"Inquirer" (Ballarat).--Suitable food for young chickens can be prepared with equal parts of boiled rice, flaked oatmeal and biscuit meal. Mix well together and feed ...
Article : 99 wordsA four-tooth ram owned by "Country Reader" (Gelantipy) died recently. He had been drenched for worms. A post-mortem examination of the carcase showed an ...
Article : 125 words"Molly" (Coromby) asks why the milk from her aged cow turns a "pinky" color half an hour after milking? The animal is fed upon damped chaff and bran, with a ...
Article : 97 words"Very Grateful" (Lawloit).--The sheep and wool expert of the Department of Agriculture states that it would be unwise to mate an eight-months-old ram with ...
Article : 150 words"Anxious" (Minima) has a cow until a skin disorder, like a hard scurf. The condition continues from the neck along the spine to the rear of the shoulder, causing ...
Article : 202 words"J.C." (Kooloonong) has white Leghorn hens that contract diarrhoea and lose the power of their legs. Australops and other fowls running with them are not affected. ...
Article : 89 wordsA succession of lumps on his cow's jaw is reported by "Would Like to Know" (Picola).--Your cow has actinobacillosis. This disease is not listed for compensation ...
Article : 106 wordsIn reporting that his puppy died recently from distemper, a Geelong reader asks what should be done as a safeguard against the disease?--Distemper is such an infectious ...
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Advertising : 497 wordsSeveral young cattle belonging to "Tarwin" have died recently. The cattle have been running on hill and river flat country and there is a fairly heavy growth of ...
Article : 182 words"D.R." (Katandra North) has four-tooth ewes running on lucerne. They are in good condition, about a month off lambing and become mopey for two days. and go ...
Article : 138 wordsRecently a correspondent sought advice on the best method of mending a hole in a water pipe. The sketch reproduced herewith has been furnished by a reader who ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 116 words"Mug Cocky" (Carwarp) has a three-year-old mare which is worked constantly, eats and drinks well but is in very low condition. Water is passed very seldom, ...
Article : 155 words"Strawberry" (Drik Drik) has a cow that has been losing condition for some weeks. Recently a yellow or white jelly, like discharge was noticed.--Your cow has ...
Article : 98 words"Anxious" (Wodonga) asks about the value of cabbages as a fodder for dairy cows.--There is little nutritive value in cabbages, and apart from the provision of ...
Article : 69 wordsA Tulllbigeal (N.S.W.) reader had four horses die recently from what he suspects to be silage poisoning. A trembling of the legs was followed by inability to swallow. ...
Article : 114 words"G.G." (Great Western) wishes to know how to treat a horse recovering from strangles. An offensive discharge continues from under the throat. (2) A treatment ...
Article : 190 wordsStiffness in the joints of the legs of his mare, which is a fortnight off foaling, is reported by "Inquirer" (Oaklands. N.S.W.).--Your mare has developed ...
Article : 122 wordsA draught horse owned by "Disappointed" (Werrimull) has developed a swollen leg, which, he says, according to veterinary books, resembles "elephant leg." ...
Article : 79 words"Over Anxious" says his Jersey heifer, which freshened 13 weeks ago, got impaction a fortnight after calving. She was given three drenches, each containing 1 lb. ...
Article : 178 words"Constant Reader" (Wood Wood) states that his two-year-old heifer, which calved on June 1. had difficulty in cleaning. She has been douched with a weak solution of ...
Article : 129 wordsThe appearance of a splint on the inside of a colt's front leg, just below the knee, is reported by "Mallee Farmer" (Rosebery). His cow also is hard to milk, having a very ...
Article : 122 words"Farmeress" (Patchewollock) is having much trouble with worms in horses, and recently lost a foal from this complaint. The same correspondent seeks an ...
Article : 205 words"New Chum" (Narmulla).-- Pullets hatched early in the season and brought on to lay by stimulating and heating food often go into what is termed a "false ...
Article : 73 wordsTaint in a cow's milk is reported by "Curious." who states that the animal's breath has a similar odor.--The taint is due to something the cow eats, and removal ...
Article : 70 words"L.B." (Chinkapook).--The cause of death was probably a poison. Corned beef or the water in which it was boiled, would cause the trouble if used in any quantity. ...
Article : 32 wordsA Branxholme reader reports that his greyhound bitch. 11 months old, appears to have a severe soreness in the muscles and bones, and shows lameness. The animal ...
Article : 119 words"An Old Subscriber" (Ararat) reports thai his horse is lame in one foot, the hoof being cracked up into the bam The hoof appears to be growing down, and ...
Article : 166 words"Barred Rock" (Ballan).--As a rule the male bird should be running with the hens for at least seven days before the eggs are incubated or placed under a hen. The ...
Article : 70 wordsWriting from Nagambie, "Major" states that about nine months ago his dog had an attack of distemper. It recovered, but now has nervous twitchings of the muscles ...
Article : 92 words"Wayback" (Terang) reports that two of his cows are subjected to fits of about 10 minutes' duration. They get quite stiff and shake all over. The animals receive a ...
Article : 77 words"Constant Reader" seeks advice about a heifer which freshened about 10 days ago. Two quarters are very hard, and a little milky substance comes from one, but ...
Article : 89 words"Wayback's" (Antwerp) 3½--year-old horse has been in a sling for the last three weeks, owing to leg weakness. The animal eats and drinks well, and is able ...
Article : 79 words"M.E." (Romsey)--The trouble is canker of the throat and windpipe. Paint the mouth and throat with glycerine and tannic acid. Then, with the bent end of a ...
Article : 56 words"M.P.W" (Bolton) states that his cow has lost the use of her hindquarters, and is unable to walk. A couple of days before having gone down she jumped the ...
Article : 124 wordsFollowing an attack of impaction for which she was drenched, a cow belonging to "Raslen" has lost her appetite Chaff. bran, and green feed are available for the ...
Article : 74 words"What Causes That?" (Serviceton) states that his mare got staked in the muscles of the hind leg. Bathing with hot water and iodine seemed to heal the wound, but ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 24 Jun 1933, Page 54
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