A horse belon[?]ting to "Sand" has a coat with a very dry appearance and full of scurf. After [?]ing in work the animal stands with one of [?] fore legs forward, as if resting. A running ...
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Advertising : 114 words"Brachead asks the cause of death of a cow. She gave about three-quarters of a bucket of milk the day following calving, but after that would not rise. The nose and ears were cold, ...
Article : 92 words"W.I." (Ariah Park, N.S.W.) asks for advice regarding the eradication of couch grass from a cultivation paddock.--About the only effective method we know is to plough the ...
Article : 104 words"Canine s Friend" (Merrjwagga) seeks a diagnosis of the case of a fox terrier dog, which shows the following symptoms: The animal stiffens its body, holds its nose in the air, ...
Article : 150 words"A.S.G." (Ascot Vale) desires details of the most effective method to dry apricots.--Let the fruit mature fully on the trees. Pick before the apricots are too ripe. Firmness, with ...
Article : 547 words"Subscriber" (Gippsland), referring to an [?]le in The Weekly Times on the treatment of [?] in sheep, states that one of her wethers, in [?]loped this trouble last summer on the side, ...
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Advertising : 297 words"Milkmaid" (Bass), asks what can be done for her cows' hoofs, which have grown very long and cracked badly.--It will be necessary to trim the feet back to normal size. This can ...
Article : 93 wordsThough she calved a month ago, a cow belonging to "Cocky" (Mead) still has a thick yellow discharge. The cow was given two dr[?]hes and syringed with a weak solution of ...
Article : 329 wordsA request has come from "N7" (Teal Point), for a diagram of "A one-man turnout suitable for levelling land for irrigation." The implement illustrated should meet his requirements. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 129 words"Trier" (Vic.).--Unless Muscovy ducklings are inbred they ate generally easy to rear. Many people make wood money out of ducks, Aylesbury or Pekins or a cross of both ...
Article : 71 words"B.F.S." (Wallan) states that two of his young Berkshire sows, which farrowed on May 5, hare not come in season again. The animals have been running on grass and green oats. They ...
Article : 129 words"A Trier" (Wallan).--The deaths among the chickens are probably due to a fault in the brooder. The temperature should be 85 to 90 degrees for the first week, and then be ...
Article : 76 words"Cocky" (Horsham) wants to know the cause of death of his cow. The animal, which was in good condition, had been running on a paddock of green feed, and received chaff twice a ...
Article : 163 words"O.B." (Stawell) has a large Collie dog, which shows a twitching of the body and legs while asleep. The animal also has small red lice and sores on the body. He has been given ...
Article : 145 words"Worried" (Balmoral) reports that his Jersey heifer, which has been calved 10 days, came in one morning recently with a badly swollen quarter, containing nothing but a thin red ...
Article : 129 words"Full and Plenty" (Mitchellstown) stares that his heifer took a bad turn just before calving a couple of months ago. She remained on the ground and grunted as if blown, and ...
Article : 142 words"An Old Subscriber" (Ninpe[?]k) The specimen is Eredium botrys, or rough stork's bill. This objectionable weed was [?] introduced to Victoria from Europe, and is ...
Article : 71 wordsAn aged draught mare belonging to "Con[?]actor" (Gordon) galls easily after a spell. She went out one morning with only a small pall on the shoulder, but returned four hours ...
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Advertising : 49 words"Muggins" (Allambee) is at a loss to account for the abnormal appetite of his aged draught mare. The animal, he states, always appears to be hungry, and eats the sawdust in ...
Article : 377 words"Farmer" (Hamilton) was unfortunate in living lost, by death, a whole litter of pigs, a fortnight old. The animals showed a stiffness in the joints of the legs. They had been ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 28 Sep 1929, Page 75
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