Show AVOID BLOAT be careful in turning your cows onto pasture pasture when young has very little real material from which cows can make milk and so some heavier feeds should be given it Is a good plan to have hay to feed feea all the year around it if the cows are milked in the barn they can be fed a nice bite of hay morning ana evening it if milked in the yard then some hay should be kept in the racks where silage Is available that makes a great summer teed feed and it if used with hay and pasture a very cheap ration can be figured out I 1 bloat Is a dangerous disease and great reat ca care re should be exercised to vold avoid it during the spring most blost ot of the trouble comes from young clover and alfalfa but I 1 have seen a halt half dozen cows cowa badly bloated that hae haa not been on clover or green alfa alfalfa ifa it sometimes happens that after bringing cows in from grass and giving them dry hay bloat will result because of this we have found that it pays to keep an eye on the herd at all times where pastures are dangerous probably the best practice Is to fill the cows up well with hay and wait until the sun eun Is out hot before turning tn in or you might leave the cattle right on tile thu pasture and teed feed them regularly with hay also it if bows aws get bloated do not run gunj them but ut drive slowly it if at all and up hill bill get the cow in a comfortable position with front legs well elevated and put a woo wood d gag in her mouth in most cases this Is enough two or three tablespoons of soda might be given in water in bad cases drench with one halt half to a full teacupful of kerosene mixed with war water or milk in emergency the cow must be stuck and care should be exercised sed to see that good results follow I 1 during some esa sons cattle bloat all up and down down the country at other times few animals are affee affected ted do not figure on luck to pre ventina bloat tor for only common sense and careful attention to details has been of much avail the milk pall pali |