MILK FEVER
HEAVY TOLL OF DAIRY HERDS. TARANAKI FARMERS ALARMED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) NEW PLYMOUTH, September 2. Heavy toll of the dairy herds of South Taranaki is being taken by milk fever and in some areas the farmers, who are experiencing great difficulty in coping with the epidemic, are alarmed at the high mortality rate. The most serious effects have been in the Manaia, Kapuni and Matapu districts. Though deaths are reported to have occurred in most districts surrounding Hawera, areas with veterinary services have kept down the death rate.
When the incidence of milk fever was investigated by Mr J. E. Mcllwaine, assistant-director of the live-stock division of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr W. B. Manning, senior stock inspector at Wellington on July 15, it was suggested that reports concerning the number of deaths in South Taranaki were grossly exaggerated. Farmers, however, are convinved that the position is serious. Last year the deaths ranged from an average of 40 to 60 a week. The average for the last few weeks has been estimated at from 60 to 100.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 September 1940, Page 9
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