NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2056, 20 July 1893, Page 27

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Jumus.— lf a Bight feed lubricator is used the oil will not affect the feed pump, but when a tallow cup is used, oil which should last for four hours is often run into the cylinder in a few minutes, and this results in clogging the valves of the pipes. q T.— Warts can be removed -with caustic, but care must be taken in applying it or it will cause considerable pain and leave a scar. A better plan is to use common washing soda, damping the place and rubbing the soda on it as often as you conveniently can. ' The soda is much slower in its effects than the caustic, but if persistently and frequently , applied it is equally efficacious. A. Bi C— CO We have never heard of macrocarpa being grown from cutting?! but several correspondents a year or bo back/gave their experience in growing Pinus insignisbytbat means> and one sent a well-rooted specimen. It was about 2ft in lengbh, and was taken off the branch with a good ''heel." The sender had grown quite a number of young plants by this means. (2) Either autumn or spring., (o) me proper time for sowing seeds of Pinus insignis. wattle, and Wellingtoniaisfrom October to end of November, if the ground be dry. . Before Bowing the seeds of the different trees referred to Bpecial care should be taken . ;to have the ground well prepared for theseed ; the bed to comist of a fine foamy soil. The ground should be so dry before sowing that the rake can be used freely without any !of the earttt adhering to it. The ground need not be very rich, but^good free, sandy loam i is best. If the soil be very rich where the seedlings are raised, and ithe young plants .planted out on much poorer ground, they do not tnnve so well. Wattle seeds are better sown where the plants are to grow, as they- are difficult to transplant, or sown in potd or boxes. (4) Poplare, willows, and almost all deciduous trees grow readily from cuttings. , , ; J. S. P. H.— The advantage of a title under The Land Transfer Act" is that it" cannot be impeached, and that a transfer on a re-sate w cheaper and moreeasUy effected than it otherwise would be. The expense of the application &c Tis not great, but usually a .survey is necessary, the cost of which vanes according to circumstances. Where there have been no dXs with the land but the Crown Gr*nt, the cost of obtaining a title under the act (not including Burvey fee) is about equal to an ordi-

nary conveyance. PKOPERTY.-Under section 53 of "The Rating Act 1876 " the rate may be recovered from the owner "if demanded within four months after it hasbeamedw. Jf not so detrianOed or tf proSmforUs recovery are not taken within mx ShTafterU becomes riwe it cannot fee recovered Sniit the owner." There seems to be no remWSnst a localbody for negligently failing to recover from the occupier. •RiKiTtriTs— "A" may issue a warrant or a judgB S Summons at liny time within 20 years from the date of the judgment. We R. White, Tapanui.— Tenant Bight waß recognised in the North of Ireland generally ffiot confined to Ulster. It was spoken of ai ? ' tJlßter Tenant Right," and was extended to the- whole of Ireland by, the Land Act ,lß7o Similar customs existed in other parts of Ureat

T.^W^asks if any reader can "give him his experience with planting and growing holly Hedges in a sea coast" district, especially as to the nature of soil, rate of growth per annum, how and at what age planted', Ac. Fisherman writes: Please,. to settle * wager, would you inform me if it has been known for the fishermen in the Orkney Islands to strand as many as 60 whales at one,time. on the beach ? —We have no information 1 on the point, but should say it is highly improbable. Can any reader quote an authority on. the subject 7 Dairy Maid.^l) If the linseed is pure and fresh about one quart stirred into six or Beven quarts boiling water is, about the proportion. The mixturemustbekeptboilnig, and occasionally stirred until it .will jelly" well. . If you should give meal of any kind, three quarts of .linseed and four quarts of mealto 30 quarts of water will make an excellent food with skim milk. ' Accustom. the calf to the milk and jelly' when a week old, giving a very small quantity of the latter at first; and gradually increasing it. Should any Bymptoms of scour appear, as is probable when linseed jelly alone is added to. the milk, give less jeUy and substitute meal. See article m this number. (2) The size of tank recommended is a 400eal one, and a 7-§in range tap the best, with back nut for screwing up tight, and a leather washer outside and inside. The tap thus fixed is more secure than a soldered one, and when of the size given, no time will be lost in drawing off the water. There should be a manhole on top, about 18in wide, to admit a person to enter and screw x the tap on, and when necessary, to cleanse the tank, Soldering a tap on is charged in town from Is to 2s, according to the distance from plumber's , shop and time occupied. If a hole for the tap has to be cut, another shilling is charged. (3) Young roosters such as thosementioned would command top prices, say from 33 to 3s 6d per pair, if of the weights stated. Dealers say,pnceß are now very lowTand that it is a bad time of the year to forward fowls to market.