NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1501, 21 August 1880, Page 17

NOTES AND QUERIES.

O. J,, North Teieri, bbltb : (1), The name of the bull that took the first prize at the Taion Show of 1879; (2), What is good for rearing young calves without milk.— (l). You do not Btatethe oIaES. In shorthorns we believe a bull of Mr Shennan's took the prize, while in Ajrshires Mr Howie's bull was first. Perhaps some of our readers will be kind enough to send the names of the animals. (2). Rear in* oalves without some portion of milk Bhould not be attempted, bufc with some milk good calves can be reared as followB :— Lta three quarts bruised meal and four quarts bean or pea meal pour 30 quarts boiling water. Cover up well for 24 hours, then pour it into a boiler holding about 30 quarts more of boiling water. Giveithalf-an-hour'sboihng, Btirring it well all the time ; then put by for tue, giving it to the oalves milk- warm, mixed with milk. The calf should get its dam's jnilk for the first week, then the muojlage may be mixed with it at the rate of One third muoilage to two-thirds milk, gradually increasing the mucilage and decreasing the milk till seventh or eighth week, when the millr may be entirely withdrawn. Commence with six quarts of mixed milk and muoilage a day, inoreaßing a quart eaoh succeeding week till between threa and four months old, when it may be weaned. Hay tea, made by pouring boiling water on sweet, nutritious hay ib an excellent addition. G. H. N., Waitotara.— Adams' revolvers are not in etook in Dunedin, but Mr Mills, gun. smith, Stafford street, thinks he can purchase you one if commissioned to do so. A. 8., Tapanni, aaks : Is there under cultivation a variety of wheat known as pearl wheat, or is wheat subjeoted to any artificial prooess before it reoeiveß this denomination ?— lt isa variety of wheat ; it is grown in large quantities on the Canterbury side. Constant Subscbibeb.— A rough idea oouldbe obtained by working ont the cubic contents of the stack, and then weighing a cubic foot or onbio yard of the coal, multiplying the result by the number of cubic feet or yards in the stack. The result would probably be within five per cent, of the truth. John Jones, Bendigo, writes :— I wish you to give your opinion on the following pomt :— lt is oaßtomary for the secretary to a Hospital Committee to take commission of 10 per cent. on all moueys collected. I want to know whether if I make a donation of, say, £5 to the Hospital, ttie secretary is entitled to the 10 per cent.— lf you pay the money mto the Hospital yourself, or through the chairman or committee, we should say decidedly nob. Of course if you promise the donation and the secretary colleots it from you he would be entitled to the authorised commiaßion for the trouble he has been put to in the matter. E. V., Edeadale, asks if the Australian Eleven have loßt a match in England since they commenced their tour.— So far as the cablegrams inform us, no ; they have been victorious ia every completed match, and moßt of the draws have been in their favour. Amatkob, Naseby. — The Licensed Theatres Ordinance, 1870, prohibits stage entertainments beingperformed in unlicensed theatres, but this Ordinance only applies to Dunedin and to other plsoes to which ib has been made applicable by proclamation. J. G., Mount Pleasant, Oamaru.— You are en. titled to use the road if you can do so without trespassing upon your neighbour's land ; and ' to enable you to do so you have a right to remova the fence. We don't quite understand whab you mean by the words " independent of shifting the fence." Wm. Kkbb, Warepa, writes :— As a good deal of differences of opinion existß in some country dißtriotfl regarding the Lanfl Transfer Act, now supposing the land already un dor the Act, could you inform me and others what would be about the cost of transferring an acre to a purchaser, including agents' fees, &0., at say £10 an acre.- About £2. X. 10. U, B.— l. A recipe for a brilliant stucco whitewash whioh oloeely resembles paint will be likely to meet your wishes. There ia nothing of the kind • that compares with it, either for inside or outside walla. It retains its brilliancy for many years. It answers as aB well as oil paint for wood, brick, or stone, and is cheaper. 2. Take \ bushel nice unslaked lime, slake it with boiling water, and cover it during the process to keep in the eteam. Stiaiu the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well dissolved in warm water; 3 pounds ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and Btirred in boiling hob j \ pound powdered Spanish whiting ; acid 1 pound of clear jrluo, whioh has been already dissolved by soaking it well. Then hang over a omall fire, in a . small kettle within a large one filled with water. Add 5 gallons of hot water to the mixture; stir well and let it Bland a few days, covered from the dirt. It should bo put on right hot ; for that purpose it can be kept in a bottle on a portable furnace. It ia said that about a pint of this mixture will cover a equare yard on the outside of a house, if properly applied, F. L. H.— For Italian cream, pour one pint of milk over one packago of gelatine ; let it stand an hour, then pour over ib a quart of boiling oream, sweotenod to tho tasto, and stir till dissolved. Then add the yolks of eight eggs well beaten ; flavour with vanilla, or any other exbraofc. When it begins to thicken, pour it into the mould. E. A.L — Salts of lomon will generally remove ink spots. TO CORRESPONDENTS, On the File, — " Jtfi a3 Braddon'e Latest Novel," by Colonng; "Lines onNgpara," by

We have to thank A. T., Alexandra ; Reader, Orookston; and T. 8., Manuherikia, for information in reference to the poem "Grace Darling. "