CALVING TIME.
TREATMENT OF THE COW AND CALF, j The Friesian method of treating the cows and calves at the time of i parturition 'attracted- the attention of a correspondent of an English farming paper, ami led him to study its probable influence on tho milk production of the cow. The cow is usually assisted at tho delivery of her calf, and rarely ever sees it or hears its bleat. The calf is immediately removed to some other place, and there fed by hand until it learns to drink freely. The,milker nt once takes its place in drawing the contents of the cow's udder. 'Generally this course of proee-lure induces the cow to accept of her milker the natural maternal affection that otherwise would be devoted to her calf. If he is gentle and kind she gives him her milk in response to this affection to the full extent of her ability. The correspondent is inclined to think that in this procedure lies the secret of great records of milk production. It lies in winning the affection of the cotv. If the milker milks rapidly and to the utmost drop the cow instinctively feels that he is hungry and responds with her milk to the fullest extent possiblo .with her. If he empties her udder often she responds to her utmost often..'
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19121012.2.68.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1569, 12 October 1912, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
222CALVING TIME. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1569, 12 October 1912, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in