Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-11-19
Remedy for Biacklea.

Kennedy tor 6iackieq.
Farmers whose pasture lands are rich
IN vegetable matter are most familiar
with the disease among calves known as
blacklee. II is contracted by eating the
grass on such pastures and the germs null
tiply rapidly. There IS no known cure for
the trouble. but our veterinarian tells Us
that his profession is familiar with -
method Of vaccination which renders the
calf practically immune. When this meth
Oh is used 1t should be in the hands of a
skilled worker. The writer has had some
trouble with blackieg in the past and has
found the following formula a splendid
preventive of the trouble, hit not a cure
after the germs have found Judgment in
the calf. If there is danger of the trouble
obtain from Il reliable druggist Il supply
OF h~yposulphite of soda and give 1t daily
TO the calf mixed with the food, starting
with a teaspoonful for the animal three
months or younger and increasing gradt-
ally unti! the calf from six months to "A
year old Is given a tablespoonful. After
the animal is a year old there is likely to
be no trouble. The remedy. or rather
preventive. is worth trying
When tho Doctors Disagree.
For years many OF the best farmers in
the country as we'll as the most skilled
agricultural scientists nave taught that
a chemical analysis of the soil would de-
termine the crop needs or, that expert
menttng with different fertilizers would
determine the lack of one or more plant
foods In the soil. Now comes an exhaust
I've bulletin from the department of agri-
culture claiming that upon the physical
condition of the soil, the moisture and
heat, depends the crop. 1t is advised that
farmers send to the secretary of agricul-
ture at Washington and ask for bulletin
~ OF the bureau Of soils and read for
themselves. Space can be spared for but
one excerpt from the bulletin. which fol-
lows: THE important practical inference
Is that fertilizers "a to Il certain extent
the same effect as cultivation and crop
ping. but In a majority .of cases 1t is UNI
doubtedly better to depend upon efficient
methods of cultivation and cropping than
to rely upon fertilizers while at the same
time neglecting TO give proper attention to
the physical condition of the soil. Furth-
ermore. the influence of fertilizers on the
Yield OF crops Is not proportional to the
amount of fertilizer added. as 1t frequently
appen that a small application is quite
as efficient as a larger application" That
there is much of value in the bulletin will
not be questioned, but 1t is not fail to
presume that its conclusions will be taken
as final In the light of actual farm ex-
Still, 1t is Il question which
can only be settled by each individual
with his special crops on his own soil, and
yet, one that never may be settled.
Warm Quarters for Hogs.
All growers of swine understand the
necessity for warm quarters during the
winter, but In producing the warm houses
the question of ventilation IS overlooked
entirely, and, as a result, the hogs do
not thrive as they should. 1t is admitted
that 1t Is not an easy matter to make a
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for Il section where the winters are cold,
and at the same time ventilate 1t properly.
yet some effort should be made to accom-
piish 1t. One excellent plan is to arruust
the quarters SO that the animals will have
a. chance to run in an open shed a por-
ton of the day, and while they are in this
shed the house proper can be ventilated.
One system of ventilation. while not all
that can be desired. Is that
for poultry houses; that is. a shaft ex-
tending from a point several inches from
the floor and through the roof, the top
being open on all sides with stationary
shutters. This plan will furnish more or
less ventilation and at small expense.
Winter Poultry House Floors.
During the winter and early spring
months fowls are more likely to take cold
and contract diseases from damp floors
than from running around in the wet dur
Ing the rest of the year. 1t is safe to
say that the majority of the troubles with
fowls In the winter are due to the damp
floors In the houses. In preparing a poul-
try house floor, whether of dirt or of
planks. the first time to do Is to raise 1t
o the level of the ground out doors,
SO that 1t cannot become damp from rain
or snow This will vary from three to
eight or more inches. according to the
climate II the floor Is of dirt It should
be tramped down firmly and covered with
several inches of dry sand, and a plank
floor should be covered with dry SAND in
the same manner. This SAND should then
be covered with an inch or two of chaff.
Made In his manner the floor will be
dry and warm. Several times during the
winter about half of the sand should be
removed n an equal quantity Of clean
sand take its place. The chair should be
renewed az often rs once a month for
proper cleanliness. There is more In the
dry floor than most poultry raisers will
admit. but it will pay to follow the plan
given.
Low Down Farm Wagons.
Any farmer who has struggled to lift
heavy loads to the box Of the ordinary
farm wagon realizes the value of the low
wagon, but there is more In the low wagon
its road use. While the wagon de-
signed for road use may be too expensive
for general hauling on the farm, a wagon
suited for the purpose may be constructed
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