FORCING FEED AND COWS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 54, Issue 3894, 26 April 1937, Page 8

FORCING FEED AND COWS

MODERN DAIRYING. CAUSE OF FACTORY TROUBLES? “I think a lot of our troubles are due to a deficiency in minerals in the pasture,” said Mr S. A. Ferguson, chairman of directors of the Norfolk Co-operative Dairy Company, when speaking at a social gathering attended by suppliers and visiting dairymen last week. “As time goes on the task of making good cheese becomes harder," said Mr Ferguson, “although our factory managers tell us that the milk received at the factories is of better quality than in the early days. The factory managers are up against problems which we never had to contend with in the early days. “I think the trouble is that we are forcing the cows to produce more butter fat than they were intended to,” continued Mr Ferguson. “The cows are forced with feed, and the feed is forced with artificial manure. I think the trouble is due to a deficiency of minerals in the feed. There is not enough mineral content in the feed to keep the system of the cow healthy. The milk we are getting at the factories is not normal, healthy milk. "The best quality dairy produce is made in those parts of New Zealand where no manure is used. I think a lot of our troubles originate from the feed of cows. There are certain ingredients required to maintain the health of the cow, and our present methods of manuring do not supply all the minerals required.”