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AND MINING RECORD. 



Vol. IV. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1902. No. 24. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAOtE. 



District Reports ... ... 738 



Veterinary. 



Lead Poisoning ... ... 737 



Bile Infection. By Geo. Turner ... 747 



NewTariflE ... ... ... 767 



Agriculture. 



Chewing's Fescue Grass... ... 738 



Wheat Seed ... ... ... 738 



Mapstone Oats ... ... 749 



Indigo Manufacture ... ... 754 



Cattle. 



Ticks and Hides ... ... 766 



Dairy. 



Return of Expert ... ... 738 



Miscellaneous. 



Driving Horses out West. By J. T. 



Godfrey ... ... ... 741 



Locust Acts ... ... ••• 758 



The Lillie Evaporator ... ... 765 



A Team of Alligators ... ... 767 



Gleanings. ... ... ... 7C0 



Market Reports ... ... 768 



Lead Poisoning, 



MR. GEO. R. RICHARDS, M.L.A. re- 

 cently wrote on behalf of a farmer 

 residing in the Springfield distiico, re- 

 specting the lead-poisoning of cattle 

 which results from the eating of tins and 

 other dehris left on camning groands. 

 Accompanying Mr. Richards' letter we.-e 

 half a dozen pieces of lead (solder — 

 about the size of 3d. pieces), which were 

 found in the stomach of one of the dead 

 animals. 



^ The Principal Veterinary Surgeon re- 

 commends salt licks be given to cattle to 



lessen the propensity of picking up such 

 foreign bodies. Owners should endeavour 

 so far as is possible, to collect all tins, etc., 

 in their paddocks. Any animal shewing 

 signs of poisoning by this cause should at 

 once be given a dose of Epsom salts, 21bs. 

 for an adult (Mag. sulph. being one of the 

 best and cheapest antidotes for lead 

 poisoning), followed by stimulants, such 

 as rum or whisky (three parts of a tum- 

 bler in a pint of water or gruel every six 

 hours), or strong coffee, if there is much 

 prostration. 



