"Subscriber" (Swan Hill). --Your fowis have contracted roup. Isolate the affected birds. Wash the head and syringe out the mouth and nostrils with permanganate of potash, diluted. ...
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Advertising : 541 wordsA cow belonging, to "Pommie" has been giving yellowish clotted milk and watery fluid from one quarter. He desires to know the cause of the trouble, and suitable treatment. -- The cow has ...
Article : 90 words"B. E. H." (Acacia Creed), had 12 calves die last year, and is experiencing similar trouble this winter. Although they eat grass, and drink all the milk given them, they gradually lose ...
Article : 186 words"Piggy Joe" wants to know what will kill [?]ee on pigst --Any old oil will kill the lice, this can be smeared over the pig, or if a post is put in the yard and covered with a bag ...
Article : 74 wordsA cow belonging to hops (Bairnsdale), which has been grazing in a paddock of peas, [?]subject to fits. She staggers and falls to the [?]ound, and kicks frantically for several ...
Article : 62 words"Curious" (Deniliquin, N. S. W.) complains that the butter put down for winter use always has a cheesy taste for the first two or three inches down from the top of the jar.-- ...
Article : 728 words"Sap" (McMillans) has orange trees in unsuitable positions and asks when the condition are favorable for moving them to more suitable situations.--Orange trees do not make ...
Article : 181 words'New Chum" (Yarrambat) has a seven- year- old mare which he wishers to breed form. He asks:--(1) "What should be do before putting her to the stallion? (2) How long does it ...
Article : 156 words"Subscriber" (Finley) has a cow which sucks herself. He asks for a remedy.--There are several methods, any one of which is likely to be successful. The simplest is to put a good big ...
Article : 147 words"Constant Reader" has a horse with a soft swelling above the hoof. The animal is very lame, and does not like the part to be touched .--If the swelling is on the front of the leg it ...
Article : 112 words"I have a cow with a hole in her teat, writes "Kiora" (Patchewollock), "Is there a rubber fitting to go over the teat, and so prevent the [?]lk from dripping away?" --If a rubber fitting ...
Article : 100 words"Nerre" (Castlemaine) has gathered a pile of leaves, and asks how to convert them into half mould. --In a corn[?] of the garden, place a layer of the leaves about nine [?]t by four, ...
Article : 208 words"W[?] (Na[?]ag) had his lambing was off [?]moved them on to a fresh grass [?] A [?] in 20 of them become silk, would [?] had teeth [?]uid running away from ...
Article : 249 wordsH[?] you [?] sly [?]ad of a [?] w[?] his [?] full br[?] "If so w[?] the [?]poing [?] --The [?]is closer than is ...
Article : 6 words"Amateur" (Nhill) desire information about the general treatment of asphlistras, and the first time to divide and report large plants.--Asphlistras will make satisfactory growth to ...
Article : 205 wordsNew C[?]rn f[?] (James, N .S. W.), wish [?] to know how to [?]ly it a cow is in calf.--The only absolutely certain way is to [?] the cow per[?]. O[?]rlly a cow ...
Article : 82 words"N. Y. Z." (Eurea) had several 11 weeks old pigs [?]d up. They were doing well, and appeared to be quite healthy at night when they [?] their usual ration of skim milk. ...
Article : 134 words"How can lice on a calf be get [?] of asks "R .I. P" Separator oil has been used, but it takes the hair off.--Wash the calf on a fine, sunny day, which carbola[?]ine and water. Repeat ...
Article : 75 words"Fruitgrower'' (Monbulk) Complains that white ants are attacking the roots of the currant bushes in his garden, and asks what action to rake?--Take out the soil around the top ...
Article : 99 words"A cow of mine." writes "Failure" (Dingee), had a bad quarter, but has become animal. There is, however, a lot of yellowish matter found in the separator. --There is every ...
Article : 123 wordsHow should one treat a young cow, in good [?]lition, that keeps coming back to the bull? "X. Y. A."(Alexandra) asks the question. --[?]y dou[?]long half an hear before service with ...
Article : 97 words"Puzzled" has asked what may be described almost as "an age- old question." He enquires "Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?" An authority in the West Australian Journal of ...
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Advertising : 247 words"I would like to knew," writes "Ponnay" (stanhome), "whether it makes any difference to milk a cow diagonally, or the two front teats first and the hind ones last?" --The cow gets ...
Article : 125 wordsA hard worked mare owned by "Farmer, (Oayen) is falling away. She has been on green wheat for some days, and has been slo[?]bring, with green frothy stuff dripping from ...
Article : 151 words"S. W." (Ballan) bought a boar about eight months old. Although it appears to be healthy and is in fat condition, it will take no notice of sows when they are in season. "S. W." asks ...
Article : 673 words"Worried Horse Owner" (Woodstock on London) asks how to treat a four-year-old mare that has gone off her feed for about two months, and is tucked up. At present she has ...
Article : 133 words"Stockman" (Balranald, N. S. W.) was advised to give some kerosene to cure worms in dogs. Two dogs were each given about an egg cupful. Both took fits and one died in a few ...
Article : 153 words"K. C. S" (Laucefield) writes. --"I have a cow which has been very stiff in the legs for about two years. Her hoofs grow very long, and at times she goes on her knees when feeding ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 26 Jul 1930, Page 55
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