ROTES AND QUERIES

Otago Witness, Issue 2069, 19 October 1893, Page 26

ROTES AND QUERIES

Shore.— As the past tense of shear, the word "shore" is obsolete. The proper form of the word is sheared, A. S. — The position of life governor to an old man's home, or similar institution, is conferred either as an acknowledgment of great services rendered the institution over a term of j ears, or in recognition of a handsome contribution to the funds of the institution. The benelit derived by the person on whom the honour is conferred lies in the knowledge that he has done his best in the endeavour to ameliorate the sufferings of the unfortunate, and that his eiforts have received the approval of his fellowworkers. There is, of course, no pecuniary or direct benefit derived from the position. Milk Fever.— J. C, Edendale, writes :— ln last week's Witness your Anderson's Bay correspondentstatesthatmilk fever has been very prevalent and fatal in that locality lately. In the hope that my experience may be of some benefit to sufferers I will state the course we have pursued for about five years with a herd of dairy cows ranging fiom 30 to 70 without having a single case of milk fever. We allow the cows to calve in the paddock they have been used to, and keep> away from them (except in a case of protracted labour) until they have calved, and the cow has had time to lick the palf. As soon as the calf gets on its legs we drive them home to the byre, put the calf into the calf-pen, and milk the cow. We have a dose ready mixed, as follows :— Glauber salts, lib ; treacle, 4oz ; ground ginger, 2oz ; put all into a dish, add three pints of boiling water, stir until dissolved, and administer when milk warm. To administer : Take a leg-rope, put a running noose into the cow's mouth and round the upper jaw ; put the other end over the top of the bail ; get someone to pull this until the mouth is raised sufficiently, then administer the close from a bottle or horn and turn her out. The dose costs about (sd. It is an entirely safe medicine, and, as stated already, since using it we have had an entire immunity from milk fever. Amateur writes :— For some time I have been able to net garden hammocks, but could never understand how to make a net for landing fish in. Although I have read accounts in books as to how to make them, I have never seen a book that explains it properly. How they get them round and hollow is the pait T do not understand. I shall be very pleased to receive any hints on the point. Will some reader who has had experience in netting kindly supply the information asked for ? A Piumus. — Mr Beverly replies to your query :—: — The greatest area will be enclosed by 10 hurdles b'ft long if they are placed in the form of a regular decagon, each angle being 144deg ; and the area enclosed is 277 squaie feet, or 30 square yards and 7 square feet. Tommy FoßTm\ mi. — Mr Beverly replies :— (1) Yes. (2) At 7000 ft altitude water boils at l!)!)deg Fahr. ; but the temperature can be raised by adding salt, which improves potatoes cooked in it. ] f salt is not available, they can be cooked by roasting. j ConstaisT Reader.— No. The owner of land can I only distrain cattle which are the property of j the tenant An Oamaru case exactly on all fouis with this was decided recently by his Honor Mr Justice Williams Ohio. — "Broom's Constitutional Law" says: — " If any of the king's ambassadors in foreign nations have children theie of their wives, being English women, by the common law of England they are natural-born subjects, although they are born out of the king's dominions." If your parents never renounced their allegiance you are a British subject. There is a fee of £1 payable on letters of naturalisation. Bush.— lf a man lights a tire on his own land he must take care it does not go on to his neighbour's land, and he will be liable for whatever damage the fire may cause^ Qt'iz. — Pre-emptive rights could only be exercised during the term of the lease by virtue of which they accrued Waikaki.— Mr Beverly replies :— ln moving a load or lifting a weight the length of chain or rope makes uo difference, if the weight of the extra length bu neglected. In straining a wire fence the strain is very slightly greater near the strainer, owing to friction in the post holes. The couplings of a" tuiin are entirely diiferent, because any coupling has to drag just as many carriages as follow it. CotsSTAisT.— We know of nothing to prevent his doing so. You can, however, cut the branches and roots encroaching on your property. ttufisc'Kinuii, Balclutha. — The instructions you aie working upon are apparently very faulty, and it is.impossible for you to succeed in your eiforts. The cylinder is made of specially prepared wax, and tinfoil is used, not paper. It is impossible to give you in a few lines instructions which would be of any use to you.