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Otago Witness, Issue 3475, 19 October 1920, Page 11

You can materially increase the milk yield and butterfat test of your herd by methodically drenching each cow with Sykes's Drench after calving. The Sykes's Method makes the poor cow an average cow, the average cow a good cow, and the good cow an exceptionally good cow. The labour and expense of keeping a Dairy Herd of 50 cows is just the same whether you average £l2 per cow or £ls per cow. Every cow has to give a certain amount of butter-fat into the milking pail before she pays for her keep. It is the amount of butter-fat over and above the amount it takes to keep her that you should be concerned with. Every pound of butter-fat the Sykes's Method puts into the pail is a profitable pound—all profit. Get hold of this. Think it over. Don't doubt —it's true. Most farmers know the importance of using Sykes's Drench after calving. The man who doesn't know is the man who is paying for his indifference, and he is paying very dearly. Some drenches cleanse the animal, admittedly, but in doing so they impoverish the blood to such an extent that the milk yield and the milk test are lowered. NCH acts as a Blood Purifier and Tonic and does not impoverish the system by purging. Give the cow the right attention by drenching with Sykes's Drench and you will not only ward off possible diseases, but you will put pounds into your pocket during the ensuing season. You do not know the possibilities of the earning powers of your dairy herd until you have a milking season after using Sykes's Drench at calving time. Mere Assertions Prove Nothing. The following Facts Prove Something—Read on: Mr. W. B. BRISBANE, of Gowrie Park, Weerite, Victoria, one of the best known and most successful breeders of Ayrshires in Australia, member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, and judge of- Ayrshires at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show of 1909, writes on October Ist, 1909:V Dear Sir, —Your Drench was first brought under my notice at our Agricultural Show in Melbourne, November, 1907. I purchased a quantity of Sykes's Drench and after giving it a fair trial on my herd of Ayrshires, I am thoroughly satisfied that it is invaluable as a cleanser at calving time. I have very much pleasure in recommending it to all dairy farmers and breeders of stock." How practical and valuable an authority this is may be gathered from these extraordinary facts:—Five of Mr. Brisbane's cows, according to the Melbourne "Argus," gave in the Government Test, covering nine months, a butter return of the value of £l 11 12s. 9d. He claims for Ida, one of the quintet, that she has broken the Victorian record. Her return showed :■ — Date of calving, March 27th, 1913; date of entry to test, April 3rd, 1913; number of days in t6st, 273; weight of milk last day of test, 231b5.; weight of milk, 10,867|1b5.; average test, 5.1; butter fat, 5551b5.; standard required, 250; estimated weight of butter, 632£1b5.; and to-day Mr. Brisbane is a firmer believer than ever in the practical value of the Sykes's Method. , 17/- dozen, (case 6 dozen)