MILK FEVER IN DAIRY COWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 5 October 1907, Page 5

MILK FEVER IN DAIRY COWS.

Copy of letter from Wanganui Chroniclft, 22nd December, IUO4: —"JSir. —As it , may prove useful to other dairy farm- K ers 1 send you tlio following: —On the • 1011\ inst. oue oi my best cows calved, i her third calf. Oil the morning of the Is 13th elie gave me a three-gallon bucket of milk, and looked tip-top. At '<> oVjock that evening, 'eojining lionu: frrjin * the paddock I noticed Her body tekcl up •ind her hindquarters -till'. J tried 1o milk her, but the milk was gone. As.the sibove were indications of milk fever, I

gave lier a dose of Sykoses Divneh, and reiiiemberiiur that oxygen pumped into , the udder was a remedy, I <, f ot :i bicycle pump and with tin; part tliat lits in t'\c rubber tyro of the bib- added. ) pumped the four .juarteis of the udder hill of air. We had to Mipporl her in flic hail while doing this. When wo lcit her out she a few and full down. About, twenty iniimtes~aTterwards, however, to my surprise *ho ■vis on her feet; ajrain, and much heller. ; Bv 0 o'clock that night she was reeling comfortably. Next morning at 4.:iu iM-hrrk she wa~ up and feeding. That , evening T ?ot 1511 m of milk from her. j !nnd she i?» 'now back to her usun] flow lof milk, and as well a* >he over wa«. IT have now 'had eighteen years' dilrv 1 farming", jind have seen rows die, and _[eows recover in time, but in this in~ist:uii" tli-" nnir-k recovery was simply *" [marvellous. —T am, ete., J, W. MeLarin, AVaverley. IVcrmbiT isi. 1004.'' ■ 1 j Use only iSykep's Drench. because it I I'i'" il,r W. l'riw Is 0,1 ,inrkr(, or Ids I ? jl>y flu- dozon. JVttrr l.uy if ljv tilt! ' dozen. Writo for booklet.