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wing chairs, tea tables and bracket clocks. All gifts are tax-deductible and anyone wishing to take part in this continuing tradition may write to Dr. Clement E. Conger, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20420 or phone (202) 632-0298.
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By RAP OWINGS
Extension Agent
Dr. Fay Witherell and several farmers have reported cow death losses from grass tetany. In Rappahannock we have had the highest incidence of tetany during the winter months. Hence the name winter tetany. The only difference between winter and grass tetany is the time of year it occurs. Both are caused by a lower than normal or an inbalance of magnesium in the cow’s blood.
Grass tetany usually strikes older cows during the first or second month after calving. However, first calf heifers are susceptible and infrequently it has been found in cows during the latter stages of pregnancy.
Symptoms are undue excitement, uncoordination, loss of appetite, staggering and falling, labored heart beat followed by convulsions and death. The onset of the
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