TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 156, 4 July 1896, Page 3 (Supplement)

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

■ ,B, nm nre) writes: 'Will you ploaas tell RP'^ff/r it is proper to feed cows on B»,*fana iC 80- at what timß> ofor° ?U jflteaes, ».• ~ _ y ou can f oe( i gwedes in tftLso quantity to milch cows without any firatfon to the quality of the butter pro<ewri° Theje roots, however, should be fed iaM divine Milk is ofton tainted by fe»cl»""Saa especially when the milk is •KJSto 000 l a« in the ordinary, setting •" ™ or when tho milk has baun left to cool 'iShtand separated next day. To aroid •TW»l»iiWe where swedes are fed in any iay iitr or to ramedy a defect that does '"?? md i» traceable to feeding these roots, ", x Sit should be soparated directly it cornea i 1? the diiry. »a whon this is done taint $dem occur* .* iWaluku) puts the following query:— MU tou'tell me what ails my cow. She »?flrr fly« waeks before calving, iier i?u now three weeks'old, and she bus *' ,-iTen more milk since calving than "SSd whon she was drying up. Sh<Pis tan .«old. has a good appetite, and seems to I n»rfflctlr well. She has hitherto always L P n a Itree amount of milk whon fresh.' Ctheaowone half-pound Kpsbm salt* in ■ morning, another dose at noon, and a ivrtin the evening:. Feed her wet bran ""flirt at tho time of milking. Before Stin/rub tho upper part of tho udder well Shi mixture of equal parts alcohol and .itifoot oil night and morning. See that he b»» plenty of water, and also has access (osbU. ' '