NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2167, 5 September 1895, Page 36

NOTES AND QUERIES.

W. M.— We submitted the fowl to Mr Bills, who replies :— I can find, nothing wrong with the bird, it being p-iifectly healthy. Ihebirdisa late hatched clwoken, :md at present is deep in moult, while »11 other birds are clean moulted. Therold v rather we have had lately has gone very hard with it, and stopped its feathers coming as they should have done, besides prostrating the birds. Now thnt the line weather is coming on they will soon bo all right. PovJ/fRY Yard.— (l) The duck egg« would bo perfectly good for setting. (2) A black Spanish cross with brown Leghorns would bs excellent layt-r- of Urge white egg*, but they would be poorish table birds. They would be hardier than purebred Spanish. f J. 0. W. - Steel has little or no grain. All rolled steel is inclined to fhow reeds if overworked ; cast Bteel least of any. Spaing steel is the best for springs, if worked at a low heat and tetn-

peredin oil. Inquirer.— Beeswax and mutton suet melted together is very jjood for waterproofing boots. Of course thty won't t»ke ou a polish after it is applied. If you want a polish, Smyth's glostelle is very good after the grease is out of the leather. You can get it from the maker, Hope street, Dunedin. "$. S.— The list has been poutsd to you. Mac— We should not care about altering the arrangements for this year, but »hall consider your sugßtstion the following one. Interested.— Mr Beverly kindly reolies :— Either an overshot or a breast wheel will gire you one and a-lulf horss-powcr, with two he*ds of water and 10ft fall. The oveishot is preferable. By using a tuibine and force pump, 10 heads of water fa'ling 00ft will rai.-e one head to a height of 400 ft If a chain and buckets are used instead • of the force pump, 12 head might ba raised. A hydraulic rani would raise about ninc-t«nths of ahead. The cuntrifugul pump has been found to work well foraich high lifts, on account of the great vel city required. J. H. D —Mr Beverly replies :— A. head of water is not any deiiuit* measure, but the quantity that ' flows iv a given time. If a stream flows at the Tate of a cubic foot per second, or Gigal per ' second, it is reckoned one bead. If it delivers 25gal per second, it is four heads, and so on. Übb.— Black3tone saya :— " B'.es are /eras natures, but when hived and reclaimed a man may have a qualified property in them. Hiving them gives the property in bees ; for though a swarm light . on my tree I have no more property in them till I hive them than I have to the bird's which make their nests ther*, and therefore if another hives them he shall bo the proprietor ; but a 6W»nn which fly from out my hive are mine so long as I can keep them in sight, and have power to pursue them." You have no power to pur&ue a swarm on or over the land of another, and the rsi-ult Beems to be that wnen the ewArui leavts your own land your qualified ■property in it is lost. Zero.— Yea. Sailor —You must give notice in the form given in •The Fencing Act 1881," a ropy of which you will find in Stono's Directory or any of the almanacs. The notice must specify the boundary to be fenced, and contain a proposal for fencing the same, and the kind of fence proposed to be erected. As not giviug proper notice may involve you in very serious loss, the safest course for you is to employ a lawyer to manage the matter for you. You can recover half the cost of the fence in the same way as a debt, and itsue a warrant of distress. It is only •when the claim exceeds £20 that you can proceed to sell the lan<L IWaSSKRBOUHmeh.— The close season for s a als has : been extended up to and-jncluding January ■ next. There's ems to be uo difference niide on ,- account of difftneuce in species. Afflicted.— For boils try citrate- of iron and quinine, l^it a teaspoanful together with a teaspoonful of tugar in a 4oz bottle, filling it up ' wiili water. Take a dessertspoonful three or ■ four times a day. Gently Rtrokc the aurfac* of the flebU towards the htad of the boil for a few i minutes at a time as often as po'siblo. This brings the boil t» a head sooner thin it otherwise como. Do not presß bard or the tisaue will

be injured. A. B.— Mr J. Stephen Eon was born at EvertoD, in Nottingbannhiio. H. W , Mataura.— No ; the one you allude to only came to Otago aeven or eight years ago. White Clover —We have sent your query to " Agrioola," who will deal with it in Notes on

Rural Topics. A Mkciunic— (l) They will have to be sent to the oflicfl of 1 he Eogineer. 33 Norfolk street, Strand. London, W.C. (2) We cannot Bay what time is allowed ; but you had better sand at o»ce, and if you are late no doubt allowance will be made for the distance you are away. J. R.— You do not say whether you have had any experience in mining or not. If not, it would be necessary for you to get a mate who has ; otherwise you could scarcely t-xpect to do anything. The bc3t pl«c* a l , present is Auckland, where things are brighter than in any southern centre. The rivers in Ottgo are too high at present for you to have much chance of making even tucker along their banks, and we do not know of any place that could be recommended for desultory prospecting. DAiimiAJD.— See Stock Notes. Skippers. - The date of the murder of Mrs Young at Kyeburn was < 'ctober 9, 1880. Ah Le, alias Ie Tow, and Le Gui were tried at the Supreme Cou»t, the former being convicted and the latter acquitted. * Subscriber, Waikakahi — (I) The collis'on between the Favourite and the Pride of the Yarra, by which the llev. Mr Campbell, rector of the Huch School, and his family were drowned, took place on July C, 18%. (2) The Duustan rush began on August 18, 18(52.