WHAT A COW REQUIRES AT CALVING TIME.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 8

WHAT A COW REQUIRES AT CALVING TIME.

V Extract ."from" "Waikato "Argus," January -'9,- 1907:-r.-"'' : -'J ■;■'■.■' :: -'-''i : •';• .'.-■■ ■"'■•: i .i. "'Argus,"January.9, 1907. '.' ■;.. "In your- issue of ,2nd ult. :1 nbtiia) oil article culled -\ from an" English; .paper. '£he : writer recommends an'injunction, of iodide of -potassium 'into .the. udder as a cure. ... This may possibly boot some' use* buff: personally.!! believe',in, the,old adage,: 'is better, than cure.' Bound -this'' district ',the .farmers., do not wait;until, the,;milt; fever.:appears, but they.. believe 1 in its . appearance. If cows are given Sykes's Dronca before and immediately after, calving, it purifies tho blood and makes them betterable to withstand .disease., ••:,. .; "A, cow is just like a human being in one .respect—if ..the, blood is kept pure there islittle-danger of catching any disease, that, may bo knocking round. ; -:-.: ; ." -.(Signed) ■> BUTTER-FAT. ■■' ;: ...' , ,i"Warea, Tarannki." :■ vThe above.,opiiiion is ; co'nfirmod by' Mr. M.- Dob'soh, Hastings Road, Okaiawa :— "I. have. a. very high 'opinion'.of.Sykes's Dronch, having used it two seasons in 'different'■■cases:.always with success., I have found it ; can be given, with advantage'before calving, and without any fear of doing .harm., Asa.preevcntiveof milk fever it is hard to;boat, and it seems just what. a cow , requires,' and'.- ought to . get after'calving. ■ Sykes's Drench ought: to . ,bo : at hand in all "cow■ sheds' and used freely."'..'/" '.:■■■:,. >■ V : ■"..":■■ ■ Use only,Sykes's Drench, -because, it. is the. best. Price, ■ Is...6d.. ; packet,.or 18s. by the .".dozen.." Better-My, it. by the '■dozen. : Write for. Booklet,—Advt, . '-.