NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3613, 12 June 1923, Page 43

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Questions for reply in coming Issue to be •etved mot later than SATURDAY night. Questions will NOT b# replied to througfc Abs post. “Kelly.”—The picture was shown either by Messrs Johnston and Gibson, of Australia, or M'Mahon, of New Zealand, all of whom are deceased. “Anxious.” —We are unaware of Katana’s movements. All letters must be sent te> him at his home at Ratana. “Thirty Years’ Subscriber” asks bow to make sandsoap. Sandsoap is made by mixing sand, powdered quartz, briokdust, emery, pumice, and similar abrasive substances with soap paste. “Reach” asks where a copy of the poem, “John Tamson’s Bairns,” can be purchased. None of the booksellers in Dunedin •appears to have any collection of poems containing the one you require. We are still making inquiries, and may be able to give you 6ome information next week. “Malt” (Garston) writes: We took a prize at Panama for sheaf barley and I would like to know: (1) Is it too late to send an exhibit to the British Empire Exhibition? (2) If not. when should it be sent? (3) With whom should we communicate? (4) What will it cost (roughly) to send an exhibit Home? (1) and (2) Only a limited space ha 3 been allotted for New Zealand primary products at the Empire Exhibition and little information appears available. (3) and (4) Write Mr M’Kellar, Secretary Dunedin Committee of British Empire Exhibition, Dunedin. “Berwick-on-Tweed” writes: Could you inform me whether Berwick-on-Tweed is situated on Scottish or English soil? I have always understood that it belonged to the Scottish, but our map shows it outside Northumberlandshire. The maps are correct. The liberties of the borough called “Berwick bounds” had an aTea of eight, squire miles and, with Spital and Tweedmouth, formed the county of the borough of Berwick-on-Tweed. Though long boasting to be neither in Scotland nor England and still possessing separate quarter sessions and commission of the peaoe, it is to all intents and purposes part of the coifntv of Northumberland, especially since, by the 1685 Redistribution Act, it ceased to send two members of its own to Parliament and was tor election purposes merged into Northumberland. "Cribbage Player” writes: It is commonly stated that in cribbage hands to the value of 29 may be obtained with the exception of 19. If this is so, could you suggest what combinations will give 25, 26, and 27. TVe have never seen the statement made in any work dealing with the game. Perhaps some devotee of the game can assist our correspondent. “Farmer” (Garston) sends email turnips showing effects of rabbits, the deep indentations probably being worm (wire) ca t e n. The turnips set were quite eound, but it would be necessary to have full information as to the eoil treatment, manure, and weather conditions before any idea could be formed as to why the crop •was a poor one.

Peanut Butter.—A correspondent- has kindly sent in the following recipe for making peanut butter, which he clipped from- the Melbourne Argus:—Use roasted peanuts; shell them, and put them, into a slow oven, leaving the door of the oven slightly openLeave them until they are so dry that the husk will rub off easily, but do not allow them to brown at all. Put them into a bag, tie it up and knead it or roll it on a table with the hands until the husks are well loosened. Separate the husks from the nuts by pouring the nuts from one pan to anotiler ill the open air, so that tile husks will blow away. Grind the nut 3 with the finest grinder, and cook them for several hours in a double boiler without adding any water to the nuts. Then put the paste away for future use in little covered jars. P. J. R. (Canterbury) sends specimens of tree growing on hill above Sumner for identification.——Mr R. B. Tennent (Department of Agriculture), to whom we submitted the seed, etc., says it is known by the name “Hakea Lineanis.” “Marlborough asks: (1) What is the proper method to start a flock of Corriedale sheep? (2) Who was the first recognised farmer in New Zealand to start a purebred flock of Corriedale sheep and when? "Agricola replies: The Corriedale was evolved by crossing stud Merino ewes with a, stud longwool ram (it may be Lincoln or English Leicester, or possibly Border Leicester), and the progeny by selection of experts mated for a number of years until the type was fixed. (2) Mr James Little claims to have originated a halfbred flock true to type on Corriedale Estate, Otago, when managing that property for the late Dr Webster some time in the fifties (Romney MiarshMerino cross). Subsequently this flock having been dispersed, Mr Little, at Allandale, North Canterbury, in 1879, mated Merino ewes with Lincoln rams, etc. In 1879 Mr G. D. Greenwood mated M-exincs with Border Leicesters. In 1874 an inbred halfbred flock was founded on the New Zealand and Australian Land Company's Levels Estate. “Dairyman” (Tuatapere) asks: (1) What weight makes up a gallon of milk? (2) Does milk tally the same as water?——(l) The specific gravity of milk varies according to the amount of solids in the milk. It will vary from 1028 to 1032, water being 1090. (2) No. Z. Y. X. (Tauranui) writes: (1) Can you tell me about the probable cost of petrol and running expenses for a five-ton motor lorry per day; distance, say, 50 miles, loaded one way? (2) How would a lorry do running along the sea beach ? What would be the probable cost of a good second-hand lorry? (1) A gallon of petrol will run a five-ton lorry from five to seven miles, depending upon road conditions, etc. (2) Yes. Todd Bros., High street, Dunedin, can supply a British built lorry for about £650. Petrol costs 18s per case. “Reefton.” —Mr H, M. D-avey, consulting engineer, replies: Would it not be far better and- cheaper to get the town supply with its 17Sft pressure by using as large pipes as possible than to make reservoirs, etc., for the combined 17ft pressure and suction the other way and a home-made machine which may not be made to the best advantage ? “Enquirer,” Mount Stuart.—H. M. Davey, consulting engineer, replies:—(l) It i 3 quite impossible to say what water can be got through an Bin diameter pipe until position of it is known. From your previous remarks it might be placed in a horizontal position in your race, in which case it would be about 159 gallons per minute, while in other positions it would take 2250 gallons in the same time. The only way for you would be to send a sketch of what you want or a full description saying what water you have to the Pelton wheel. (2) A water wheel is not as effective as a Pelton, but it is better if water is very plentiful and the fall not much more than the diameter of the wheel. You will see my difficulty in reply, as I do not know how much water you had in your race, as you only mention that you have a 2in pipe, so it may not be sufficient for a 4 8.H.P., or it may.