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Show Prevention of Milk Fever. The last caso of milk fever we had was In IMS. Tho veterinary said: "It In your own fault having these cases; jou feed too highly near calving" I did not feel flattered that by either Ib-porance Ib-porance or stupidity I had lost tho cow, np cpntluded thit wo would not nse another from Ihe same cause, vvrltea II. C Clarldge In Ontario Farm-era' Farm-era' Advocate, Since that, when we stdrt to dry a cow we always reduce the grain ration, and In tome cases fsed no grain for a week or ten dajn before calving III about threo nr four days after tho cow eomta In, Increase the grain feed graduilly as long us she Ine reuses her milk flow Another thing wo think very Important Is to milk tho row out dry when you huvo hir nearly dry Leave her fnr six or eight dos, then Ro nnd strip her out dry. This treatment wo havo founl cquully good to prevmt Ritrset. Of retention of membranes, we have had one tase In ten yeais, and that wis when tho cow waa on grass We feed a largo amount of wheat to our tons whether thnt Is the reason nr not, r iW 'F llMTHl we have no trouble from It 1 never saw R Vi, ! 'iJMtl but one case of Inversion of uterus, ft yy 4 'uHl Hint was forty or moio yearn since. tf'nl i' --liflHl Wn have had fiom fifteen tn twenty s'iii, n JgHHl cowb freshening each jear since US",. I ;!!, ' .UHH and have not had a cow lose a teat or RnVh ' 'tfHHl ono get off her feet with milk fever, llMr ' FyPHHl nlthnugh two rows thnt wa sold since K ,v ' fllHH thnt have died of milk fever. Wo think SjII-h'.ji i'HHJ tho veterinary was not far wrong in P jiwi l t'HHl his statement D Tv5ttt ifHHj |