VETERINARY QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2623, 22 June 1904, Page 47

VETERINARY QUERIES.

lAnswercd \y a duly quahaed Veterinary Surcson Queries niun be receded bj JttONDAT aight to ensure reolr in the succeeding issue.]

Farmer. — (1) Without a personal examination : it would be impossible to say what was the cause of your foal's fatal illness. (2) The same remark applies to the cau=e of your mars's debility after musing her foal. Probably it was due to a parasitic invasion. Subscribes, Balfour. — Your cow may possibly he attacked by Purpura hrernorrhagica, a specific blood disease, which might be caased. by sudden climatic changes or exposure to cold, or anything tending to weaken the system. You should call in an expert as soon as possible, as it may run a rapid and fatal course. In the meantime you might give 1 pint raw linseed oil, 1 drachm quinine sulphate, and loz sulphurio ether.

It lias often been said that reductions in the Customs tariff on foodstuffs do mot prove a benefit to the consumer, as the retail prices of the .sroodis are not reduced accordingly. It is therefore very pleasing to note that Messrs Nelson, Moate, and Co., the well-known tea firm, reduced the paioes of their celebrated teas by twopence per pourd immediately on th.? recent abolition of the twopence Customs' duty on tea. The public is now able to purchase any of tbia firm's well-known, brands at inrcpenca less than previously, sand, is conse- j ciuently receiving the full benefit of the reduc- j tioij. The tact th«.t Messrs Nelson, Moate, i and Co. have dfoue this proves that the public do. m soijie instances at anyrate, receive the advantages of tariff reductions. — Advt. i — The Austrian Government has recently adopted 1 a mixture of powdered aluminium and nitrate of ammonia as a bursting charge for projectiles. This explosive is termed ammonal. It is said to be exceedia^y powerful.