Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 17, 1911, Page 4

. Moon is first seen after sunset. PRIMITIVE COMFORT FOR L e S L ; 3 DAIRY STOCK SHOULD BE WELL TREATED TO GET BEST RESULTS. P A R R i R H ¢ * Keep Stock G * Comfortable. * 5, o * o < By A. D. Wilson, University o Farm, St. Paul. + * - ek R Rk Rk kb bl However primitive in construction, and rough in appearance, the cow- shelter pictured on this page suggests the idea of abundant .comfort for the gentle creatures for whom it was built. One of our good dairy farmers, liv- ing in Carlton county, who is also a Farmers’ Institute lecturer, Mr. F. B. McLeran, in talking on “Care of Dairy Cattle,” always emphasizes the importance of making the stock com- fortable. He says that if they are made uncomfortable by being fed at irregular times, so that they spend a great deal of their time expecting to be fed, the discomfort shows in lower production. If they are made uncom- fortable by having a poor bed, by being roughly handled, by having a dog set on them, or by being left out in the cold or allowed to go thirsty, these conditions result in decreased production. He emphasizes the fact that one of the great advantages of weighing the milk every day, from each cow, is that it gives one a quick check on any condition that brings about discomfort to his animals. If any cow shows a dropping off of her milk flow, as a rule a little observa- tion will show that she has been made uncomfortable in some of the' ways mentioned above; and, knowing these facts, the farmer is able to check these unfavorable conditions quickly. One of the points that Mr. McLeran especially emphasizes is thé impor- tance of not allowing the cows to stay out in the winter when they are un- comfortable. He states that a good way to determine this is to take off your coat and go out in the yard with the cows, stand around and act just as the cows do. When you begin to feel uncomfortable and feel like going into the house, put the cows in the barn. NOTES ON POTATOES. Many of the Conditions Resulting In Failure of Crops Can Be Remedied. The average yield of potatoes in Minnesota for the ten years 1899 to 1908 was eighty-six bushels per acre. The average yield of potatoes in the state of Maine for the same ten years was 171 bushels per acre. There are about ten thousand hills on an acre of potatoes planted in rows three and one-half feet apart and four- teen apart in the row. One eight-ounce potato in each hill will produce a yield of about eighty- eight hushels per acre. Many times one hill will produce six eight-ounce potatoes, which is at the rate of 520 bushels per acre. The low rields secured on the aver- age must be due to the failure of a large number of hills to produce. Some of the things that cause the failure of hills are poor eeil, improper preparation, poor seed, irregular plant- ing, poor cultivation, bugs, disease and poor weather. Many of these con- ditions are controllable; all of them may be influenced by proper methods of culture. A hill of potatoes stripped by bugs or on which the leaves are injured by blight cannot give a satisfactory yield. Paris green or some other poison should be used to destroy the bugs before they have a chance to seriously injure the vines. A few days’ delay means the loss of a great many hills. The most successful growers spray from two to six times each year with Bordeaux mixture to prevent injury to the leaves from blight. Paris green may be mixed with the Bordeaux, thus spraying for bugs and blight at the same time.—A. D. Wilson, Minnesota University Farm. N Lo R R R R The recent contest among boys and girls, for the prizes offered for the best essays on the topic “Why I Want to Re- main on the Farm,” was not without its humors. One young lady gave, as one of her rea- sons, the fact that “it is so much pleasanter to drive a gang-plow in the country than a hearse in the city.” T oot oo ol o ool o e ol bk e o R R ) The Arabic Day. : The Arabic day begins at sunset, wnd the particular one which begins any month is that on which the new Apart from the cloudiness of the sky, there may be and generally is considerable difficulty in seeing the crescent, lost, as it must always be, in the radiance of the set sun, and consequently there i3 always uncertainty for some time after sunset whether the day that has Just begun is to be reckoned with the last month or as the first of a new month. ‘considerably in symptoms. T RN PR A Y * & E 5 + HOG CHOLERA--NO. 2. 3 # i - * 4 By Dr. M. H. Reynolds, Minne. < : sota University Farm. :‘; Rl R R R R R Symptoms of Cholera. Farmers should understand that outbreaks of cholera differ in virulence and differ It often occurs that different hogs in the same herd will show very-different mani- festations of the disease. Hogs af- fected with cholera show some of the following symptoms: The animal is dull and refuses to eat. Diarrhoea appears early, as a rule. The skin turns red, and later becomes purple, especially over the belly and flanks. The skin of the back may be so badly inflamed that large sloughs of dead tissue occur. The eyes are inflamed, and have a sticky discharge, espe- cially in young pigs. The eyelids may even be glued together by this dis- charge. * The walk may be irregular; heavy hogs are apt to wobble with their hind legs when walking, and this some- times persists for weeks in chronic cases. Very many cases show a mild chronic cough, noticed especially when the hogs are forced to move around. It frequently occurs that the first cases are exceedingly severe. The disease sometimes develops so rapidly in these first cases that hogs die be- fore the owner is aware that they have been sick. Such cases show little in the way of ordinary hog-cholera symp- toms. Later on, cases become less acute, and develop the ordinary type of hog-cholera, with which most farm- ers are familiar. Toward the end of an outbreak, cases become mild and slow; hogs may be sick and drag around for weeks.’ Some of these eventually recover; others die. As a rule, it is scarcely worth while to try to save such slow, chronic cases at the end of an outbreak. The Carcass. The hog-cholera car- cass usually shows certain character- istic conditions, which will help the farmer to know whether the animal has had genuine cholera or some other disease; and early information on this point may save his herd. About the first things noticed are the red and purple skin, and inflamed eyes and scabby ears. The fat tissues fre- quently show small red blood-spots. Opening the chest cavity, the farmer will, in most cases find very peculiar lungs. A special form of pneumonia is one of the features of hog-cholera. This pneumonia may easily be dis- tinguished from common pneumonia as a rule. In hog-cholera lungs, the diseased areas look like liver, and are sharply defined; i. e., the border be- tween healthy lung-tissue and that af- fected by the hog-cholera is sharply defined. The healthy lung does mnot shade off gradually into the diseased portions, but we have the pink, healthy-appearing lung-structure jut- ting squarely up against the diseased. Common pneumonia usually involves large areas or whole lungs. Hog- cholero pneumonia frequently involves very small parts here and there. When there are other infections, with the hog-cholera we get general pneumonia. The stomach lining is frequently ins flamed and thickened, and in the slow- er cases it shows small ulcers. If the farmer who wants to learn, and who suspects he has lost hogs from cholera, will take a pair of shears, dull one point, and split open the large bowel—especially at the point where the small bowel joins— ne will find areas of intense inflamma- tion in the acute cases, or well-defined ulcers in the more chronic cases. The small glands which follow in a chain along the small intestines are apt to be intensely inflamed. HOLLOW CEMENT BLOCKS. By Their Use Cost of Building Is Greatly Reduced. Had the builders of the Egyptian pyramids known how to use air as a building material, through the adop- tion of hollow instead of solid con- crete blocks, they could have made their structures twice as large while using no more concrete. The farmers of this generation have many ad- vantages cver the Pharaohs; and not the least of them is the use of hollow tile or Hollow cement blocks in house- building; whereby they are enabled to secure a maximum of comfort, health- fulness and durability at a minimum of cost. The Poor Man. A man sent to'an insane asylum with a load of coal found on his arrival the gates “were open, but not. knowing where to deposit the fuel he left his horse and cart outside while he went to inquire. He ‘walked about the grounds, but failed to see any one, 80 made his way back to the gates, but to his horror found they were clos- ed. He tried in vain to open them and appealed to passersby to. help him, as the horse and cart belonged to him. “Fancy,” said one passerby to another, “that poor man thinks he is a carter.” —London Ideas. Shippers Are Complaining of the Ac- | IS NECESSARY ilailroads of the West Re- trenching Service, MEANS DELAY IN SERVICE tion of the Carriers, but Sa Far Nothing Has Been Done in an Effort to Remedy the Situation—Assert Object Is to Retaliate for Failure " to Secure Rate Increase. St. Paul, Feb. 17.—Railroad systems from Chicago to the Pacific coast have decided to retrench in train service. Lines connecting the Twin Cities, Chicago, Omaha, Council Bluffs and ‘Denver began to lengthen their fast through freight schedules and some passenger schedules last Sunday, while the Northern Pacific, the'Great Northern and other lines to the West are planning to make similar changes on their through fast freight trains next Sunday. Fast passenger trains between the Twin Cities and the coast will not be affected. Railroad officials explain that the change comes because operating ex- Ppenses must be cut. Some shippers | complain that it is a retaliatory meas- ure because the proposed advance in rates could not be made. Lines op- erating between Chicago and other Middle West points tried to increase rates last fall, but the interstate com- merce commission, on complaint of shippers, suspended them. The date for hearing the application of the roads is March 15. The Northern Pacific, the Gfeat Northern and other transcontinental lines so far have not sought any raise in freight rates, so their action is sim- ply tcken as an economical measure. Local shippers are complaining, hl\tl action has not been taken to remedy the situation. Appeal can be taken to the interstate commerce commission, say shippers, but probably not until the commission has taken action on the proposed advance in rates. In some instances in this territory the revision of the running time has resulted in a delay of twenty-four hours in delivery to consignees. Twelve hours have been added, in some cases, to the running time of merchandise trains. HALF MILLION FUND WANTED Labor to Resist Anti-Union Fight at Los Angeles. ‘Washington, Feb. 17.