The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-08-20
Distinction of Stock Quarters.


There is no doubt that much disease
among stock might be prevented by
proper disinfection of all quarters af-
ter every kind of disease. This should
be done whether the disease is known
to be contagious or not. Most Of the
diseases that come among our stock
are not recognized by the farmers.
The horses, the sheep, the cattle and
the hogs have their turns of being in
disposed. They get sick and get we'll
again. No veterinarian is called, nor
can we expect to have one called every
time an animal appears to have been
affected. Nevertheless it is often the
case that the very trouble that we
treat so lightly and that soon disap-
pears is mild form of some terrible
disease, that were it to appear in
greater vigor would work havoc among
our stock. For this reason it is we'll
to thoroughly disinfect after every
outbreak. Take out the stock and give
the barns a thorough cleaning, using
aolutions of sulphuric acid in some
places and whitewashing other parts Of
the barn or stables. In this way a
stop may be placed on the progress of
the disease. But the farmer will never
know how much he has gained by this.
He must take up the work on faith.
Were the trouble to spread he would
have no difficulty In finding it out but
the absence of the disease makes him
feel that perhaps it would not have
come anyway, even if he had not taken
the precautions. So it is best to carry
on such work from scientific reasons.
Wide Tired Wagons.-A hard thing
to understand is the repugnance shown
by so large proportion of our farmers
to the wide tired wagon. If it could
be exclusively used for all carting, or
all heavy loads in any single town
ship for a year, the results would be
80 gratifying that their use would i'm
mediately become quite general, In
sections where roads traverse clay
lands and where they are so often yery
badly rutted, the wide tires would be
a benediction. They would accomplish
more good than the road machines.
though we rate the machines highly.
A road cannot well be rutted with wide
tire wagons, no matter how heavy the
loads that are put upon them-on the
contrary, they will obHterate ruts and
give smooth roadbed if nothing else
New York Farmer.
Value Of Skimmilk The magnitude
and value Of the skimnilk in our dali
ries is seldom fully comprehended. A
conservative estimate would place it
at $50 ,000, 600 to SIS .00O, 900 annually.
with possibility OF exceeding $780,
000,ooo. It not infrequently occurs
that under a judicious and intelligent
system Of utilizing this product, higher
net returns are realized than from the
butter fat. In many cases, however.
the value Of the skimmilk receives but
little if any consid eration. The fact
that the value OF so important q prod
uct can be largely ignored, testifes
either to the short-sig GIFTED carelessness
Of the American dairyman or to a
lavish endowment OF FAVORABLE dairy
advantages by nature. G. F. Curtis.
Some men say kill the old hens. as
they ara OF no value Tor laying. Others
say that fowl Is Of value for several
years. One raiser OF Brown Leshorns
says that he kesps his hens tin they
are ten years Of axD u they continue
{ % ny. Pul1sts sssa 6 h&ys IA I'D
vantage.