STOCK DEPARTMENT

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 9 July 1921, Page 2

STOCK DEPARTMENT

(Published under authority of the^ Officers of the Stock Department.) This month will find some cows calving. All cows should be put on green succulent feed for a fortnight previous to calving, and, where this cannot be done, a.- good dose of opening medicine should be given twenty-four hours bej fore calving. Shelter " should be pro- { vided for all cows before and after: t calving,' and a good supply of suitable. j food. Cases of inflammation of the | udder will happen, and. when this takes j place, first give a good dose of pufg- ; ative medicine, bathe the udder with j warm -water, dry with soft cloth, well ; massage the affected part, and then ! apply some stimulating embrocation or liniment. In-all these cases strip all; j quarters three times a day. In cases ' where the cow has not properly cleansed j f twenty-four hours after calving, the j uterus should be well irrigated jwith • warm water three times a day, using |at each irrigation three gallons of j water, to which table salt (a teaspoon- ' ful to the quart) has been added, or : some mild disinfectant. An attempt should then be made to-.remove the afterbirth by mild traction, and this I continued until the after-birth comes -' away, when the uterus should be well. j irrigated for two or three days. In , cases of paralysis, stimulants in the ■ shape of strong coffee—a quart, to j which a little sugar has been added — should be given three times a day, the loins nibbed with some stimulating lini-, ment, and enemjis of warm water"in' both rectal urinary passages. The animal must be kept warm and^ wellpropped up on breast. If a cow ds kept on the move for a short time after i calving, and the bowels function, the chances of parlysis are greatly reduced. Chapped or sore teats should be washed with warm water to which baking soda, avteaspoonful to Ithe ' pint, - has been added, the teat dried with a soft cloth, and a mixture of tincture of iodine and glycerine, equal parts applied to the sore. Calves should be fed from clean dishes, which should be scalded after every meal. Shelter andpWty. of good food will ward off a lot of trouble during the month. In all cases of serious trouble communicate at once with the nearest Inspector of Stock.