DAYLIGHT SAVING AND THE COW.
Sir,—There is one side of the daylight saving question I have never yet seen in print, viz., the effect it has on milking cows. In all my experience of stock, some 35 years, i have noticed that, given sufficient feed cattle feed all morning, rest during the heat of the day, chew the cud and so empty the stomach to receive a fresh supply, and do practically th 9 same thing over again in the afternoon, camping for the night at dusk. By putting on the clock one hour the ; cows are often taken to the yard in the afternoon on a practically empty stomach. After milking they are put into a night paddock with very little feed and the consequence is they are roaming round all night looking for a bite in place of resting. I leave dairy farmers to work out the problem further. Would it not he easier for the town dweller to work from 7 a.m. till 4 p.m. than for the farmer to spoil his cows. Kaikohe.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19897, 16 March 1928, Page 14
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