. Farmer and stockbreeder . gh Shire stud—in which, by theway, there are at present fifteen out of sixteenmares in foal. A few days before foaling timeiodide ot potassium (five grammes to each meal) ismixed night and morning with the mares food, andthis quantity is given every second or third davFor three or four days after foaling the same doseis supplied daily, and then everv alternate day untilthe foal is eight or ten days old, after which timeoutbreaks of joint-ill are rare. In numerous caseson farms in the district where foals hive sho > nsymptoms of this disease, a timely dose of iodi
. Farmer and stockbreeder . gh Shire stud—in which, by theway, there are at present fifteen out of sixteenmares in foal. A few days before foaling timeiodide ot potassium (five grammes to each meal) ismixed night and morning with the mares food, andthis quantity is given every second or third davFor three or four days after foaling the same doseis supplied daily, and then everv alternate day untilthe foal is eight or ten days old, after which timeoutbreaks of joint-ill are rare. In numerous caseson farms in the district where foals hive sho > nsymptoms of this disease, a timely dose of iodideof potassium given tc the dam—the foal »ets thebenefit through the mothers milk—has had thedesired effect. Laxcs The old-established Berkeley Hunt AgriculturalSociety have decided once again to hold the annualshow on August Bank Holiday, and have issued theprize schedule—on a sbghtly reduced scale—whichshows prizes amounting to about £500. Entries clo-eon July 7 to Mr. George Clark, Berkeley, Judging Suffolk Stallions at Woodbridge 844 THE FARMER AND STOCKBREEDER May 12. 1019. Turning Stock Out CONDITIONS AFTER WINTERING Iew of us can call to mind so late a 6pring as 1this, when in the first week in May there ishardly a decent bite of grass on the pastures,and up to the very beginning of the month noth-ing but snow, hail and rain, with frosty nightsand bitterly cold winds. It has been quite im-possible to turn out any young cattle or, in fact,any class of stock which has not been out of doorsall winter in the daytime. Consequently therickyards and root clamps have become depleted,and the 6ummer will be wel advanced beforemuch grass beef comes out. Many grazing cattle which were turned outearly in April through force of circumstances onto some of the best pastures have lost conditionconsiderably in spite of being helped along withhalf a stone of cake a day. When we get springslike this one it teaches us the importance ofkeeping stock out as late
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