—In the name of “justicz and liberty” a fund of $500, 000 is being raised by the labor unions in the United States to finance the struggle for unison in Los Angeles, Cal., where after years of fighting the Merchants and Manufacturers’ asso-| ciation has now undertaken to crush organized iabor. It was learned at the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor that contributions are being received daily by fecretary Mormson from all parts of the country. The fight is one of national signifi-| cance, accerding to the labor leaders, who say the National Association of Manufacturers is actively behind the Merchants and Manufacturers of Los Angeles. If the anti-union movement should sncceed in Los Angeles, it is declared, vhe fight would be extended to other cities. SMUGGLERS’ YAWL CAPSIZES Half a Dozen Persons Drowned Off California Coast. San Francisco, Feb. 17.—At least six persons were drowned off the coast south of San Pedro in an at- tempt to smuggle a party of Chinese ashore, according to a report at the Angel island immigration station. The information came from Inspec- tor Frank Ainsworth, in charge of the immigration cutter Orient, which has been patroling southern waters since the beginning of the year in an effort to check the smuggling of Chinese in- to this country from Mexico. Early last week Ainsworth, while cruising south of San Pedro, gave chase to a power boat which he sus- pected to be loaded with Chinese. The power boat steered shoreward and put off a yawl with about six men. The yawl capsized and Ainsworth believes that all those on board were drowned. The power boat escaped in the fog. Peace in Granite Industry. Quincy, Mass,, Feb. 17.—Industrial peace in the granite quarrying and cutting establishments of Massachu- setts for the next five years seems to be assured, the manufacturers, quarry owners and their employes having practically reached an agreement on a new scale of prices which will go into effect on March 1 and will continue for five years. . St. Paul Woman Ends Life. St. Paul, Feb. 17.—Despondent be- cause of an apparently incurable nerv- ous malady, Mrs. Freda Evert, forty- five years old, took her own life in the bath room of her home, her husband’s razor she slashed her throat and wrists, expiring fifteen minutes later. TAKING ITS NORMAL COURSE Iiness of Pope Pius Not Considered Serious. - Rome, Feb. 17.—Pope Pius X., who is experiercing an attack of influenza, had a comparatively calm night, his temperature falling from 100 to 99. sician to his holiness, visited the sick chamber and remained a long time. He thinks the illness is taking its normal Using |, Dr. Guiseppe Petacci, private phy-|- course. i B Chinese Empire. POWERS Czar’s Government _Informs Great Brit- — ain, Francc» and German}' of Her|= Intention to Send Military Forces to the Russo-Chinese Frontier, but the ;Extent of the Movement Will De. pend on the Attitude of China. 'London, ‘Feb. 17.—The relations of Russia and China are strained to the breaking point. Russia has notiffed the governments of Great Britain, France and.Germany of her intention to make a military demonstration on the Russo-Chinese frontier owing to China’s pe-sistent “violation of the St. Petersburg treaty of 1881. Russian troops will be sent forth- with to the district of Ili. The extent of the demonstration, it is added in the diplomatic note, will depend extirely upon the attitude as- sumed by China, The vital questions involved are free trade in Mongolia,:the extraterritorial rights of Russia in China and thé es- tablishment of a Russian consulate at Koebdo, Mongolia. Trouble of Long Standing. There has been rumors recently of an intention by Russia to.bring pres.| sure to bear upon China because of | alleged violations of the Russo-Chinese | treaty. That the situation was acute, however, has been denied both by the Chinese foreign board and the Rus | sian legation at Peking. | It has been admitted that there were differences of the interpretations of the international agreement as made; at St. Petersburg and at Peking. The | treaty adopted in 1881 expires this| month and it has been reported that! China .was unwilling to renew it, at| least not until certain modifications| had been made. The exchanges have been closely guarded by both powers and what stage the negotiations have reached was not indicated until Wednesday when the St. Petersburg i Gazette announced that an important conference had been held at the war ministry to consider *“China’s per- sistent flouting of treaty stipulations.” MINNESOTA EDITORS MEET Annual Convention in Session at St. Paul. ' St. Paui, Feb. 17.—The Minnesota Editorial association is in session here. The convention was called to order by President H. S. Saylor of Buffalo, | pencil pushers welcome. ARE NOTIFIED ‘Who introduced Mayor H. P. Keller to welcome the editors on behalf of the eity. E. W, Randall, vice president of the Commercial club, also bade the President Saylor responded to the address of welcome. 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