St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-09

Glob e reporter, Dr. Reynolds said
even the animal that hab been infect
ed worst Of all might have lived for
years, if carefully attended to, or
might have died in a very short time
if allowed to take cold, or suffer in
any way. lie also explained the
method Of administering the tubercu-
lin, which is received direct from the
government bureau of animal indus
try. The temperature of the animal to
be tested is taken every two hours on
the day preceding the test, until 10 p.
m. Then the injection is given, about
twenty-five to thirty drops of a gIycer-
ine-lilxe fluid. The size of the dose is
governed by the weight of the animal.
for a heavy beast a heavy dose and
vice versa. Next day the temperature
is taken in the same way, every two
hours. If no reaction sets in the ami
NAL is sound, but if there is dis
eased condition it will be indicated by
a rise in temperature of two to five
degrees.
Dr. Reynolds believes that all dairy
herds should be compulsorily tested,
for the reasons that it would not only
be in the interest Of the general pub
lie, but would also result in benefit
to the herd owners. The doctor is
very often called on to test a herd,
and sometimes the destruction of one
or two animals leaves a herd clean and
healthy and entirely obviates the dan
ger of breeding inferior stock. Expert
mentS so far made with the tuber-
culin prove that it can be relied upon
in at least 95 per cent of the cases
tested. Within a brief time post-mor-
TENS will be held on several other ami
mails now at the station, among them
q Polled Angus and q, Holstein.
1t is not the purpose Of these demon
STATIONS to scare the public into
belief that any very large percentage
of the beef and dairy herds of Mime
sofa are affected with tuberculosis, but
to indicate that prudence and care
must be exercised not only in secur-
ing sound animals, but in freeing them
from danger of infection by finding
out and destroying those that are
proven to be tuberculous. Neither the
milk nor the meat from such animals
is fit for human consumption. After
the dead animals had been dissected
yesterday Inspector Jansen sprinkled
the meat plentifully with turpentine
In order to avoid the possibility of any
of it being used.
STATE FARM WORK.
Prof Willet NJ. Hayes, agriculturist
of the state farm, yesterday took
party of newspaper men over bis eX-
pertinent fields and explained at some
length the experiments pursued. BY
means of actual work done, he pre-
scented some examples of development
that hardly fell short of being Won
hn Ion IN
of a sound grain of wheat some years
ago and gathering its increase year by
year, until yesterday Prof. Hayes
spoke with real pride as he pointed
on a small plot OF ground. From this
years yield of this and othe rsimilar
pieces bearing different varieties the
state will shortly be able to raise suf-
ficient seed to warrant a distribution
to farmers in five-bushel lots.
So it is with corn, peas, beans, millet,
rape, timothy, the various kinds Of
grasses, and, in fact, all sorts Of crops
that will grow in Minnesota. A held
Of corn was pointed out where the
stalks were uniformly strong, tall and
well-laden. Careful attention to selec-
ton year after year, oestruct ton Of
weak shoots, preservation of strong
ones, has resulted in variety OF corn
that can safely be relied on by all who
can secure the seed to plant.
Some experiments in rotation of
crops were nOllceQ tnat Will take a
long series of years to finish. What
crop is best to begin with, what should
follow it, how many years can any
given crop be raised, what is best to
SOW together, and a thousand and
one different tests of soil and seed, of
propagating and crossing, We're brought
to the attention of the visitors. And
Prof. Hayes gave some valuable prac-
teal lessons when the reporters got
mixed Oh their farm knowledge. It
would be hard to imagine a state eX-
pertinent farm better managed or
more thoroughly organized for good
work than the one that the state of
Minnesota maintains at st. Anthony
Park. The system seems calculated
to produce substantial and valuable
results, running through a series Of
years. into the time when the farmer
lad of today will be the farm owner,
pronting by the better methods being
developed at the state farm. And yet
Prof. Hayes is not Oyer-sanguine as to
the work of the farm. He alludes.
rather, to the lack of real knowledge
shat all observant men feel; but he is
hopeful that the experiments being
made with such elaborate care and at
tention to detail viii result in great
good to the farmers Of the state event
ually. And, indeed, the work Of the
station to date has been successful
enough to warrant the highest hopes
for the future.