440 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ocr., 1901. 
GRIPES IN HORSES. 
W. Crapock, Gympie— 
Question.—Can you give me a good recipe for gripes in a horse ? 
Answer.—Here are three given by “Vet,” in the Farmer and Stock- 
breeder: The following are useful and well-tried ones, butit should 
be borne in mind that gripes arise from different causes, and need 
different treatment. The chief distinction is as between flatulent 
and spasmodic colic or gripes, and of stoppage. In the flatulent 
variety, such as we get in summer among farm horses, coming in 
hot from work and blowing themselves with more greenmeat than 
they can digest, we want remedies which will disperse the gas ; 
while in spasm of the bowel on winter keep, and without any 
blowing up of the flank, rapid control of the pain, by anodynes and 
stimulants, is what is most needed. In stoppage nothing will 
answer without an aperient to shift the cause of the colic. Bearin 
all these things in mind, and for a general gripe drink, I recone 
the following :— 
Aromatic spirit of ammonia (sal volatile), 1 fluid oz. 
Tincture of opium, 1 oz. ; or chlorodyne, 4 0z. 
Aloes, $ oz. in solution. 
The chemist will make this up to 60z. or 8 oz. (as aloes are not 
very soluble), and when administered it should be put in 3-pint of 
water or thin gruel. 
Another :— 
Spirit of turpentine, 3 fluid oz. 
Spirit of camphor, 1 oz. 
Tincture of opium, 3 oz. 
Linseed oil, 1 pint. 
Mix for one draught. 
Another :— 
Sweet spirit of nitre, 1 fluid oz. 
Sulphuric aether, $07. 
Tincture of aconite, 15 drops. 
Water, 1 pint. 
Before choosing one of these remedies, the diet and general state of 
the horse should be considered, as an aperient may be of vita] 
importance on the one hand, or absolutely inimical to the animal’s 
life on the other. For a stock drench to. keep for emergency, and 
for anyone to be allowed to use it, I recommend the first on the 
above list. 
SMALL BURR GRASS. 
G.N., Yeulba.—The seed heads you sent for identification are those of 
the small burr grass, Tragus racemosus (Lappago racemosa, Willd.), a small 
annual grass often met with on dry, stony knolls, where, in winter and early 
spring, it produces a fair amount of feed. At Jimbour it was looked upon as & 
useful fodder grass and, although a burr, harmless to wool. It sometimes 
attains a height of 1 foot. 
VALUE OF COCOANUT-TREES. 
Norrnern Farmer.—The number of nuts a cocoanut-tree will produce 
in a season varies from 100 to 400. A bunch will average nine nuts. Sixt 
nuts will make a gallon of oil, and the gallon is worth from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d, 
Therefore the yearly value of a tree may be put down on an average at 8s. In 
Jamaica, it is stated by the Journal of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, eight 
or nine inland grown cocoanuts go to a quart of oil, which means that from 
thirty-two to thirty-six nuts produce a gallon. It all depends on soil, climate, 
and situation. We have no data to go upon from Queensland cocoanut-trees. 
