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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1266, 4 June 1896, Page 5

A correspondent of the Amcrknii A<jricaltuml gives the following as an easy way of killing smut spores in oats seed : llun the seed through a good fanning mill. Spread out on a clear barn floor and sprinkle villi water until quite wet. Scatter slaked lime over the dampened grain until the seed is quite white. Shovel the oats about until the lime is thoroughly mixed in, and let the heap lay twelve hours or more before sowing.

When lambs that are sucking their mothers become attacked with diarrhoea, the first step towards checking it is to attend to the diet of the darns, and it is also frequently of great advantage to give them a few doses either of hyposulphite of soda or bicarbonate of soda or potash. The lamb should be drenched with linseed oil and rhubarb, followed by a mixture consisting of prepared chalk 2oz, powdered opium 1 drachm, powdered catechu loz, peppermint water 1 pint; or sometimes lime water and laudanum, given at intervals of a few hours, has a very beneficial