Re: Re:CULT:cow death
Hi Carrly,
I am sorry your cow got sick. I had a heifer that got lumpy jaw one year. I had to give her iodine bolluses every day for 2 months. Perscribed by the vet to make cutting the tummor out a smaller operation. She figured out how to spit that thing out even if I placed it in her rumen. Every day I kept putting it in over and over again until it melted. The things we do for pets. Now I think they have a shot for that. My grandmother had a couple cultivars of dwarf iris. Outside of that I am pretty new at Iris. I do know a lot about cattle but if someone suggests something could hurt them I do not like to find out for myself. So I could be a little guillable on some things. I did take classes on Animal nutrition and husbandry but most of what I know I grew up with. I have heard a pig will not eat anything that will hurt it. Is that true? We did not have pigs we traded beef to the neighbors for pork, milk, lamb, and eggs.
From: Carryl M. Meyer
To: iris-talk
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re:CULT:cow death
When I was growing up, and would help Mom clip the Iris back in the
fall --we had hundreds-along a 1/3 mile driveway- planting area about 3"
wide--the older white and older purple iris--my job was to load the leaves
into the wheelbarrow and take them down to the pigs or cows--for them to
eat--
she never included the rhizomes itself--just the clipped off leaves--
And she had an easy way of thinning the rhizomes--just cut a square out--the
width of the shovel --and toss it out--and the last time I was visiting the
'old homestead' --the beds of iris were still there--after over 50 years--
maybe the older ones are hardier--and maybe they just taste different from
the newer ones--because when the gates were left open and the cows came out
and meandered around the house area, they learned quite quickly to head for
the driveway and eat the iris there--but never did bother the areas where
the newer ones were planted.
In regard to the stomach content of cows--one of ours ate some of the
bailing wire off the bail--and got sick--so we had to feed her 4 sulfa
tablets every 4 hours--round the clock--ever try to give a cow pills the
size of a marshmallow? That is an interesting experience--and one that i
will never try again--
Carryl in western Montana zone 3/4--where the snow was melting 'cause we had
a 36 degree day--now back to more snow--
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