Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 23, 1920, Page 7

EATTENTION TO SICK ANIMALS Inability of Laymen to Recognize Ail- ments Often Results in Loss of : Valua'ble Stock. ':(Prepared by the United States Depart- ' ment of Agriculture.) The tendency of laymen to engage in the diagnosis and treatment of. \diseases of live stock is in a great lmun_v instances resulting 'n losses of ‘animals through inability to properly irecognize. ailments in time to apply needed treatment, or through applying remedles not indicated in the specific icases‘ This is particularly dangerous in the handling of infections and con- tagious disepses where not only the ‘original_herd is at stake, but where, iFlank Injection—Proper Handling of Hog Cholera Treatment Is Abso- lutely Essential to the Checking of ! the Disease. through the spread of infection, other animals may become exposed and in- fected. In the work .of contrclling hog cholera, for instance, perhaps the greatest hindrance has boen the ten- dency of farmers to attempt the diagnosis and treatment of their own herds, or else fo call in an untrained layman, who frequently does not _recognize the disease or advises the iwrong procedure in the handling of the outbreak. According to experts it is not always an.easy matter to recognize hog cholera, as symptoms are sometimes obscure. Other all- ments of swine, such as pneumonia, worms and tuberculosis, at certaln stages of development, scmewhat re- semble hog cholera. Accordingly, training and experience are required to distinguish' between these and hog cholera. The practicing veterinarian should acquire all possible knowledge per- taining to control and suppression of hog cholera. Of late many complica- tions asscciated with the disease have created a multiplicity of opinions among those who claim to understund ithe various ailments of swine, and even within the veterinary profession hasty judgment has in some cases led 3 ito losses which could have been avoid- 4 .ed through a careful consideration of facts, proper diagnosis and treatment. “This should emphasize the necessity for the study of cases, including the ‘history, environments and circum- istances Involved in an outbreak, be- |fore attempting to decide on the cause iof trouble. Then comes the physical examination of the animals. Look’ for abnormal action, breathing, gait, ‘appetite, digestion and . other func- tions. Next, take the animal’s tem- iperature with a good, reliable ther- - 'mometer. Even then positive diag- jnosis is not always possible untll a st-mortem examination has been ade, which means an examination of 3z ithe various organs and parts of the > ody after death. { It 1s evident that all swine-produc- {ing localities should have someone jmvallable whose services, based on itraining and experience, are reliable iin detecting and prescribing for dis- ieases of live stock. And farmers should realize generally that they can inot afford to jeopardize their herds by attempting to administer treatment iwhich requires a certain amount of itechnical application. It is better to icall a qualified veterinarian than to irun the risk of losing valuable ani- mals, to say nothing of the possibili- }t'ies of causing a widespread epizootic joutbreak of a destructive animal .}' 'disease. 1 EXPERIMENT IN HOG FEEDING “Tests at Ohlo Station Show That Ani- d mals Fed on Corn Alone ! i 5 Msike Costly Gains. Tests In swine feeding at the Ohio experiment station show that pigs when fed on corn alone make costly and slow gains as compared with the more up-to-date methods of using sup- plemental feeds, such as tankage or #kim milk, with eorn. WHAT REDS WOULD HAVE US SING —Ftom I W. W. Songs—Seized in Red Raids of U. S. Deparmtent of Justice. One day as I sat pining A message of cheer came to me, A light of revolt was shining On a country far over the sea, The forces of rulers to Sever ‘And tha flag of the earth to unfold To secure our freedom forever: And a world of beauty untold. CHORUS. All hail to the Bolsheviki! We will fight for our Class and be free, A Kaiser, King or Czar, no matter which you are You're nothing of If you don’t like the red flag of Russia, If you don’t like the spirit so true, Then just be like the cur in the story And lick the hand that’s robbing you. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PHONE o L For your Livery Car Service-and Courtesy Our Motto Ward Bros. ~ Auto Livery We have lived in meek submission Thru ages of toil and despair, To comply with the plutes’ ambition With never a thought nor g care. An echo from Russia is sounding 'Tis the chimes of a True Liberty, It's a message for millions resounding To throw off your chains and be free. interest to me; FIRST TO TEACH PHILOSOPHY Honor Is Accorded Thales, Who Es- tablished a School Which Exerted Wide Influence. _— - The first school of philosophy was established in Miletus (Asia Minor) by Thales, one of the wise men, and was qeite a remarkable mstitution, exerting an influence for more than a century. Thales seems to have given himself more entirely te this school than to any of bis other undertakings. There is a legend that he never married, and when his mother pressed him to do so he said: *“It is not yet time.” After his youth was passed she again urged him to marry and he said: *“It is no longer time.” Many of the subjects taught in his school, such as astronomy, geometry and ‘geography, show the influence of Egypt and Phoenicia; but the phi- losophy was probably an original prod- uct, for while some of the sciences were sumewhat advanced, the philoso- phy was apparently a first attempt at an explanation or the or-gin of the world. It originated a movement which culminated more than a century later in the idealism of Ilato. We may perhaps understand some- thing of the atticude of the com- mon people toward Thales' school of philosophy from the story of the old woman who laughed when the master fell backward into a ditch after gaz- ing too long at the stars. The old woman not only laughed, but she is said to have called after him: “If you cannot see what is under your feet, how can you understand what is in heaven?” ) The geography and astronomy taught in this school were very prim- itive: The earth was flat, the sun circled around it horizontally, being eoncealed at night by high hills, One writer of the time describes the world in the following poetical wu “God makes a mantle, large and fair and embroiders on it earth and ocean and ocean’s dwellings.” 'DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPEED Aviator and Motorist Didn’t Have the Same Kind of Comparison as They Traveled. The motorist was taking an aviator friend, recently returned from the army air service, out for a spie. Thinking of the 125-mile-an-hour speed to which the airman was accustoméd, the motorist felt that it was incumbent upon him to “let ’er out.” His friend, he felt, would feel badly ambling along at the land rate folks are used to trav- eling. So he cut loose and the car was zipping along at something like 60 miles an hour. Then the motorist felt a hand laid upon his arm. “Going pretty fast, aren't you?” re- marked the aviator, a trifle uneasily. After the motorist had slowed down he asked: “Why, I thought the best speed I could make would seem slow to you. How Is it that it appeared so fast?” ~ “You see, in the air, even at our greatest speed, we seem more or less stationary unless we look below us and see objects flitting past,” explained the aviator. “You know speed can only be re;ckoned visually—by things one is leaving behind. Now, the gait you were moving a few minutes ago looked mighty fast, uncomfortably fast I might say, to me. I kept noticing things we are leaving behind.”" “Well, I'll be darned,” said the mo- torist. “I never thought of it in that way before.” And the hand of the speed clock jig- gled back to the 25-mile mark.—Kan- sas City Star. If It Only Were! The late Ella Wheeler Wilcox, though the most popular poet of mod- ern times, steadfastly refused to enter New York society. The most exclusive Fifth avenue portals were open to her, but Mrs. Wilcox passed them indiffer~ ently by. A New York magazine editor once sought her out with an invitation to & Fifth avenue dinner party.” “I'm sorry,” she said, “but I can'g g0 “Oh,” said the editor, “you must ac- cept this invitation!” “Why must 1?” said the poet. “Qur host,” the editor answered, ‘18 rich—rich—a multimillionaire. Yom must accept.” “Well, I would,” said Mrs. Wilcox, with a smile, “if it were catching!” He Was No Mollycoddle. A neighbor's son was entertaining about twenty of his little boy and gisl friends at his birthday party. The children were supposed to return to N their respective homes at eight o’clock in the evening; however, they were,| having such a good tlme when the going home hour arrived, its pessing still -found them hard at it. 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