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Bloat. “ Friesian."—Bloat generally ooours when the cows are made very hungry, due usually to being kopt too long at the milking shed, and then allowed on to good feed with the. dew on it. Tho moisture encourages fermentation. An idea that has generally corrected the troublo is to give the cows soino hay before turning them out. This naturally discourages feeding heavily on tho food that causes bloat. An idea which lias proved quite successful is putting 2oz. of hydrochloric acid to a 400 gal. tank of water.
“ J.T.," Dargaville.—You are wise to subdivide the fields. This Is th« •only way to bring about proper grass control, and proper grass control has ’probably oven more to do wilh establishment of good pasluro Ihan fertilisation. Crowding a large, number of cows on to a comparatively small field (15 to 20 to Ihe nr re") brings about, eonsolidal ion which certainly favours ryegrass. [ sing some sheep after (lie rows Inis also an important effect in building up a good pasture.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19125, 9 December 1933, Page 19 (Supplement)
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