ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



liL'iU.NG.— Pi.ODDER_ wants to bore for water cheaply, and suggests a method. 



Answer. — Something like the method proposed is practicable, but the best course will be 

 ■to :idvertise for a man with a light boring plant to do the work by contract, or else for a plant 

 Oil hire. 



Spraying. — J. L. & S. state that they intend cisnig copper soda in lieu of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture for black spot of the apple and peach leaf curl. They want to know (i) whether it is 

 "ood for sliot-hole? (2) "SVheiher the arsenite of lead spray for codlin motl; will keep as a 

 stock solution? 



Answer. — (r) Copper soda may be used for black spot and also for peach leaf curl, 

 althou'^h Bordeaux mixture is generally employed for that disease. The san.e applies to shot- 

 hole, but in cases where it is caused by bacteria or microbes, the copper compounds do not 

 act. ' [2) Yes. See article, page 729, December, 1906, Journal. 



Sai.tblsh.— W.L. in(|uires how "Old Man" saltbush can be propagated? 



Ans-cucr. Over liftv saltbushes [Rhagodia, Airiflex, Chenof odium) are known, and the 



following plants are known as " Old Man," Artemisia abrotanutn, Cereus senihis, Chenof odium 

 album, "^Rhagodia farabolica. The last named is probably meant. It is a useful native 

 "saltbush, easilv destroyed by over grazing or continued grazing, but readily recovering if 

 stock are excluded, and the paddock rested for a time. It can be propagated by cutiings of 

 the younger wood planted in autumn or spring, and seeds freely if left to itself for a time. 

 Like all good servants, the plant needs an occasional rest to keep in good condition. 



Valle of Stable Manlre, etc. — F.D.X. asks the value of (ij stable manure {a) taken from 

 stable to orchard, [b] rotted in a heap; (2) fowl manure; (3) leached wood ashes (gum and box 

 sapling obtainable at the mines) ? 



Ansiver. — (la) Approximately los. to 12s. per ton; {\b) About iss. per ton, but the 

 material will lose weight during rotting. (2} About i6s. to iSs. per ton. The material should 

 be applied fresh and unmixed with lime. (3) From 4s. to 5s. per ton. (Unleached, from 6s. 

 ■to 7s. per ton.) 



Z.ANXE Currants. — L.H. inquires which is the correct way to trellis Zante currants. 



Anstver. — The trellis would be better north and south, especially in districts where the 

 lieat is great and hot winds prevalent and severe. 



Ladybirds.— L.H. wishes to know, if he uses the vacuum spray oil for woolly aphis, 

 -whether the ladvbirds, which are verv numerous on his apple trees, will be destroyed? _ 



Answer —Red oil, when projierly prepared and applied is one of the most reliable reme- 

 dies when used on fruit trees and hard-wooded shrubs. By "jarring" the trees over an 

 expanded umbrella, mo<t of the ladvbirds can be saved and transferred to other trees. Ihe 

 latter should be covered up until the' newly sprayed trees become dry, when the ladybirds can 

 be returned with but little danger of being destroyed. If they are present m such arge num- 

 bers, why not utilize their services? If the ladybird spoken of is the little steel-blue one, 

 [Orcus Australasiae) it increases rapidly, and can be relied upon to give a good account of itselt 

 •whenever turned against aphis. . , „,„„, 



Navel Rupture.— R.T.H. asks whether the treatment for navel rupture in young Horses 



and in young cattle is the same? 



Answer. — \es. , , „ -n r n- i.=c ;« 



Mii.K Follicles.— CM. T. asks for information re size and numberot milk toll cles in 



the udder of an average milch cow, and whether they are of uniform size in the same u.Mer. 



,4„^^^;.._About i-30th of an inch, and the number, of course, varies with the .limen- 



sions of the udder and the stage of lactation, although they are practically innumerable. 1 rac- 



tically uniform in size. .111 ,,,^ ;».- i.^irl vprv 



Sick Pig.-Z.T. has a sick pig. It staggers about and cannot hold up its head very 



Ansiver.-Cx^& a dose of laxative medicine-4 to 8 ozs. Epsom salts according to size of 

 pig. Provide a warm, dry, comfortable bed, and plenty of clean water to dnnk. Icmpt 

 the appetite with gruels, mashes, and green fodder. 



SCOUR.-W.J.T. states that his buggv horse keeps '^ ''^^'i ^-f ,^ ^^ L^t A\^Lc^ 

 good coat. As soon as he is put in harness he starts to scour, and if driven a good distance 



trembles in the hind quarters. , ., . t .i,„ <.vr-rp(-> -.nd 



Answer. -X careful investigation of the state of the teeth the nature of %^^'^^'^^t:Sl 



the general clinical signs is imperative before treatment can be suggested. 1 rocure proies- 



^'°"'^ Com-AGious PLEURO-PNEUMONiA.-N.T.P. asks (i) Is there a disease called ^C^^^^^^ 

 Pleura''? (2) What do the following symptoms indicate :-Head bent down, ^J-j Jj,^ ^^un he 

 up, hair dry and standing out, breathing heavy, the calf gradually sinking and d.MUg in about 

 a week ? r i i 



^«3Wfr.— Consult article, page 559, September, 1906, /ournai wu^^her worms 



WORMS -IN HORSES.-N.J.P asks (I) For remedy for worms m horses? {2) ^^ hether ^^orms 

 ■svould make a horse act as though sore about the belly? 1 , r »i,„ f^llr^wincr mi\- 



Answer.-{,) Give a loz. powder daily in the food (for a week of '^^^ . "j^^Ve "^ h 1 

 ture :-Sulphate of iron, gentian; and ginger, equal parts. On the eightl moining gue a full 

 <lose of opening medicine. (2) \es. ,. (,\ ;„ ripilMicr with 



Crac^ked HOOF.-AMATEUR Vet. inquires as to the best method to adopt ()m d^^l'-^gj '} 

 a draught horse whose hoof has cracked under the hair, .lUst ]^heje the hoof jons the pastern . 

 i2) In "extracting a splinter which has entered a horse's foot at the fetlock «'"*• [^e 

 healed, and apparently was quite well, but is now swollen, .and the horse is very lame^ 



Answer^A^) Isolate the crack by burning deep converging grooves nearly th-u h the 

 Iiorn from the coronet to a point below the crack. Remove P'-«^^"'^^.^J1\.%3 horn appears 

 face of the wall immediately below the crack, and, as soon as a piece of sound horn app^^^^^^^^ 

 below the coronet, cut it off with a cross groove, .and strip off ^he hom beiow^ (2) If sur c 1 

 skill is not available, poultice the fetlock to draw the mflammation to the surface, 

 the swelling bursts search for the splinter. 



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