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  2. NOTES AND QUERIES.

    Sir,—In answer to "John Brown," who in your lost issue writes, for a recipe for curing rabbit skine, I send the following, clipped some time since by me from an Adelaide ...

    Article : 194 words
  3. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE.

    By the Potosi we have files of a week[?] later date than by the last mail. The weather for week preceding June 7 had been showery—the showers frequent rather than ...

    Article : 873 words
  4. EXPORTATION OF PRESERVED BEEF.

    The following regulations respecting the payment of drawback on beef preserved in and exported from Victoria have been gazetted:— ...

    Article : 615 words
  5. CATARACT IN HORSES.

    Sir,—Can you ofany of your readers inform me the best remedy for my horse's eye? Last winter it first began to run water, and then a small white speck came on the eye, ...

    Article : 216 words
  6. SCARIFYING OR PLOUGHING.

    Sir,—As the continued wet weather and rains for the last three months have prevented satisfactory progress being made with ploughins and sowing here, and the season is now ...

    Article : 215 words
  7. SHORTHORNS AND HEREFORDS FOR THE TROPICS.

    Sir,—In your issue of June 19, "Back-blocker" wishes to know whether Herefords or shorthorns are the best cattle for the tropica. I have taken a great interest in ...

    Article : 426 words
  8. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY FOR RED WATER IN CATTLE.

    Sir,—I give the prescription for the benefit of the public. I nave had experience of it in the old country and here, and never knew it to fail if applied in time. One ponnd of ...

    Article : 160 words
  9. CRACKED HEELS.

    Sir,—I have a horse that has got cracks in the skin on the back of both the hind legs, about two inches above the fetlock; would you be kind enough to tell me what is best ...

    Article : 161 words
  10. DENILIQUIN PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    The fourth annual exhibition of the above society was held in the society's yards, Deniliquin, on Thursday. The weather was beautifully fine, and the attendance at the show ...

    Article : 2,040 words
  11. RATIONS AT AN OUT-STATION.

    Sir,—I send this in reply to " Subscriber:" —Floor, per week, one man, 101b.; meat, 141b.; sugar, 2lb.; tea, ¼lb. Sufficient suet and salt are generally allowed for the week. ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. SKIN DISEASE IN HORSES.

    Sir,—Some of my horses are affected with a kind of rash or mange, and are continually rubbing and scratching. I attributed it to their being kept in the stable on dry food, and ...

    Article : 244 words
  13. RURAL TOPICS AND EVENTS.

    The reports from the country districts are few, but generally satisfactory. From all directions we hear of frosts of unusual severity, but doing little injury, except to ...

    Article : 1,527 words
  14. WOOL v. WHEAT.

    Sir,—I agree with Messrs. Lyon and Shaw that sheep have so increased the graas upon the land that it will curry two or three times as many as it did in the olden times. Mr. ...

    Article : 450 words
  15. YELLOWS IN SHEEP.

    " J. G." is informed that a correspondence on this subject occurred daring the last two months of 1879 in these columns; the inquiry appeared on November 1, the last reply on ...

    Article : 189 words
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