Mr. H. W. Baines, of "Sunny Banks." Mirboo, writes:--"I had experience with several vicious bulls, and found that the best way to quieten them was as follows:--Cut about six inches from ...
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Advertising : 350 words"G.R.S." (Boort) wants to know the cause of Five Crown apples suddenly developing rot while ripening. The tree is about 10 years old and bears fairly well, but about one-third of ...
Article : 142 wordsA matter of some anxiety to "Puzzled" (Kerang) is the fact that his 10 working horses display an inclination to eat sand and dirt both before and after feeding. Recently he ...
Article : 189 wordsA Nowa Nowa reader wants to know where she can market ferns. They are long and narrow, and stand about 2ft. high, in bunches of 50 to 100.--Get in touch with Messrs Gill & ...
Article : 230 wordsA happening altogether too common, [?]tunately, is reported by "J.H.R." (Yarragon). A cow due to calve on August 24 appeared to have slipped her calf. She was syringed, and then ...
Article : 175 words"Butteris" (Urana, N.S.W.) has written that a draught foal has lately gone forward in the hocks. It is about 7½ months old, and was weaned at about five months. "It has had a ...
Article : 82 wordsThe above sketch, which is reprinted at the instance of "Gippslander," was originally furnished by Mr F. Oakey, of Billa Bula, Seaspray It shows a simple, inexpensive and effective ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 111 words"Interested" (The Mount).--The shrub for warded by you is Hakea suaveolens, or sweet-scented hakea. A native of Western Australia, it is often cultivated in gardens. ...
Article : 31 words"Constant Header of Weekly Times" (Rainbow) complains that his heifer, recently calved, is hard to milk. He wants to know if anything can be done to cause the milk to flow more ...
Article : 162 words"Kangaroo" (Mowndah, N.S.M.) wants to know what a man is worth a day who keeps himself, works and feeds his 10 horses on chaff at £8 to £9 a ton, hauling logs and carting ...
Article : 731 wordsTwo cows belonging to "Ignorant" (Mornington) have small lumps on their teats and up the udders. They are feeding on clover and rye grass.--The trouble is known as cow pox. It ...
Article : 84 wordsA series of three questions has been forwarded by "Hard It" (Colacok). First, he asks if hay chaff tor cows should be damped before feeding, as it has been found that the animals ...
Article : 253 wordsA resident of Officer (Gippsland) has a cow with twin calves which were born dead. As the membranes did not come a way properly he was advised to pull on them gently while the cow ...
Article : 203 words"W.C.H. (Galaquil East) has a Jersey bull that is beginning to get vicious, and he wants to know how he can best remove the animal's hours. The bull is 14 months old.--The ...
Article : 166 wordsMr W. Leach, of Welshpool, were.--In reply to "Constant Reader" (Noorat), with respect to calves dying suddenly, the symptoms point to blackleg. I would advise him to ...
Article : 355 wordsA [?]y heavy, with a lot of hair on her feet, stands and stamps both her front and mad feet. She is owned by "W.S.N." (Beech Forest).--The cause is a small mite which gets ...
Article : 81 wordsFive horses owned by "Hardup" (Glencoe west) collapsed while working. "They seemed to lose the use of their hind legs. They were with 2oz. turps and one pint milk, ...
Article : 236 words"Forty-years' Subscriber" (Bittern) asks if peanuts, could be grown in that district on a small scale, and what methods should be followed.--Peanuts have been produced with a ...
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Advertising : 56 words"G.J. " (Avoca).--Your ferret has distemper. Wash the eyes and syringe the nostrils with a weak solution of permanganate of potash. Dry with a soft cloth and [?]int the eyelids with ...
Article : 963 words"P.P.C." (Big Pat's Creek) has an apple tree, two years old, grown from a seed, and wants to know, when budding it, if he uses the fruit, also how the bark is cut to insert ...
Article : 129 wordsThee questions affecting the health of horse are asked by "Constant Subscriber" (Euchuca) One animal has a sore eye from which exudes a watery-looking fluid, together with thick white ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 3 Aug 1929, Page 31
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