16 THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. August 1, 1907 
G. BURNETT & SON, 
Painters, Paperhangers, Signwriters, Glaziers, and 
| Decorators, 
94, CURRIE STREET, ADELAIDE. 
(Late Schoning & Rankin). 
All work artistically executed For excellence and durability of work and design we 
cannot be surpassed. Neatness and promptitude our principle. Keaovation of all buildings 
inside and outside a speciality, 
Private Address—Angas Road, Clarence Park. 
Answers to Correspondents. 
S. B. Kadina.—Your fowls seem to 
require more warmth. See that they are 
comfortable at night, give bran and 
pollard mash in mornings and wheat for 
their evening meal. Green bone and 
spices are all well in small quantities. As 
your fowls are penned up don’t forget to 
give them plenty of green stuff, Comfort 
and cleanliness with common sense feed- 
ing means eggs. 
Reaver.—A fortune awaits the man 
who invents a method of dealing with old 
rubber, so as to make it serviceable 
again. 
Novicr.—A good brine is made as fol- 
lows :—To 124¢al of water add 28]b of 
salt, 7lb of brown surgar, 1lb saltpetre, 
and 4lb hops. The hops must be infused 
in lgal of boiling water, must be the 
same as tea, and allowed to stand for 
three or four hours. Strain and add the 
extract to the pickle, 
Busuiz.—To determine six times the 
content of a prismoidal tank, ffnd the 
sum of the top area, and four times the 
middle area, and multiply the.sum by the 
depth. 
Inquirer.—There is not, so far as we 
know, a work dealing with the manage- 
ment and breeding of merino sheep in the 
- different conditions of life presented in 
the widespread regions of Australia. 
TimorHy.—If you wish to form a per- 
manent flock, why not start with a pure 
flock. Breeding up from the common 
goat is a slow. and not a very satisfactory 
process, as the latter and the Angora are 
not both fleece bearing, 
J,F.T.—The most satisfactory way to 
preserve hams from the attack of weevil 
is to use calico coverings, and pack In 
malt dust or oat husks. Sides of bacon 
after they have bean thoroughly cured 
may be preserved by being packed in 
cases, a little lime being sprinkled between 
the sides. : 
WHITING & CO. 
DYERS, CLEANERS, & PRESSERS, 
268 Rundle Street East 
(Lwo Doors from Charlick Bros.) 
ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE, viz., 
Gents’ Suits thoroughly cleaned and pressed 
at 5s. 6d.; dyed any color. 7s. 6d. 
Ladies’ Garments, all kinds, cleaned and 
pressed, 5s.; dyed, 7s, 
All kinds of Silks, Feathers, Gloves, and 
Hats Cleaned and Blocked. 
French Cleaning a speciality, 
All Repairs neatly and promptly executed. 
We desire to say that we are prepared to 
guarantee our work equal to anything in 
the City, and to do all kinds of work at 
Reasonable Prices. 
Give us a trial and prove us. 
The amount of money spent annually 
on milk in the United Kingdom is about 
£120,000,000. 
A horse that is to be used for driving 
or riding should carry no more extr flesh 
than is essential to plump muscle and 
strength, and it should have sufficient ex- 
eccise each day to harden its muscles and 
give it good wind. 
The walk is the foundation of all other, 
gaits, and without beginning at the foun- 
dation all future devolopment will be un. 
satisfactory. 
All profit that comes from adairy cow, 
or one being fattened, is derived from the 
food over and above that which -1s neces- 
sary to sustain life. 
There is a difference between sour milk 
and sweet milk in feeding plgs, and it is 
very much in iavor of the latter. 
The best time to determine what shall 
be done with the brood sow is when she 
brings her litter and while she suckles it. 
Dairying is a profitable business, and 
you get your pay in cash. 
A farmer who carries on dairy farming 
successfully will secure good retnrns from 
it and will have a source of revenue the 
whole year through. 
‘Charcoal given to animals, especially 
to poultry and swine, acts upon the blood 
as a purifier, often being found of benefit 
when there is no definable disease. 
Pigs as a rule take their form from 
sire and their dam. The brood sows 
should be selected at weaning time, and 
raised with a view to their future 
usefulness. 
