SWINE FEVER STAMPED OUT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1300, 1 December 1911, Page 10

SWINE FEVER STAMPED OUT.

It seems, •• evident (says the 'Chief Veterinarian in his annual report) Hint swinerfever has been entirely stamped out,. no outbreaks have occurred since 1002. No enses of. swine-plague wore discovered during tho yoar ended Mnrch 31 last. Chick-rearing is not only profitable, hut a pleasure, when you feed "A. and IV Chick it is a cpuipleto and properly-blended food, for Yo.ung. Chicks. Obtainable from all storekeepers.—Advt,, Factory Managers, are invited to drop a postcard for particulars of cheese vab and hoops, the best raado, Victor brand, to Albert J, Farton, Carlertou. Do it

COVERS FOR HORSES & CATTLE

. rsir'ANi) Ani/si;. ■The majority of horse owner.; ami many ov.Tiers of dairy, rows in New Zealand have, renurks u writer in -the "Farmers' ■Union Advocate," adopted tho practice of using covers for these Animals—a very wipe, useful, mid 'humane thing lo do when fhe.w-ontlicsr."comiilion» are such as ■Id;render their use advisable. On a cold rair night both horse and cow are more .comfortable in every way when wearing properly-fittintf' and properly-adjusted cover?.' and'nioro than this, the cow, if in- milk, will bo likely to give a better .yield at.the.,morning's -milking than if she- hud :beDn unprotected: But due judgment should ho exorcised, 7 nnd the covers loft off-when the weather is mild enough .'to-Enable-the animal to bo comfortable .withoutit. -Mature-has'provided both horse and ■cow, with a. natural covering of hair, 'which in itself is most effective in assisting- to maintain the nominal heat of the bPli.v, and a,s avresult the health and the pro.pcr pnrformaniie of the natural time, lions-of the-animal.-; It is a common c\pcfiencc to-sco horses especially ni.iui'ig out in paddocks .wearing covers, on finite .wn'rni days, .when not only is no clothing needed,- but the animal would bo far better in every way without it. This no doubt is : due to carelessness or fhought- ■ fastness on -the'nart of the owner, rather than deliberate Intent, but the horse suffers, all. the same. The lining of the cover may, easily harbour vermin, and, moreover, it absorbs the perspiration cx"din? from tho skin, becomes fouled by it, and,.consequently, is capable of producing irritation of the skin wherever it lies particularly close upon it. In the horse_ the • skin performs an important function in assisting in clearing out waste matters from the.system, and this goes •on-all the time, though not'noticeable to ;tne naked eye. Under the influence of ..exorciso in a warm attnosnhere of certain diseases, conditions, etc., this function is exercised to a greater extent than inormal; ami then the sweating is easily noticed. Whenever a horse or cow cover is removed it should, if the day be- fine, be hung. lengthways across a-rail or a wire jnside out,.so that the lining is ex- | i>csed to thc ; nir-and the sun. More than this, the' lmiiiif'shbiild 'froth time to time be ..washed-with a weal;', .solution of some Antiseptic, in water; and properlv dried -before-user And covers should'not be .used when •t>'e. weather "conditions do not render their.use-necessary At such times tho animals aTo.bctter 'without them.