HORSES FOR SYDNEY.
A batch of (50 horses is to be shipped to Sydney to-morrow in the Manuka,- tho consignee being Mr. Holt, of Feilding. RUBBER CALF-FEEDERS. ARE THEY SAFE? The rubber calf-feeder or invitationteat, which finds favour with some dairy farmers, is a contrivance about the wisdom and safety of using which there is a great diversity of opinion. The whole point, however, narrows down to one of cleanliness, which eliminates the risk of conveying disease or setting up bowel troubles. Mr. W. G. A. Lee, dairy instructor to the .New South Wales Agricultural Department, says the system has been in use at the Wagga Experiment Farm for the past thirteen years with most satisfactory result*. "By feeding calves in this way." he says, "the milkis led slowly and in a natural maimer. The food is more thoroughly mixed with the saliva of the month, thus ensuring an easier digestion and a more complete assimilation than when a calf drinks from n. pail or trough. The cost" of Ihc rubber tea is low—about XI to rear 50 calves. Ordinary gas-piping, {in. in diameter, is used to connect the teats with the buckets."
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1340, 18 January 1912, Page 8
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193HORSES FOR SYDNEY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1340, 18 January 1912, Page 8
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