CARE OF THE DAIRY COW.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1719, 9 April 1913, Page 10

CARE OF THE DAIRY COW.

> NECESSITY FOR WINTER, FEEDING- ■ i K T»' ■ i - !'Dairy faffiling properly carried: out ■ offers' many advantages, and the profits rtb" bo. derived from the industry are so griat and the future of this branch of 'agriculture 'S3- 'full of promise that 1 no daii'y farmer, can nowadays neglect to for winter feed for his. >stock. .iTany'farmers have fully grasped. 'flriS fact; 'but' tliero are a great number . who'simply let their stock battle through tlie'.winteK'on, pnsturo as best they can. GcherallV' speaking, there is much need •in-New Zealand for a forward move,.in -the'matter'of winter feeding. It is good business to cultivate a portion of tho faum-Eo. as to.'provido a supply ,of'food /jyh'i'elr.'twill eiiabla'tho farmer to keep his .cattlo in good, condition through' tho : winter' .months, and where . possible the growing of, lucerne and inaizo pays the farnier'handsoinely .for his. outlay, ially-speaking, .niost .farmers •are.'niaking fair.returns from' their holdings, but'tlie, avei'ags returns would be immeasurably better were winter feeding and herd-testing-general. Many farmers lose sight -of the fact-'that more money is to be niado fronra small number of .good cows well fed and cared for than from a large number of cowa that have passed through , : .a stage'., of.,;sejni-starvationi before the spring' giraSs 7 is available.