The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 10

b Aauw Liaw THE NONPARTISAN LEADER. VETERINARIAN TELLS HOW DISTEMPER . | SHOULD BE TREATED - (By W. P.SHULER, Depdrtment.of Vot erinary Mrndicine, ‘Oklalioma’ A. and M. College, Stillwater.) For the treatment of distemper. in horses, 1 would recommend ‘the fol- lowing: - Have prepared this prescription and administer it in tablespoonful doses three times daily to the full-grown | animals and in teaspoonful doses twice daily to the colts: Powdercd nux vomica, onc part; powdered bella- donna leaves, one part; powdered: chlorate of potach; two ' parts;- POW- dered colchicum Toot, one p“rt pine tar ‘sufficient to make a P'l“t) mass It may best be given by means .of a little wooden - paddle, -with "wiiich : the material can be placed on the back: of the tongue and it will thiere go di-: rectly to the spine. In cascs where abscesses -~ have: formed and broken they should be syringed out with an antiseptic solu- tlon and painted withtincture of io- dine. - Be . sure that the animals bowels are in-good condition. - If there. 18 any tendency to constrpatmn. ‘ad- mmlster a 'suitable ‘purgative, such as. oil, salts or aloes. nose and throat seem to-be: especlally affected, place the animal in-a. small: stall, taking a gallon or-two of boil-: ing water,-add- to-it-half a:pint. of car- bolic acid, and tie the animal so that: its head be directly over. this: bucket. [This will give relief by the-inhalation: of carbolic acid vapors. NECESSARY TO CLEAN UP GARDEN PATCH TO PREVENT DISEASE (By W: W. ROBBINS, Colorado -Agricul -tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.) In the control and prevention of plant..diseases sanitation, of .the gar- den is important. There is a num- ber of our fungous diseases which rest over the winter on or in decayed ptalks, leavesg, .or fruit. The resting tage of the fungus is resistant to inter - conditions. Among such dis- gses which rest over in the above anner are: i Club root cabbage, onion. mildew, leaf spot of strawberry, leaf spot of beets, early blight of celery, late blights of celery, and asparagus rust. - If a disease is.not- destructive one season, it is no sign it will not be another -season. ..Rake up .and .burn the old stalks, lenves, and. fruit left in the garden pateh. NEW: FIGHT ON FLOUR. Washington, Nov .23.—A new turn has been given to the fight over bleacher’ flours by the discovery, by agents of tke bureau of ch-m’stry, that there is.in. commerce, .flour :la- beled “electrically’ bleached”: ..which has.in. fact b-en blea-hed with ni- trogen peroxide. This, ~ the fcod board holds, is false and misl:ading,’ and subjects such flour to reuure, re- gardless of the dispute as to whether or nat- flour bleached with nitrogen peroxide. is not. of necessity adultur- ated and a violation of. the food Jaw. Dihes Rulings Mage, Several - other rulings ~concerning flour have been made by the federal board of food inspection. . 2} It is held that -the term “snlf -ris- ing” applied to flour implies the pres- ence of the usual Jeavening ingredi- ents and that ‘an. additional state-- ment of their presence is not neces- sary. " “Flour” means the fine, clean, sound product obtained by bolting wheat meal. It is not ‘required- that the particular grade of: wheat used be spegified. If; however, - any: state- ment oncerning the grade is made on the label, that statement must be truthful, 5 The State of New York has six times the wealth it posze:sed ten years ago, yet the farmers there are very little ahead. Empire State farmers are still disorganized. Cows Are Easily Cared for in Modern Barns. " (By “W.:MILTON KELLY.) % Oat -straw -is not " :generally recog- ~mized -as-a valuable' food for dairy, In cases. where ‘the: “cows;. - yet if ".given in : reasonable ramounts every: two: or-three.days they- -will clean:it up with a‘relish; whereas: -if given them exclusively:as.a roughage- they - .will. push it -over the manger - and .become as. thin.as- a string of shad. - .We:havesseen the weak, emacxated -straw-fed cow. that had to -be helped .on her feet each.morning in the early- ~8pring, and if grass growing was de- layed-too long the only pay she could give for her winter's feed -was her ‘hide. .Yet well-fed dairy cows relish, a light feeding of bright. oat straw | after a big mess of corn silage every few days. Feed experts tell us it is too much work for the cows to’ get the nour- ishment that is in the straw, and the ‘weak, - emaciated - condition - of - the tiates the claim; but that is not the whole story. » Every :observing: feeder knows that, except in rare cases, the roughage grown on his farm is the cheapest part .of- the dairy cow’s-ration, and built to handle large quantities of roughage. Tt the Toughage part of a ration is made up largely of clover or alfalfa hay and- ensilage, with a little oats and. pea- hay, corn stover and. othcr roughage feeds, we may utilize rough- ‘dry -matter of the ration; and-the cows will come-out in-the best of condition the next spring, and we will secure the best ‘profits in dollars. Heavy grain feeding may make a .better showing on a milk sheet, but not in the net profits, except with those dairy farmers who live near by desirable markets, where they can sell their hay and dairy products for ex- tremely high prices. If the roughage is-tough and fibrous: the: proportion of coneentrates must-be larger. . - ..Just..how much. roughage a cow should -be.given at a feeding depends in a great measure upon her capacity -to-handle it profitably. .About twenty pounds of dry- matter may be derived from a good variety of roughage, and from-six- to ten pounds of the concen- -trates. " © With these proportious in miud and ‘with a table giving the digestible nu- -|-trients-of . the various other materials .._.