AGRICULTURAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1725, 13 December 1884, Page 13

AGRICULTURAL.

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS IHKEttA T writes :- 1 have & eeven-year-old Keldinir which, for the last four weeks, has been reducing in cjndition. A kind of waterteh phlegm is continually running from the nostrils, ant! Hp ha-> also a eou^h which causoi him tvcitblr, particularly while eating, 4 when he cougl)9 and snorip, cw\ s'aakea his htad, and b'.on s through his nootrils ti.l ( fancy ho is choking. Could you or any of your readers inform mo what is the matter with him, aho of a remedy, and how to U9o it?— Apparently thehoree i 3 suffering from catarrh, 01 a severe and neglected cold. If tha bowels be costive five Boz Kpsom fats in gruel, and if the occasional couch and snortmg continue, bliater from between the jaws downeacn-aidoof the neck to >he chust WhetitliO bowels have bcaa opened, adtnloißtor twice a <iay % drenoli composed of tartar rmetic, one nn.l ba'fdr.tcbra; digitalis, one drachm ; and nitru, two drachma. The food should ba maehoa and green stuff. Scbscribkr writes :— I bave a cow that loses patt of her milk, which commences to drop a few hours after miiking. I believe it is of lotg standing. Can you Bugles* a remedy? — Milk the cow three timos a day, and after each mi king bathe the teats and lowor tart of the u-ider with a strong solution of alum , Old Subscriber asks :-Cau a horse that ti shortwinded be cuted, and what treatment shou'd it leocive? The cure for ei'.her broken wind or thick wind in horse* is impos-ible, but tho .icfci»n of the diwea c may in both cases he (al iifed. Bjth focH and wnter should be g yon more frequently, arrl never in quaiti ii p s to overload tbo efom 'Ch. Again, boih should b9 gi^en some t me before the home is required fcr work, so »h to allow a-nnlo time for digestion and empijiigo* the atomash and l< testlnes. Tho f'iod st>O\ll'i conViin as much nutrition in small bulk as possiblo. Thus the quantity of < ats shou'd I)* iac'eaied, ann that of chaff or bay diminished. Bran mashes or carrots shouli >n f'iveri frequently at niphii feod A careful observance of th s dietary ecalo will greatly mitigate the afll c ion. Medicines are of no ava 1. D. MO. writes : — I am told there was a book written on sheep by an Amorican about two jeira ago, to be a vorv clover thins;. Could you or any < f jour readors s*y where ifc could be trot, ant tho rn-'ce ?— A bf ok on general fannng— " How to M.ike ths Farm P.iy" — way uoticrd in oui - c"lumns about the time mentijned, buS it hardly answers Ihe depoi'ip'ion >ou £.' ye. We shall he triad to publish any informa'.ioti tha 1 ) may bo auppUed ua on the pcint.