15 Oct., 1919. | Reminders. ' 639 



HEIVIINDEHS FOR [JOVEIVIBEH. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses. — Continue to feed stable horses well; add a ration of greenstuff. 

 Rug at night. Continue hay or straw, chaffed or whole, to grass-fed horses. 

 Feed old and badly-conditioned horses liberally. If too fat, mares due to foal 

 should be put on poorer pasture. Turn out workers due for a spell at grass. In 

 view of sand trouble this year horses which have been paddocked all the winter 

 should not be put to work until properly conditioned and any sand accumulation 

 got rid of. A course of three or four bran mashes, after a twelve liours' fast, 

 followed by 1 to 1^ pints of linseed oil, is helpful. Repeat in two or three days, 

 if necessary. Colts to be gelded should be operated on before hot weather sets in. 



Cattle. — Except on rare occasions, rvigs may now be used on cows at night 

 only. Continue giving hay or straw, if possible, to counteract the effect of green 

 grass. Be prepared for milk fever. Read article in Year-Book of Agriculture, 

 1905, page 314. Give calves a dry shed and a good grass run. Continue 

 giving milk at blood heat to calves. Be careful to keep utensils clean, or 

 diarrhcea will result. Do not give too much milk at a time for the same reason. 

 Feed regularly with regard to quantity and time. Give a cup of limewater in the 

 milk to each calf, also place crushed oats or lucerne hay in a trough so that they 

 can eat at will. 



Pigs. — Supply plenty of bedding in well-ventilated styes. Keep styes 

 clean and dry, and feeding troughs clean and wholesome. Sows may now be 

 turned into grass run. Sows suckling young should be well fed to enable them 

 to produce jjlenty of milk. Give young pigs pollard and skim milk in separate 

 trough as soon as they will take it, and keep them fattening from tlie start to 

 get them off as early as possible. Give a tablespoonful of bone meal, or half 

 that amount of mineral phosphate per 100 lbs. live weight in food daily. If 

 pigs are lousy dress them with kerosene emulsion or sulphur and lard, rubbing 

 well into crevices of skin, and disinfect styes. Pig breeding and feeding 

 should be very profitable for a long time to come, and it should be safe to 

 launch out now. 



Sheep. — Prepare for dipping. Ascertain exact contents of batli before mixing. 

 Powder or paste dips have the most lasting effect, particularly where lice 

 have been bad. Hold sheep in the bath not less than half a minute ; if badly 

 inf^ted, longer. Submerge heads twice, but allow them to rise quickly — most 

 deaths after dipping are due to gross carelessness in holding sheep under too 

 long, the dip wasli being taken in on to tlie lungs. Dip rams and full grown sheep 

 first, while bath is full, lambs last. Yard sheep over night. Dip while empty, and 

 avoid fouling the drainer. Commence early in the day, and allow sheep 

 to dry before nightfall. Avoid travelling long distances to and from baths, and 

 dipping sheep while overheated. Do not roughly throw sheep in. Avoid filthy 

 baths; this increases a dead tip in hot areas. 



It is unsafe, and against instructions, to use powder dips in increased strength. 

 Sheep badly lice-infested should be dipped directly off shears, and again in six 

 weeks' time. Sheep witli over a reasonable amoimt of wool on shoukl be dipped 

 at less strength than given on instructions. 



Wlien constructing new dips, remember moderate-sized ones are most econo- 

 mical, just as efficient, and can be more easily emptied as they become fouled, 

 and if they are near water can be quickly filled. 



Poultry. — Provide plenty of green food and shade. Watch for vermin; 

 spray crevices of perches and houses with crude carbolic acid, 1 in 50. Keep 

 water clean and cool, and out of the sun. One packet of Epsom salts should be 

 given to thirty birds through the mash. Remove all male birds from the flock. 

 Infertile eggs are preferable when pickling, or when placed in cool storage. 