—.;._—._ -_——,———— fess we study the- individual needs of ‘our- cows " and’ ‘try - to - approximate | themj we are-sure to-be disappointed |in the:results. * A ration may:be nearly straw~ted ‘cows ‘in. the spring substan- | also that the dairy cow is especially" age to make up three-fourths of the- used . in .feeding, it should not be troublesome to- make up rations that will give good and profitable returns. ‘The various feeding tables are valu- able, and we need them in making up suitable rations:for our cows; but un- perfect from a mathematical and sci- entific standpoint, but if it is not pal- atable the cows cannot give their best returns. The wide variety of commercial by- product dairy feeds on the market makes it very important that dairy farmers devote attention and study to making up- palatable- and healthy ra- tions. In ‘all of our home-grown grain feeds the proportion of pure food nu- triments is associated with the crude. fiber in such da-way as to make them healthy and palatable for our animals: The manufacturer, on the other hand, removes more or ]ess of one or more pfthese nutriments, which, therefore, leaves the proportion of the constitu- ents and the resultant feed decidedly unbalanced, and it must be fed care- fully and with other products, if safe or profitable returns are to be ob- 'tained. No man can formulate hard-and-fast rules to govern dairymen in determin- Ing how much purchased grain they should fecd. If he sciures tho best profits from his cows, he should raise nearly a balanced ration on his own farm. If his farm needs fertilizer he can usually increase his crop yields by the feeding of purchased grain feeds. Of course he is working at a losing game- if he feeds -the -purchased or home-grown feed to poor cows. I have found in my dairy practice that by having plenty of corn silage, clover and alfalfa;, and oats and peas, [ have done as much as possible to supply my cows with a balanced ra- tion of home-grown foods. Many dairy-experts tell us to grow -various: proteinaceous forage: and. fod- der: crops, but my judgment is that it seldom -pays a dairy farmer to grow other than a few of the standard feed crops for his cows. I have had very .good success with 50y beans, and find them an exceed- Ingly waluable crop to grow on certain portions of my farm; but I would not give up growing clover, alfalfa and corn- and.take chances:with a crop of soy.beans, . . .. - " - BACK TO NATURE" : Bangor Me., Nov. 20.—Mr. and Mrs, Walter F. Estes, both 26. years old,. equipped .only . with pink tights and, determination, have gone back to nature for two .months via the Maine woods around Deadwater, Moogsehead- lake -on the - upper: Kenne- bec. . The couple took neither food nor weapons. Estes says he can make a plenty of food and make ‘shelter and covering from the hides. He and Mrs. Estes’ said they want to show the world that folks of today can return to the"-‘pfimitive and prosper. The only ¢ party" you * should,’ snp- Tort with your vote is yourself. fire. with flint, kill ' a’ deer with a stone or clitb or ' bow and “afrow, have | ™ FORD AND WILSON GONFER. - Washington, Nov. 28—Hanry Ford of -Detroit. today -asked- President Wilson to call a conference of neu- tral nations ‘to meet about Christimas to draw up plans for bringing about peacé in Europe: - The automobile manufacturer was with the president about an hour. He would not dis- cuss how pre”ldent Wilson. recelved his proposal i I ‘aim "willifig to spend all my wion- ey if I have to in order o bring a- bout- peace,?- Mr. Ford declared, as he 1eft t}'e.Whlte House. North Dakota farmers are finding it harder to buy and harder to sell. Now .they’ are organizing to better | things, and why shouldn’t they? Winter Feeding Season For Dairy CowsVERY SOUR SILAGE NOT GOOD FOOD; MUST BE FED SPARINGLY leage “is pa}atable because it:is green forage preserved ‘Wwith . the ex- ception that the sugar has been con- . verted into agreeable acids that,stlm- ulate appetite-and give a good flavor. It is possible to have too much acid- in the silage. A very sour silage is not palatable. tains tco much sugar, too ‘much acid will be produced. If it does not con- tain much sugar, not enough acid.will - be produced to give the dcsu‘ed fiap vor and aroma to the silage: Silage is not a magic toodstuf! There is not qultC as. much food value ‘which it came. It is not ‘a rich- tood If the plant siloed con- . and stock is therefore,compelled to,:»; eat a rather good quantity of it. " A’ good-sized cow may. .safely. eat. 40 . pounds of it in a day. .Combined with ' some feeds richer in protein, it meets the needs of the animal. -Too great things must not be expected of it. It is fair to expect that an acre of corn put through the silo will have a great- er feeding value than the sanre acre - But .the - - handled in the usual way. added feeding value will usually not | be more than a third or a fourth. TELL AGE OF SHEEP BY TEETH SAYS MINNESOTA = EXPERT (By T. G. PATTERSON, Animal Hus- - bandry Division, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.) A lamb has elght small firstteeth on the lower jaw. When the animal - reaches the age of aubout one year, the middle pair are replaced by two’ .permnnent teeth ‘at the age-of-about two, the teeth on either side of these ‘permaneént teeth are also ‘replaced with a permanent pair; at the age of three, the next tooth .on either side . - gives way to a permanent tooth; and at about the age of four, the last or back teeth .are replaced in like man- ner. . Briefly then, a sheep with one pair of permanent teeth is a .yearling; a sheep with ‘two pairs is a' two-year old; with three pairs, a three-year old, and with four pairs, a four-year old. After a sleep is four years old, one cannot tell by the teeth ahout the age. However, one who is purchasing a sheep should sce to it that it has not lost any teeth, or that the teeth have not-become long and shoe-peggy in appearance. 'THE MISSES CHASE The Misses Suzanne (left) and Eliz -abeth "(right) are the daughters of N.,; and are among the prominent debu- :tantes’ in: Washlngton soclety thll winter., A blow to ’che middleman lS a blow for peace. Capt. and Mrs. Volney 0."Chase, U. 8,