MILK FEVER.
A WORD FROM A FARMER. ■ As sure .as! the; dairying season comes round, -milk fever makes its appearance. Without inferring that this season is worse than-'any', other, it is ? ui *e safe to say that the dairymen pf 1910 are having their share of trouble through the complaint. "Milk fever cab be easily cured, and very.quickly;.,i£::.nothing but the air treatment is used," said a dairy-far-mer to the writer a few days ago. His idea is that drenching, which is so frequently resorted-to, delays recovery. A cow with;,mijk.'feveriihe- argues, is not strong enoiigh to|drench. gAnd while',a drench will;/operate In ascertain time when a cow'is'up:'and; ; moving about, it will be hours' longer before"''!* has effect when she is 'prostrated. So, in the first place,. he considers that that part of the treatment is far too slow, and in the .second place that it :is placing a double, tax -;<o% 4has -oow'ss strength. M'Just thPSif HrMrnVnty tor the udder, and cold water on the head is all that is necessary," he says. "I'll give you an instance," he proceeded. "Two cows went down at the same time. The cow I treated was up in. .two hours;, the. other. took, days to get on her feet." ' ' ' . '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 967, 7 November 1910, Page 10
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204MILK FEVER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 967, 7 November 1910, Page 10
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