DAIRY NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 109, 3 November 1877, Page 3

DAIRY NOTES

Dr. Shorthouse urged the advisability of following nature as closely as possible He pointed out that cattle turned loose m the fields almost invariably eat only, th^ee times "a and remain m a recumbent position the greater part of the ; time during which' they taking food. The doctor drew a comparison between-horses treated as ho advised and those continually eating. He alluded to tEe; baneful effects of pamper--ing and over-feeding young horses. Of oats, the best to use for food, ac T cording to authorities quoted; are those of light weight,' and- hayracks > should : never be placed above the manger, as they usea to be. With reference to the feeding of store cattle, he said that cattife should never be fed oftener than four 'times a day, even three times being The supply of water, ?top, should hot /only";be ; pure;- but uir;limfe^.in_'^u^ti^i^'He^tec_pmniwded-' his fearers lipt ■ t6vmi&;?ciws m the prevalent^ fashioner descrii?e. as the "bell-rope method.". Young,^animals sucking 1 their mothers do exaefcly-the reverse of thS- usual method, not attempting toiffextraet the milk by sheer brute force; -but giving a' sort of pushupwards upon the udder, that having the effect of -relaxing the isph^nster,; and , the milk flows freely. The suction ! power ; iexercisfed" is: very trivial. Theteat should not 1 be: grasped or seized, still less " ought it to be pullea -downwards.— " English^^Farmers^ Club" ;.W ■ •;• ■•■■"■: { r^.-r.