The Columbus journal., 1903-03-04

0006o8 % MI t00 r0410WD& named c1Sy
o@lcO tor the coming year, namely: A
eandidnte Tor mayor, city clsrk, city
engines, one councilman from sach Of
The separate wardA tvo members Of the
school board, and Coz sncA oehsr businW
. may CONE bucneu ths cuavunti0u.
CEryTos C. GlAI,
Chairman City Central Com.
n 6DkIf1fA
Ths Rarnan' Inseituts which w. hald
IN this city Tuoday and Wednesday o(
last vsak v1s both interesting and profit
able 70 thoss who at1sndsd. The lee
suras Wefs of N informal character,
bainG IN 9ansr.l. answers 70 questions of
ths sndisnea. Dr.. 4 T. Psssra, vsesr-
mary Of tho State university farm, W
ths 6nt spsaksr On ths program. H1
topic v1s The "Prsvsntioa Of Animal
Disa" Ergue, . dissass which il
eiving . great dsal of trouble in shis
naiehborhood, b nys, i CAUSED BY tssd-
ing srain Or moro e.nsr.lly hay which
contains spsciss of fungus growth COM
monly known . smut This poisonous
smut occurs most abundantly IN Wild
rye. yet some Of ths cultivated grains
such . oata. Whaat. etc. have been
known to canss similar rssulta The
sympeoms srs . dry rot Affecting ths s1-
tE1mitiss fhrthast trum tha haart, such
q the hind fest and t1il and Q general
arrangement OF the system. Cattle ars
the first to be a6setsd With this dissase
but nearly al domestic animals are sub
isct to II. In warm weather this smut
becomes harmleA At the inst symp-
toms Of ergot . change Of diet should be
made and if NO improvement u effected,
there IL NO hcps for Tho animal. Black
leg. dlssass which Affects the younger
cattle more frequently. ia germ disease.
The germ enters through an open sore
directly into the blood. A tumor forms
ON the animal which Ii caused by the
formation of gas. The best thing TO be
done for an animal IN thus condition ID TO
cut open the sumOr @ this exposes the
germs to tho air, which kills them. The
best preventive known for black leg is
vaccination. The vaccine can be obtain
ed free Of charge upon application to the
state experiment station. The cornstalk
disease was mentioned but as scientists
have not explained the canse Of this
trouble nothing definite on its treatment
w1s gwen.
DR.. 8. Avery. chemist at the Nebraska
experiment. station. discussed Sorghum
Poisoning in Cattle" He SAYS prussic
acid which 10 q deadly poison exists IN
the leaves Of sorghum and kafir corn,
especially when the plants are young or
stuntsd By drouth. Colorado. Nebraska.
Kansas and Missouri seem 70 be the only
states where this trouble exists. There
u no danger In feeding well cured sOr-
ghum or kafir corn hay, or after the
plants have headed out. In case an
animal il poisoned in this way give it a
dose Of glucose molasses and water
Fresh air ia one Of the most important
requisites. Mix il also a good antidote
for prusAc acid poisoning. Dr.. Avery,
assisted by Dr.. Peters. we're the discov-
srsfs Of pruasic acid IN these plants.
Rev. C. 8. Harrison Of York gave an
interesting talk On Ornamental Tree
Planting" on Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday l. D. Stillson illus
trstsd by giving figures from his own
account book how farm dairying could
be made profitable. Among other things
be stated that he hes q many cattle a.
he has sores Of land and does not buy
feed for them. He also gave the history
and value Of alfalfa for stock raising.
The only lady speaker On the program
vas Ars. Bertha D. Laws of Minnesota
whose inst address vas on PLAIN Foods
and Plain Cooking She gave some
very good advice for people TO follow
along the food line. In the afternoon
she spoke ON Domestic Science In Edu-
cation" giving many good reasons Why
that branch Of science should take a
plsce In the public schools.
n F. Greeiy Of South Dakota Who
was one Of the principal speakers for the
institute. va called home owing TO an
accident which happened 70 bis son.
At the business meeting held Wednes-
day afternoon q large number OF new
members were enrolled. John J. Galley
vas elected president. Carl Rohde VICE
president. 5. p. Drinnin secretary and
treasurer. The executive COMMITTEES
elected consists Of J. G. En2el. Clarence
Sheldon. q 0. ROdehorst. Ed. Newman
and p Y Lisco.
Another institute viii be held next
year, the dste % be announced later.