GOVERNMENT VETS. v. THE FARMERS.
TO THE BDITOE. Sib, —I road with interest your article on "Farmers and Veterinary Surgeons" a morning or two ago. While agreeing that tho farmors and yets, do not pull together as well as they might, I do not think your statement that tho fanners are mostly to blame is altogether right. Take the blackleg outbreak earlier in tho year. Suroly the farmers havo a right to feol aggrieved that they have not received same definite information regarding the same. Hundreds of calves died this year through blackleg, or the effects of inoculation, and for all we know to tho contrary, the samo may happen next year. Can the farmers be expected to stand losing their stock from yoar to year, without knowing the reason or getting compensation ? No, Sir, if a "better understanding" is to bo arrived at between the vets, and the farmers, let tho Veterinary Dopariincnt explain to us more about the blackleg mortality, and the way to treat calves that are affected. Many of our best calves arc dying from year to year witU the disease, and we haye a right to be enlightened.—l am, etc., Famee. Eltham, May 24th, 1906.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8119, 25 May 1906, Page 2
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200GOVERNMENT VETS. v. THE FARMERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8119, 25 May 1906, Page 2
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