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QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Dze., 1902: 
Answers to Correspondents. 
TO GET RID OF BLACK ANTS. 
Cuartes Kvous, Gatton—(1.) Try sprinkling shelves, &e., with oil of 
pennyroyal. (2.) Wash with carbolic soap. (8.) Dissolve a piece 
of ammonia the size of a hen’s egg in one quart of water and brush 
the shelves with‘it. (4.) Pour gasoline into their nests (if outside) 
and set fire to it. (5.) Lay carpet rag strings soaked in corrosive 
sublimate in their path. (6.) Make the following mixture :— 
White lime (slaked), 6 quarts; kerosene oil, 4 pint; turpentine, 1 
wineglass ; softsoap, 5 lb.; cowdung, 3 quarts; water, 16 quarts. 
This latter is for washing fruit trees. None of these remedies are 
permanent, but will require repeating often. 
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. 
E. Courr, Mooloolah.—Consult a solicitor on this point. You may draw 
up an agreement and sign it in the presence of a witness. Stamp 
duty, 2s. 6d. 
EHar-MARKING Stock. 
Under the last amendment of the Brands Act (Collins’ Act) all ear- 
marks on cattle must be registered with the Registrar of Brands. 
POWDERED MILK. 
Joun Simpson, Rockhampton.—Powdered milk is only a recent invention, 
and has but lately been proved of commercial value in Europe. It 
has not as yet appeared in Queensland. Why not address a letter 
to the inventor in Sweden ? 
PAINT FOR TRON ROOFING. 
E. Pops, Lower Proserpine.—Refrigerating paint can be obtained from 
most oil and colour merchants in Queensland. A. cheap cooling 
paint may be made as follows :— - 
Take unslaked lime, and slake it with sufficient water to cover it. 
Stir into it old brine from a salt-beef tub, sufficient to give the lime 
the consistency of oil paint. Strain before using, and apply with 
an ordinary 2-knot limewash brush. 
Ruberoid makes excellent roofing. Obtain particulars from 
agents, EH. Rich and Co., Brisbane. It is not as durable as iron, 
but it is largely used, both on the railways and by private persons. 
DEHAIRING GLUE PIECES. 
W. O'D., Delaney’s Creek, Caboolture—See note on tanning hides on 
page 378, Vol. XI., part 5 (November, 1902) of Journal. 
TIMBER FOR CASKS. 
E. J. Watron.—American oak and silky oak are used for wine casks, but 
no timber will keep out the borer. New and old casks may be had 
from Mr. Lanham, cooper, ‘Charlotte street, Brisbane. The old 
imported casks are the best. 386-gallon old casks, 10s. 6d. each; 
36-gallon new casks, of American oak, 28s. each; 36-gallon casks, 
silky oak, 19s. each, store casks, of from 50 to 100 gallons, special 
arrangement as to price. 
