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  2. Help Through the Farmers' Information Bureau

    A cockatoo is picking its feathers states "Poor Cocky" (Nhill), and he asks what preventive measures can be adopted?--Feed the bird on toast and milk, fruit, or green ...

    Article : 60 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 519 words
  4. PROTRUSION OF BOWEL

    Having fowls suffering from protrusion, "Much Worried" asks what can be done to rectify this?--Probably your fowls are receiving too much stimulating or heating ...

    Article : 118 words
  5. RAM REFUSES SERVICE

    "Puzzled" (Walla Walla) owns a merino ram which will not serve the ewes, when yarded with them he mopes or charges any ewes that come near him.--We ...

    Article : 56 words
  6. POULTRY TICK

    Poultry owned by "Brown Bread" (Oak- lands) were moved about three months ago from an isolated position to one adjacent to other fowls. None had been lost before ...

    Article : 195 words
  7. HEIFER'S SKIN PEELING

    "Constant Reader" (Murrayville) is puzzled by a complaint which has affected his heifer. The animal is red and white, and parts of the white patches are losing ...

    Article : 108 words
  8. MELBA OF DARBALARA

    "J.L.N." (Wangaratta) asks what the breed of Melba 15th of Darbalara and what stud did she come from?--Melba 15th of Darbalara was bred by Mr J T. Cole ...

    Article : 438 words
  9. DISCHARGE FROM MARE

    "J.R.I" (Monia Gap) writes that his mare strains as if trying to urinate, passing a whitish fluid with a most offensive smell. Is it likely that she is in foal, as ...

    Article : 136 words
  10. DOG WITH COLD

    "Fox Terrier" (Wagga) owns a dog which contracted a cold last winter. He is continually running at the nose and has some trouble in breathing.--Obtain one ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. PIG WEAK IN SHOULDERS

    "Anxious" (Upper Maffra West) is puzzled as to what ails his pigs. When grazing quietly they seem to drop [?]tween the shoulders, sometimes sitting ...

    Article : 95 words
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    One of our readers recently asked for suggestions regarding a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 157 words
  14. INJURY TO UDDER

    "Arabic" (Yarragon) asks what treatment should be given a cow that has been producing clotted blood from one quarter? There is no sign of an injury, and the blood ...

    Article : 97 words
  15. PIGS' SKIN DISEASE

    Two pigs purchased recently by "Like to Know" (Waaia) have become poor, and have broken out in a festering rash on the body. They had a few lice on them ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. DRY MASH

    "What is dry mash?" asks "Inquirer (Apollo Bay).--Dry mash is a form of feeding practised by some poultry farmers as a means of saving the time taken in mixing ...

    Article : 159 words
  17. LAMB'S SWOLLEN JOINTS

    "Old Reader" (Ultima) has a pure-bred Border Leicester lamb with swollen joints. He has a good appetite, but has a job to get about because of the stiffness caused ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. STALLION RUBS HIS TAIL

    "Constant Reader" (Noorat) seeks treatment for his stallion, which persistently rubs his tail. The part has been bathed with several parasitic washes, but all have ...

    Article : 139 words
  19. CALVES EAT SAND

    "E.A.P." (Millgrove) asks if a calf a month old would be likely to eat enough sand or gravel to kill it if so, how long would it take? (2) What would be the ...

    Article : 198 words
  20. DEATH OF CALVES

    "Battler" (Gippsland) has lost four calves from a complaint which has puzzled him. When first affected, the urine is tinged with red, and four days later they refuse to ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. COW'S UDDER TROUBLE

    "J.E.K." (Antwerp) thinks that one of his cows has a form of mastitis. After she had been milking for a fortnight she suddently gave pure blood with a few lumps ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. LAMENESS IN MARE

    "Cocky" (Tyrendarra) has a mare when has been lame for 12 months. The legs are somewhat swollen, and foe hoofs are [?] brittle. After a Journey, there is a ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 66 words
  24. DISTEMPER AFTER EFFECTS

    "Old Subscriber" (Ballarat) has a small dog which had distemper a few months ago. The disease seems to have affected the brain, as he rolls his head from side ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. SWELLING ON COW'S THROAT

    "Anxious" (Croydon) writes concerning a cow which developed a small swelling on the throat. It gradually extended up to the ears. A red blister was applied and ...

    Article : 134 words
  26. MARE NOT IN SEASON

    "H.E.T." (Tempy) asks if anything can be done to bring an aged mare in Season. She did not come in season last year, but did so the season before that--We regret ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. THE AGE OF CATTLE

    "Finder Out."--The Weekly Times Farmers' Handbook, which is obtainable at a cost of 26 through any newsagent in the State, contains among a remarkably varied ...

    Article : 208 words
  28. AGED MARE FOR BREEDING

    "Constant Readers" own an aged mare thought to be more than 20 years old. Is she too old to use for breeding? (2) A young bull running with the herd chases ...

    Article : 111 words
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