VETERINARY QUERIES,

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 10 August 1888, Page 20

VETERINARY QUERIES,

[Queries must be received by Monday night to ensure reply in the succeeding issue.] INFLAMMATION IN C 0W f 8 BTB. Clodhoppbr No. 6.— The eye is a very delicate organ, and is liable to repeated attacks of inflammation, which, ifimproperly treated, often resulti ia pe*-nma&nt blindness of one or both eyes. Therefore during an acute attack you should consult a vetetiuary eurgf-on. COW L«SING HER MILK. J. T. G. — Without having previously made an examination it is impossible to say what caused the death of the calf. However, the. lactiferous arrangement, Bjmtathising with the death of tba foetus,' has become deranged. Keep herfree from any excitement, and milk regularly twice daily. BLIKDNESS IV SUBHP. Tapaxut.— Blindness in sbeepiigenerallya symptom of some other disease, such as catarrh In the head, and it oft n accompanies various cutaneous affections. By tresi Ing the original disease the blindness will disappear. Avo'd over-fceatlng or overcrowding In yards during frosty weather, and if the pasture is exposed remove the sheep to safe sheltered paddocks. Worms is a Horse. Subscriber.— Describe appearance and size.ef worm! infesting your horee, as every species require* different treatment. The Christchurch Telegraph sjkates that the Rev. W. J. Williams, president of the Wesleyan Conference, in a sermon on the subject " The bitter cry in Christ* cburcb," said that though there was « good deal of Christian sentiment in the city there required to be more Christian practice. He pointed out that there was a great cry of want, which the public in general seemed to fail to recognise. He referred to the number of men walking in idleness about the streets, to tho homes where the furniture was being parted with bit by bit to purchase daily bread, and to the numbers of cases where old families scarce had enough to eat. He voea' tioned the case of one young girl who had <3ieo, and whose scanty earnings bad been almost the sole support of a large family,, inoludjog • drunken father, the doctor 'giving a' certified 8 which meant practical^ that she died of sttr* vation. He said no church was complete wiw' out its Dorcas Society.