Bobby Calves
(To the Editor.) Sir, —I would like to add my protest to the way bobby calves arc handled and carted to the works on railway trucks. “Farmeress" writes about the way calves were killed before the advent of “bobby calves," but I am sure it is better to kill a calf by a blow on the head tiiun to load it into an already overloaded lorry to be almost trampled to death. I have seen calves too weak to stand loaded on to a lorry. As for having milk from its another, many a
calf never gets a chance. “It's lorryday and away she goes.” Now, sir, I think it is time the S.P.C.A. took
1 lie matter of bobby calf carting in band. Only a certain number of sheep and cattle are allowed to bo loaded on railway trucks, so why allow calves to be loaded on top of one another in lorries? Also all calves should be strong enough to stand up during the journey to the works. The responsibility should be on the lorry driver and if he lifts a calf' that cannot stand the journey he should be made to pay the penalty—l am. "OBSERVE!? M
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 195, 20 August 1935, Page 9
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202Bobby Calves Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 195, 20 August 1935, Page 9
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