WIHTERING-OFF THE FARM
MINIMISING FOOD WASTAGE (Mechanical damage to pastime® on heavy land subject to pugging in winter will _ greatly lower productivity. Where the dairy herd cannot be wintered «pff the form it should be kept on the driest areas to minimise wastage of feed and to keep intact those . paddocks which will produce the greatest amount of feed, over the season. Wintering-off should be adapted as much as possible on heavy dairying country to lighten the mechanical diama'.g*e to pastures, and to obtain the early feed response which follows winter spelling. Generally, the stock go on to hill country where there is
plenty of cattle feed. The main difficulty to the herd-owner is one of getting grazing close enough to the favm to feed hay if this should be necessary, and- to keep a watchful eye on stock in case of ill health or premature calving. Cost of win-tering-off now varies from 2s 6d' to 4s pee - head weekly.
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Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1235, 19 June 1947, Page 6
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