Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 5, 1913, Page 2

TRE Photo Minn. Agricultural College. ATING A SEVENTY-FIVE-POUND HOG. © CHOLERA SERUM BULLETIN. Wew Law Provides Serum--New Bulletin Explains Disease---A Fight to Check Fifty Millions Annual Loss. (By J. 0. RANKIN, University Farm, St. Paul.) A law recently put into operation by the Minmesota legislature provides for the sale of hog cholera serum at one- third of a cent per cubic centimeter by the Agricultural Experiment Station at University Farm, St. Paul. Virus is Rurnished free of charge when it is advisable to use it with the serum. These prices are lower than the pre- vious price and the serum may be ad- ministered by competent veterinarians or other persons especially authorized by .the Minnesota State Live Stock SBanitary Board. This is but one more step in the fight against a disease whiich is estimated to have caused fosses amounting to $50,000,000 ‘in 1912, one state alone losing $10,000, 000 worth of hogs. Four years’ rec- ords of serum-treated animals in Min- ota indicated that the losges in ealthy herds are insignificant and -that about 80 per cent of the animals treated in sick herds may be saved. In order that the useé of the serum und the nature of the diséase may be more fully understood, Dr. ‘H. P. Hoe- kins, in charge of the serum plant, has prepared “Hog Cholera,” Bulletin 37 of the Minnesota Farmérs' Library SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION One Explanation of Some of the Fires on the Farm. Fires on farms are generally dis- astrous, resulting in the complete destruction of property, owing to inadequate fire protection. The causes of fires are various, a smaller number than most people seem to think being due to Provi- dence. In some cases where hay and grain stacks have been supposed to ltave been set on fire by lightning, careful examination would no doubt show the real cause to have been so talled “spontaneous combustion.” When hay is stacked in hot weather, while still moist or some portion of it moist, we have all the conditions for rapid fermentation. Fermentation is accompanied by the evolution of heat in'the stack which gahnot readily escape. As the fer- wmentation goes on the temperature rises, owing to the accumulation of Yeat, until the kindling temperature 18 reached, at which temperature the wtuck ‘will burst into flaines. This is tnore lkely to occur in case of tea- dow hay, clover 'and alfalfa,” whi¢ch pack somewhat closely im’the stack. —G. W. Walker, Soil. Chemist, Uni- versity. Farm, St. Paul CANNING GREEN TOMATOES. ‘Remave stems, wash, and; drain the | ¢ ‘torfidtdes. Pare them and remove ail inedible parts. - Siice-or chop them angd put in an acid proof, vessel, add- ing one level teaspoonful of salt for each pint of tomato. Set ‘the vessel on the back of the range or in 4 mild oven where it will recelve only a moderate amount of heat. ‘Add no witer, but allow ‘the fomatoes to cook in their own juices; stirring: occasionally to prevent stick- ing. They-must cook until thoroughly done, not less than an hour. Have the jars sterilized and the rub: bers on. Keep them hot until the to- matoes are ready; then fill the hot Jars, with the hot fruit, seal tight, and when cold wipe and set away for fu- ture use.—Juniata’ L. Shepperd, Do- ‘mestic Sciende, University Farm, St Paul. f ! —t published by the Extension Division. It is written in simple English and avoids technical medical terms. Its illustrations contrast healthy and sick animals and show the appearance of the lungs, kidneys and intestines of hogs dead from cholera. These, to- gether with the careful statement of the symptoms of the diséase and of other disorders sometimes mistaken for cholera, will help owners to decide whether to order serum. A dosage .table states the amount of serum re- quired for hogs of various sizes and enables the owner to decide in ad- vance just how much serum to order and. how much the treatment will cost aside from the payment for a veterinarian’s services. The Virulent- Blood or Minnesota method of vacci- nating pigs ‘at ‘the age of three or four weeks is also described briefly. Its cost is much lower than that of serum treatment. Ahout 45,000 of these bulletins have already been ‘distributed, 'but" those who' Were not reached in' the firet dfs- tribution may “8eécire coples By ad- dréssing thie Office of 'Publications, University Farm,. St. Paul. LOSS FROM POOR SEED. Not Acclimated and of Low Producing Vitality, (By A. F. Woods, Dean, Dept. of Agri- culture, University Farm, St. Paul.) The importance of natural variation and differences in climate in relation to ugricultural production has never been fully realized. TUnder natural conditions omly those survive which can modify their habits of growth so as to make a successful resistance to de- structive influences and propagate their kind: ‘When man enters in as a factor he may, and usually does in a consider- able measure, interfere with these natural adjustments. He selects indi- viduals and cultivates them fof some natural peculiarity, and as a result in- tensifies these features; but unless he ftollows: nature’s methods and destroys the plants that.are.not best.adapted to. his conditions gnd requirements he sgon gots 3 mixture of individuals, rood, bed and- indifférent, and cuiti- vatés them all together. ¢ On' the other hand, if he selects the Individidls that give the best results Utider ‘his-peculiar-¢onditions’ and pré vents their crossing with the: legs:de: sirghlersorts; he:soon develops a:i of high efficlency and product! 4d, 0 tudlly fose” varlety 4 dut T o or 1o Theé ! grékt importances of selecting and ‘growing ‘seed under the ‘condi- |} tions under which the future 'crop must be grown is now ‘apparent. LR R R R R R ol LK X & Turnips and other roots make fine milk producing feed. If turnips are fed in large quantities, and two or three hotirs ' before milking, they are likely to give the milk an um- pleasant taste, but if fed direct- ly after milking no flavor what- ever -will - be. noticed.—Farm Progress. EE LR L XX AT E LR T Ateole o o o b b bbb ok Diarrhoea. Quickly Cured, “I was taken with dlarrhoea and Mr. Yorks, the merchant here, per- suaded me to try a bottle of Cham- berlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarr- hoea Remedy. After taking one dose of it I was cured. It also cured oth- ers that I gave it to,” writes M. B. Gebhart, Oriole, Pa. That 1s not at diarrhoea can almost invariably be cured by one or two doses of this rem- edy. For sale by Barker’s Drug Store. —Adv. 3 Despondency. Is often caused by indigestion and constipation, and quickly disappears when Chamberlain’s Tablets are tak- en. For sale by Barker’s Drug Store. DID YOU SEE OUR In The AD. o/ ofe s e o ol ol o ool sl all unusual. An ordinary attack of | —Adv. 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