"F E B." (Lakes Entrance).--Write to the Chief Veterinary Inspector Department of Agriculture. Melbourne 62. for an application form and full par[?] of the pure ...
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Article : 96 words"What is the strongest amount of corrosive sublimate that can be used for washing out cows that have had vaginitis?" asks "Dairy Settler" (Shepparton). He also ...
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Article : 291 words"L.J.McC" (Tcoan) inquires if honey unfit for table use has any food value for horses and cattle? He has found that they well eat it raw --Honey is a useful ...
Article : 241 wordsA small terrier owned by "Seaweed (Port MacDonnell Bay) has a cough. After she had her last litter she developed the habit of scratching holes in the ground ...
Article : 91 words"Troubled" (Nyora) wonders if it is possible for mastitis to be in a herd of cows, although there is [?]o evidence of stringiness or clotting a the milk --The woest ...
Article : 180 words"J.W.B." (East Doncaster).--It is quite an ordinary practice for such logs to be split by blasting with gelignite. A hole is bored into the log with an auger, and into this ...
Article : 111 wordsTreatment is sought by "Wayback" (Warburton) for small lumps, like blind boils, on the udder of a 2½-year-old heifer. Our correspondent asks if the addition of ...
Article : 100 words"Mrs D. T." (ByaduK).--All hydrangeas are pink unless grown in a soil free from lime and containing iron. If lime has been used in the soil, it is doubtful if the plants can ...
Article : 108 words"King Cole" (Bungeet) asks how he can clarify muddy-colored water?--One of the most satisfactory methods is to use fine, freshly-s'aked lime at the rate, of ...
Article : 127 wordsOf 40 lambs owned by "Beginner," seven or eight have eyes that are pink in color, and have a white scum over them. (2) A three-year-old filly. when working, gets ...
Article : 169 wordsA Rhode Island Red rooster belonging to "C.B." (Horsham) developed a swelling of the crop, which assumed the size of two fists. A post-mortem examination revealed ...
Article : 79 wordsWeaned at the age of six weeks, pigs owned by "Perplexed" have been dying They have developed large red scaly sores. particularly underneath the body A few ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 words"Jacky" has a cypress drive. The trees are spreading so widely that they are overhanging the track. He asks if it would be advisable to lop the offending branches ...
Article : 118 wordsSTEAM ENGINE -- "Worker" (Yea).--The regulations concerning a steam engine driver's certificate provide for exemptions on farms, orchards and vineyards or where ...
Article : 137 words"Constant Reader" (Pomborneit) seeks the cause of fowls picking out feathers near their tails.--Examine the birds for lice infestation. If parasites are evident, dust ...
Article : 121 wordsA dog, apparently in good condition, suddenly behaved as though a bone was stuck in the throat. Examined a foiled to reveal any obstruction. The dig was given a ...
Article : 246 words"Would Like to Know" suites that he is rearing lambs on cow's milk All of them are doing well except one, about two months old The knees of this lamb were ...
Article : 137 words"Tree-lover" (Mt. Gambler).--According to the National Herbarium, both leaves were from the same kind of tree. Brichychiton populneus, the kurrajong. or ...
Article : 447 words"Dog Lover" (Lockhart).--The nature of the training must depend upon the work to be undertaken. We assume that you will be using the dog for private field coursing. ...
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Advertising : 129 wordsMr J Hawthorn, of Barrapoort, has thoughtfully sent along some hints on the handling of sheep that have become bogged in dams and streams--a trouble often ...
Article : 127 wordsFrom "A E P." (Taradale) comes an inquiry concerning a cow which calved oil July 23 after a drench the previous night. Since then she has not been able to rise. ...
Article : 393 words"Duck Rearing" (Porepunkah) seeks advice regarding the renting of a property 30 miles from Melbourne to undertake the rearing of Muscovy ducklings for the table. ...
Article : 137 words"E.K." (Geelong) inquires "How does thrush affect a horse? Will it cause the animal to go lame?"--Thrush is a discharge from the cleft of the frog. At first ...
Article : 294 words"X Pert" (Wandin) has pullets hatched last August and September that laid fairly well, averaging 57 eggs each in four to five months. Lately many of the birds have ...
Article : 144 words"Trixie" (Strathfieldsaye) had a cow that died, presumably from impaction, after having calved. She failed to pass any manure for 12 days, and was given ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 6 Aug 1938, Page 12
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