CATTLE DISEASES
OPINION AS TO CAUSE UNBALANCED USE OF MANURES (Special to Daily Times) AUCKLAND, Oct. 26. The opinion that the unbalanced use of artificial manures was chiefly responsible for the majority of diseases among dairy cattle was expressed by the president of the Auckland Jersey Breeders' Club, Mr Robert Dawson, of East Tamaki. at a special field day held at Wiri. Mr Dawson said he was convinced that until farmers adopted a betterbalanced mixture of manures they would continue to experience trouble with their herds. He said that the recent high mortality among the herds in the Waikato was due, in his opinion, to excessive blood pressure caused by feeding on pastures that were not scientifically manured. Farmers had relied too much on lime and superphosphates for manuring purposes in the past "We should endeavour to use the new marketing agreement with Germany as a means of making more potash available for manuring purposes,'' Mr Dawson continued. The use oi potash among other manures would provide better quality pasturage, and prevent many of the diseases now found in herds.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23333, 27 October 1937, Page 10
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180CATTLE DISEASES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23333, 27 October 1937, Page 10
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