"A Rabbit Invasion—Truth or Fiction?" TO THE EDITOR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 7

"A Rabbit Invasion— Truth or Fiction?" TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,— Rcforring to a cablegram undor the abovo heading which appeared hi the Ot»go Daily Times of this morning stating that the mailman from Lake H«v« had seen mile, ol rabbits travelling through tho northern district of Adelaide, having passed through a gap in the boundary fence, th&xa may ba in this eefie exaggeration or even fiction, but ib is a truth that rabbits bava a propensity for bfiveHing. If a hole is made in a feuoe largo enough for £ rabbit to paw through, and wires about Bin long are fastened 80 a. to shapa a funnel, with the Ift'ge end fixed to the hole in the fenca, t_£ rabbit could pass through, but ooald not return ; and if a space on the other side ia enclosed witfo nCting, tha rabbits could be caught at the vety slight cst of the packing up. Rats are «o ciught, also fish, then why not rabbita ?— I am, &i., H. S. Dunedin, September 21. Ahortion in Cows. — Mr E. R. Dean, of Goulburn, has written to the Department of Agriculture, Melbourne, pointing out that some of the American agrioulturista write with much confidence of the great value of Viburnum prumfolium as a preventive of abortion. _Ha mentions that Dr Phsrao, a well-known medioal authority, speaking of the action of viburnum, says: "It is a preventive in habitual miscarriages. It prevents miscarriage from any cause. It has never failed to preveut a threatened abortion as far as I can learn." Aud the American Veterinary Review endorsed this as follows :— <c We simply add this i« literally true, and con_r me d by the thousands of cases since treated all over tha United States Bn! i j- other countries. No other medicine, perhaps, ever came bo boou into general use and met with so unanimous a verdict or approval from the meflical fraternity. ThU wonderful medicine is foun(l native in the forpsts of most of tho States between the Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Laitea, and is generally known by tbo trivial name of ' black havr.' The bark of the root is used for making a tincture ; or, in emergency, tho decoction of- fresh bark serves well. . , . If properly prepared and administered it is worth for the purpose mentioned more than all other medicines." Mr Dean adds :--" Dose for a human being : Inf cmion, £oz ; tincfeurdi 1 drachm 5 powder, J. drachm. Four or flvt) 1 times a day, Therefore say double or tieblv the quantity for a cow or mare."