FARM I AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1916, Page 6

FARM I AND DAIRY.

"SHE IS. WORTH BETTER OABE,'! ■ The following) article appears under this heading in the Wairarapa press bv '■B.A.C.":— The enhanced value of the dairy cow to-Uay makes it imperative that every means at our command should be taken to' enable her to produce her maximum yield, while at the same time maintaining her health in perfect condition—for without perfect health -she is unable to do her best. There are two special functions brought prominently into use in present-day requirements, viz., (1) The producing for an extended period of largo quantities of high-testing milk; and (2) the nourishing (while yet giving milk) of a healthy and vigorous unborn calf, to be born later on at its full time period. This is a double strain put upon the mother cow, because both processes are called into rigorous action at one and the same time, which is quite against Nature's laws and intentions, although good for our purposes. Jf this extra drain upon the cow is continued, we find that our dairy stock become unthrifty, losing that necessary robustness of constitution so vital to all live stock. They begin to acquire depraved appetites, to- chew bones, sticks, etc., in their vain endea- ; < vers to satisfy the cravings of. Nature for an abundant supply of certain minoral salts'that arc wanting in'.their pastures. This depraved appetite if not checked and corrected usually ends in the cow having an;attack of red-water, tuberculosis, or iiisally a; tendency to .-lip their • calves - at' about. tho/ seventh month; because'ithe necossarymineral matter to form the cajf's- bones- has not been Supplied..'. It is a fact that weakened vitality is largely due to the want of a constant supply of salts of lime, iron ami phosphorous in some suitable and readily accessible form. If, therefore, yon want tho best from your cows, give them the materials -.'they require to do your work. Now is the time to act, and do 1 so promptly if you desire to obtain the best results a,t a low cost. An. advertisement dealing with Cow-Jjc appears elsewhere in this jssue which dairymen w.ill find of interest.