FARM AND DAIRY NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 200, 13 August 1908, Page 4

FARM AND DAIRY NOTES.

SOME DOiVT'S IX CATTLE MANAGE- ; MEXT. I CONX'EIiXIXC THE COW. ! Don't forget that all animals appro- i ciate kindly trcatiucnL, i Don't give the milch cow ice cold , water to drink. ; Don't allow her to ,stand out ill the • cold. . I Don't disturb the cattle except at Ilß'id lillH'.S. Don't give unpalatable foods. Dutt't forget thai heifers give milk . richer in Imiter-fut than cows. Don't forget that cattle like a .shady nook in hot weather. ( Don't forget that warbles are a source \ • of discomfort to cattle. ' \

Don't sit in a crouching jiosiliou when , milking. j Dun i .sit with 100 much milk in the j can, and then blame the cow if she spills some. Don't strike at the cow that strikes at V.OU because her teats are sore. Apply a little vaseline to them. Don't put your lingers into the milk. .Milk with cUan hands. CONSIDER THK CALF. Don't put the calf into a small pen. (live it plenty of room. Don't forget that exercise is beneficial to all young' animals. Don't put the calf into a cold building. Keep it warm. Don't forget that the lirnt milk fron the cow should be the fiTst food for tin calf.

Don't think that the milk will injure the c:i!f if it looks like blood. Cows which calve before they are due often give such milk. Don't, bp afraid to give this milk to the calf.

Don't forget to give the calf a little sweet hay when old enough to eat it. Don't, as a rule, allow the calf to eat hay l>eforc it is a month old. :bon't hesitate to withhold hay for a longer time if the call' is horn before the end of the normal period. Don't be .Mtrprised if the calf ho,in before its time spends much time sle i p-

ing. Dont forget that a good calf will pa;i better than a poor one. Don't buy a calf without inquiring about its parentage. —From Bibhy's An nual.

.Mr Fred Thomason, late manager of the Wentholm creamery, Waverly, has been appointed butter maker at the "Whenunknra dairy factory for the forthcoming season. 'Hie directors of the Whenuakura. Dairv Company have decided to send their butter Home on open ment through the firm of \\ iller and Riley.