MILK FEVER IN DAIRY COWS. Copv o: letter from Wangunui Chronicle, .i-nd December, lUU4; —'"fiir, —As il way pio\e useful to other diiiy farm era 1 aend you the following: —Un tue iUlli lust. out' 01 my cows caiveil, iici' third call. Uu the uiuruing of tne lolk she gave we a three galiou bucket oi oiilk, and looked tip-tup. At '6 o'clock that evening, conning home from the paddock 1 noticed bur body tckcl up j and lier hindquarters still'. 1 tried to | milk her, but the milk vus gone. As tne j abo\e were indications oi milk lever, 1 1 ga\c her a dose of Sykes'b Drench, aid ! lcmeuibering that o„\ygeu pumped into ' the udder was a remedy, i gut a bicycle I pump and with tile part that iits in the rubber tyre of the bike added, 1 pump- [ ed the four quarters of the udder lull 1 of air. We had to support her in the j bail while doing this. When we lei t her out she staggered a few yards uiul ' fell down. About twenty minutes at- I | forwards, however, to my surprise she j w,i> oil her feet again, and much better. | lly o'clock that night wan resting 1 c.miforlably. Next morning at 4.3U : :• i ji,iv she was up and feeding. That ; 'evening I got lSlba of milk from her, , and bin* is now back to her usual flow of milk, and as well as she ever was. ' 1 have ii'iu had eighteen years' J-iry 1 farming, and have seen cows die, and fnv ; recover in time, but in this in- j :u'U<v the quick recovery was simply; marvellous—l am, vl<\, J. W. Mi-Laim. AVnvrley, December V.HM." ixn-mxr a\vaki:ni;d. !:;•>!■ r-; awak'-ii''fl everywlhmt in IliP 1 , i'.Mi- rui'f- "f Cul-. I'urn-. and \W ; i!i.U with Dr. Sheld-»nV Magnetic LijiiiP.-ni. Is Ud and ot. Obtain- ,(!>!<• everywhere.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 33, 29 January 1908, Page 4
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