NEWLY-CALVED COWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2016, 25 March 1914, Page 10

NEWLY-CALVED COWS.

I. Tip to tho time of calving, cows' will hardship-that is, they ta,a - bo kept on rough grass in summer, and Mia v m winter, providing there afe Mckmgs to be had, in the'one case from ; Pβ silage or hay stack, and in the other from tho natural pastures. The cows be safeguarded against LcTs either, mental or bod v, but are on the whole-as well when fed \ cow should not be full of food wl.en she calves Parturition 1S eminently natural and it is assumed that if has been accomplished normally. It is immediately , after cahmg that special measures are necessary for maintaining tho cow in. the same healthy condition she was in up to then.. The first thing to be done, is to cause the cow to rise to her', feet. Ihe old. and approved' custom was to milk the cow at once, but a practice has extended of lato of postponing milking ,for. 24 hours, or to the bo*in° nmg of the third day, in order to prevent milb fever. This, however, is not always, possible, as the udders of deep milkers may require to be relieved even before calving. Heifers,.or first-calvers are. practically immune from milk fever winch chiefly affects older cows. Most cows may be left unmilkcd for the above length "of time, but tho scientific reason lor tho delay is not very clear. Injec-tion-mto tho teats of a solution of permanganate of potash, or even of clean and pure water, seems to be a rapid and accepted treatment for this sudden ailment, which formerly was thought to uo fatal, but is now easily controlled.