Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-12-15
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\ indications are that. the excellent
success with the current crop Of dur.
um wheat Is to prompt an extraor.
binary acfeage to this grain next
year. Such fact will be welcomely re.
ceived BY producers for the opening
of the new market In iMarseilles is an
opportllne ind1cement to farmers to
materially increase the production oi
their land as we'll as enhance its
value. The work has reached q very
favorable stage In the states where
the movement has been pushed since
Its origin, and different states are op,
endng the field continually, Colorado
is rapidly forging to the front as an
advocate OF durum, and the work in
that state is about as far advanced
as 1t was In North Dakota two OF
three years ago. 81,
Opinions have been received from
many prominent mille9s and bread
stuff manufacturers throughout the
country who declare dqlrlm wheat to
possess admirable milking and baking
qualities. notwithstanding the fact
that there has BEEN almost universal
criticism and argument from millers
and others impugning the motives Of
those advocating It's production. But
at last dulrslm has come into It's own;
the market is strong at present and In
dfcations are that the untnet dlscrim.
nations of past seasons are being
removed; durum wheat Is coming In.
to public recognition; exporfeh and
grain merchants have recognized it as
an export wheat, and with constant
~ increasing home and foreign de.
mand it is now up to the growers to
turn this wheat into the channels Of
commerce. &. s
Bovine tuberculosis is practically a
nontcurable germ disease, readily
transmissible from one infected ami.
NAL to another In the herd. It's cure
is entirely problematical and the
only solution yet presented Is the
eradication and suppression Of the
disease.
Before Graduating the disease some
knowledge of it's distribution Is first
necessary. It is chiefly distributed
by inhalation and feeding. Calves fed
on tubercu1ous milk are readily in.
fected. The symptoms of the disease
are generally quite prominent.
A COW affected by tuberculosis, In
the lungs may usually be detected by
a short, dry cough. In all advanced
stages OF the disease the animals will
have very lnthrifty appearance. The
hair is dull and rough and there IL d
loss in body weight.
In the suppression OF tuberculosis
the most important thing is thorough.
ness. A single reacting COW may soon
infect the whole herd. The first thing
to be done is to test all the animals
with tRberculin, destroy all the react.
ing animals, unless there is large
herd, when the total isolation of the
diseased animals will be demanded.
In the winter months the cows, should
have good ventilation, fresh air, plenty
OF room, exercise, good feed and
plenty Of sunlight which ds of itself
a powerful ddsdnfectant.
Although action has been taken
against the disease in the interests
Of public health, the advantages de.
rived by the farmer by this action
have not been made prominent. He
acquires herd free from tuberculosis.
and this Is valuable possession; the
Of the herd and the prod
ucts produced by 1t would be highly
On demand. The threatening situation
Of today demands that the farmer
carefully consider the matter. At all
events the blow seems inevitable and
the stockman early prepared for the
crdsds Is the better of financially.
MI. w. p. Lanxon, head herdsman
at the agricultural college, came to
the institution in january, 1902. He
entered the short course In agricul.
ture and followed 1t through the year.
a year later he was foreman OF a