RAIN WATER AND MILK.
The "Opunake Times" says that a farmer- , after .Saturday;'nightV_.rain v fouM his. milk simply increased by 100 pounds. The "Taranaki Herald ' 1 .quotes the statement with ,a . suspicion 6f incredulity, but .we do not . ; think the.statement. necessarily incorrect. . Apparently cows in 'many 'parts have been suffering; 'from, thirst; as t well as- hunger, -and ' it is'r'qnifcd likely that the showers have given them the first' full drinks that they have'had for'many,''weeks" past. '_ An ahundaiicp .of drinking (yater ii essential to a .full' flow-of, milk. It would bo ; interesting to_ • know what increases, if . any,- have .been, noticed,on : other farms. y. ■ "■>
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 137, 4 March 1908, Page 2
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104RAIN WATER AND MILK. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 137, 4 March 1908, Page 2
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