The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-30
Dairy Notes.

The feeding Of whole corn: to calves
is recommended by q good many dairy
men that have tried it. When skim
milk IL fed something will be useful
to balance 1t up and increase the ele-
ments Of energy and heat. Calves util-
lie whole corn more fully than do
cows. Before they are a year old their
digestive habits are such that none of
the corn is PASSED whole. But while
this Is true, 1t Is not advisable to feed
corn without limit. In fact too large
quantities of corn might destroy the
possibilities of the future COW. by
creating a tendency to lay on fat.
Some are now suggesting that the
best way to control the sale Of oleo-
margarine is to compel the manufact-
urers and retailers Of it to put it up in.
one and two-pound packages. This is
In line with the suggestion that Mr..
]. H. Monrad has often made that oleo-
margarine be sold in packages, Of GER
tain shape, as oval, as is done now In
some foreign countries. Either Of
these, methods might prove effective.
but it is barely possible that the courts
would declare them unconstitutional.
1t must be remembered that the for
eign countries that have such laws
are not governed by constitutions like
the ones under which we live, and be-
cause a law is constitutional in Eu-
rope Is no sign that it would be equally
so here.
The more preservatives are investi-
gated the more Objectionable they are
found. In England. as we'll as in
America, they are being looked after.
From things that have come to light.
It cannot be doubted that during the
last few years especially the use of
preservatives in milk, cream and other
food products has caused a very large
amount Of sickness and many deaths.
especially among invalids and chill
dren. Last year the British parlia-
ment appointed a committee to in
vestigate the use of p~reservatives in
food. Its Investigations have brought
to light a good many things Of inter
est. One distinguished physician said
that he had been experimenting with
boric acid on himself and friends. In
small quantities the kidneys could dis
pose of it, but it had a tendency to ac-
cumulate. He used it in larger guam
titles. on himself and it had the effect
of causing a loss of appetite and lassi-
tude. It should never be used in milk,
as it especially affects the digestive
| powers of weak children and babies.
DR.. Voelcker. consulting chemist to the
Royal Agricultural Society Of Eng
land said that boric acid should not
be used in milk and cream. DR.. Wal
ford. health officer Of Cardiff. said that
boric acid is Injurious in the quantities
in which 1t Is used in milk. DR.. Hill.
health officer of Birmingham. said
that the people that put boric acid In
milk know nothing Of its medicinal
properties. It 10 . drug and requires
regulation. The use Of boric acid IL
being discarded and q more dangerous
chemical put in its place-formalde-
hyde. This latter hardens the album
inous matter in the food. DR.. Gamer
on, health ofacer Of Leeds. said that
for some years diarrhoea among chill
] dre9 had been on the increase in
Leeds, and this was probably due to
the use of chemicals il milk. as some
Of these pr~esSrvatlves have Ne prop
erty Of inducing such a condition. Or.
Mann, health officer for Manchester,
said that no p~reservatives of any kind
should be permitted In milk. Readers
of the Farmers Review will remember
that boric acid is one of the least OBJ
j%ectionable preservatives. In. England
1t has been found that several more in
furious drugs are. being employed. In
vestigations further showed that no
matter how harmful the preservative
might be, prosecutions are practically
impossible under any law that pro-
hibited injurious drugs. as the manu-
facturers could always find some ply
sician that would go into court and
say that such drugs are harmless.
Poultry Notes.
The cheapest food for poultry is not
always the best. In fact on the ordi-
nary American farm it is seldom the
best. We remember one farmer that
purchased a sitting of Buff Cochin
eggs. He put them under a hen and in
due time got two chicks from them,
one a male and the other a female
chick. The birds grew rapidly, though
their only feed was corn. In due time
the hen began to lay or tried to lay.
She was SO fat that the attempt to
pass the first egg killed her, Without
doubt IL she had been fed on q nitro
genous. ration all would have been