"Good Mare" (Gippsland) asks what to do for a horse which has been scouring badly for several weeks. The animal's leg was cut with barbed wire about 12 months ...
Article : 415 words"X.Y.Z." (Cavendish) writes concerning the death of a large boar. The trouble developed very suddenly and the animal was dead within 24 hours. When opened ...
Article : 125 words"Wanted to Know" (Panton Hill) has a cow with a growth about the size of sixpence on the white of the eye. It has been in evidence for at least 12 months. There ...
Article : 87 words"Subscriber" (Koimbo) lost two cows shortly after calving. The first was treated for milk fever, and made an apparent recovery, but suffered a relapse and died ...
Article : 393 words"Jersey" (Tyabb) asks what is the correct ration for a nine months old bull. It is kept in a small enclosure with no grazing. --A keresone tin of damp feed ...
Article : 63 words"We have a number of cows on the place with excessive hoof growth." writes "Beeac Dairyman." Large cracks develop, and the animals become very lame. ...
Article : 118 words"Peter Pan" (Berriwillock) says that his mare was turned out with other horses for a spell. When brought in for work it was noticed that she had slipped her shoulder. ...
Article : 107 words"Perplexed" (Hamilton) says that his newly calved cow gave fluctuating milk yields for three weeks, going off her food and wandering about the paddock with ...
Article : 145 words"Digit" (Goolgowi) has several horses suffering from worms. (2) Also a recently castrated colt which had a string about four inches long hanging from the incision ...
Article : 127 wordsA mare belonging to "Amateur Cocky" is in good condition, but is constantly eating dirt and clay. (2) An Ayrshire cow yields very pale cream, and hardly any ...
Article : 107 words"Hard Luck" owns two pigs on which a rash broke out when three months of age. At first it resembled a scald, but developed later into a raw patch devoid ...
Article : 104 words"Anxious" says his week old foal will not suck either the mare or a bottle. It has been kept alive by being fed from a basin. --If you had left the foal to itself it ...
Article : 76 words"New Chum" (Rochester). --An article on duck breeding and rearing appeared in the Young Farmers' Page of The Weekly Times of August 20. If you send 5d. in stamps a ...
Article : 42 words"C.J." (Merricks) reports that three of his horses have itchy legs, and are continually stamping and rubbing themselves. He also has a mare with a dropped sole. ...
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Advertising : 1,697 words"Deekay" (Corobimilla) has a puppy which was struck by a motor car. The hip joint is projecting, and behind it is a cavity which cannot be felt on the other ...
Article : 116 words"V.B.D." --You should study the article on the sheep page of this issue. It will give you practically all the information you require. In regard to direct export ...
Article : 59 words"Pekin" (Mathoura). --The fact that the hen eggs came out all right indicates the thermometer was correct. Give your duck eggs more air by opening the ...
Article : 58 words"Could you tell me the cause of a horse running at the nose, coughing, and going off its feed?" writes "Constant Reader" (Ariah Park. N.S.W.). --Laryngitis or ...
Article : 89 words"Curious" (Birchip) asks what can be done to cure warts on cows teats. As soon as one falls off another comes. --The usual wart removing drugs damage the teats and ...
Article : 63 words"Farmer" (Brown Hill) has a horse which developed a lump on the shoulder about two years ago. When worked it swells and becomes painful. (2) What can be done ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 22 Oct 1932, Page 54
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