December 1, 1908 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 35 
Answers to Correspondents. 
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‘ Wager,’—The French for Onion is 
-Ognon and for Parsley Persil. 
‘ Tick —Ewes infested with tick should 
not be dipped during the lambing period, 
but one month after being shorn. 
‘ Anxious.’—Provide your horse with 
plenty of bedding, cnd the trouble with 
swollen fetlocks will probably cease. 
©S.T.’—Tho preparations are many 
and varied for the extermination of slugs, 
and may be obtained from any seedsman, 
‘ Hedge. —African Boxthorn should be 
sown in a bed in August, September, 
or October, and transplanted in the 
following Autumn. 
‘ Ignoramus.’—Cucumbers should be 
sown from August to December, but 
October is the latest that the very long 
sorts should be sown. : 
‘ Way-Back’—You probably mean 
Sheoak ; its leaves are acid, : nd are often 
chewed by bushmen, as they stimulate 
the flow of saliva and temporarily quench 
thirst. : 
‘J.L., Crafers.—The respective quanx 
tities of hay chaff, oats, and bran 
required daily to feed a cow are :—Good 
hay chaff, 25-30 Ibs. ; crushed oats 3-4 
Ies.; bran 3-4 lbs. 
* Milky’—It is not desirable to use 
‘preservative’ for fresh butter. if the 
cream is well and properly ripened ; the 
butter should keep long enough for the 
fresh butter trade without it. 
SBIR Wits? Thebarton.—Worms are some- 
times caused by giving the poultry 
‘too heavy a feed of green bone 
and fresh meat. For a flock of layers, an 
allowance of 1 oz. to each bird three 
times a week is quite sufficient. 
‘D.D.,’ Norwood.—Bitterness in the 
cucumber, lettuce, and_ other vegetables 
is generally attributed to the growth 
being checked in consequence of sudden 
changes of temperature, or dryness of the 
soil, causing stagnation, and that is 
evidently the cause 1n your case, 
Always in Season. 
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A Temperance Tonic, brewed from the 
finest hops grown, matured in our cellars. 
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