ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 996, 3 April 1891, Page 20

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

H.R. (Waikato).—For the itcliiness on horses’ legs the legs should be washed with hard soap and water, and dressed with a liniment consisting of Soz of raw linseed oil and loz of : spirits of tar. Poultry-keeper (New Plymouth).— You cannot prevent a hen from becoming broody, If you have plenty of eggs set her on a clutch, if not, keep chasing her from nest to nest until she goes off. Tin (Havelock). —A good whitewash '■ is made as follows :—Dissolve Sl'o of glue by boiling in water, and with this slake a bushel of quicklime until it becomes of the consistence of paint. Three coats will probably be required. Each coat should be thoroughly dry before the next is applied. Settler (Kaikoura);—A very good preservative for bird skins is made as follows :—White arsenic, ; powdered camphor, loz; burnt alum, loz; powdered galls, 2oz. This powder is highly poisonous, and should be kept in a stoppered bottle and under lock and key. Orchardist (Nelson).—Fowls’ droppings are excellent for vines, and an excellent manure, but being of an exceedingly powerful nature must be applied with caution. A good plan is to mix them with five or six times the quantity of fine sandy soil, letting the heap lie for a few weeks, and then apply as a surface dressing to the beds occasionally when the vines are in growth and swelling their fruit. Half an inch or less at a time is plenty.