Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-03-04
Drinking Water for Hogs.

The more hog cholera is investigat-
ed. the more does it appear that the
drinking water has much to do with it.
1t has been found that along streams
that run through number of farms
the hogs are most subject to the dis
ease, If the hogs have been permitted
to drink of the water. With many
similar diseases in humans the water
is the great conveyor of the disease
The first care of the hog raiser should
therefore be the providing of drinking
water that is actually above suspicion.
This can best be done from driven or
from artesian wells. The surface we'll
is superior to the running brook, but
it is not above suspicion. The exam
ination Of wells in various parts of the
country has shown that most of them
are, contaminated. The hog cholera
germs may or may not be in them.
This applies to dug wells that are fed
mostly by surface drainage. The ar
tesian or even the deeply driven wells
are frequently fed by subterranean
streams and are found to be free of
bacteria.
Many of the wells that produce only
transparent water and are believed to
be pure by their owners are really
found to be very impure when the wa
ter is placed under the miscroscope.
The wells of most farms are altogether
too near the barnyards, sink spouts and
privies. We know OF one farm, for ex-
ample, where the people have never
questioned the purity of their water
supply, yet the best of two wells is not
more than fifty feet from each of two
privies and a barnyard, to say moth
ing Of the sink spout That the well
which is deep one, receives the drain
ings of all of these places is certain.
but by the time the DRAWINGS reach thu
well they are so cleansed of visible dirt
by the soil through which they pass
that they have the appearance of pur-
ity when they reach the WELL Never
theless, disease germs have been
known to pass through half a mile of
soil and then reach a well and carry
death into the families using the wa
ter.
An Exchange of Beeves.-A farmer
sent some fat" steers to market His
orders to the dealer were to sell the
steers for beef and then buy for the
farmer lot of lean cattle and send
to him to fatten. The alleged fat
steers only brought 1915 a hundred.
The lean steers the dealer bought for
the farmer cost 81 a hundred. When
they were sent home that ruralist
found among the lean lot three of the
very same alleged fat animals he had
Just sold at 1915 hundred. That was
what he got for sending cattle to mar
ket when they were only half fat.-Ex.
Building up the Dairy Farm.-Witb
the rapid change to winter dairyina
and the larger feeding of heterogeneous
grains and careful saving of all the
manure, both liquid and solid. III,
dairy farmer has a good store of fer.
tility with which to build up the fer.
. tility of the farm. One OF the adyant
. ages in dairying is the opportunity OF
fered of building up the fertility. Bu
in doing this care must be taken t.
supply plenty of bedding as absorbent
!. and then save and apply the manure
= Eek.
ie Success and Failure.-It is Just a
q important to know the causes of failur
lie as it is to understand the rules of sue
ii cess. The successful and profitable
Is keeping and rearing of poultry, eithe
A. for home use or for market, and espe
1t cially where they cannot have thei
t; liberty. depends wholly upon goo,
I'd management and upon the strict com
Is pliance with numerous essentials
Is though simple requisites. any of whicl
d. being omitted, only partial success q
the most can be obtained.-Ex.