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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 122, 10 June 1876, Page 3

The Wellington Post understands that the Government Printing Office is already completely blocked with Government bills, in preparation for the ensuing session, Of these the Local Government Bill is, as .might be anticipated, by far the most formidable item, its size, indeed, is represented to be something altogether portentous. Nearly all sick animals (says the Canterbury Press') become bo by improper feeding in the first place. Nine cases out of ton the digestion is wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient and rapid corrective. It will cure a majority of cases if properly administered. An example of its uses. The hired man came in with the intelligence that one of the finest cows was very sick, and a kind neighbour proposed the usual drugs and poisons. The owner being ill and unable to examine the cow, concluded that the trouble came from overeating, and ordered a tea-spoonful of pulverised charcoal to be given in water. It was mixed, placed in a junk bottle, the head turned upward, and thewater turned downward. In five minutes improvement was visible, in a few hours the animal was in the pasture quietly grazing. Another instance of equal success occurred with a young heifer which had become badly bloated by eating green apples after a bard wind. The bloat was so severe that the sides were as hard as a ban el. The old remedy, saleratus, was tried for correcting the acidity. But the attempt to put it down always raised coughing, and it did little good. Half a teacupfnl of fresh powdered charcoal was given. In six hours all appearance of the bloat bad gone, and the heifer was well.