Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-09-06
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE DAIRY.

l Iuere Is prODuDly no disease IN the
whole category common to both man
and beast which is today receiving
more earnest or careful consideration
than tuberculosis. AT no time has there
been fuller realization of the posi-
bility of infection from it or so gen.
eral an interest In sensible methods for
checking and preventing ravages by it.
Among these methods the fresh air and
| sunshine treatment, or outdoor cure, is
| receiving especial attention. A tuber-
culosis specialist in the course of
paper read at n recent medical conven-
| ton cited the case Of several monkeys
in the Lincoln park ZOO at Chicago
which We're in the last stages Of tuber-
culosis, but which We're entirely cured
by exposing them in their open cage to
all kinds of weather during the winter
months. So successful did the expert
ment prove that the same treatment
will be used with all other apes and
monkeys in the garden, whose average
| life in confinement has been but four
| teen months. The case here cited is but
a preliminary to the expression of a
l 0CllSl l1ihl u &c pGlCeuluSc VI luDeI-
culosis cases among dairy COWS is the
| direct result of the pernicious practice
of keeping them closely confined dur
Ing the winter months in badly lighted
and poorly ventilated stables, every
breath of clean, fresh air possible being
kept out in order to prevent lowering
Of the stable temperature. And where
/ tho o0yyS Ora l-ont opfipo In, tho 70 hi a
during the summer months, as is true
with number of silo dalries, the dan
ger from a propagation and spreading
of the disease would seem to be greatly
increased. In this connection it would
seem to be pertinent to cite experiments
carried on by the Illinois experiment
station during the past two or three
winters, which proved conclusively that
dairy COWS that We're left out all Win
ter, but given wholesome and nutri-
tious ration and clean, dry, open shed
| in which to sleep nights, and stabbed
( only at milking time, not only came out
healthier and stronger in the spring,
but made a better milk and butter
record than like number of COWS fed
the same ration. but kept closely stabbed
during the entire period. 1t stands to
reason that If tuberculosis is propa-
gated in monkeys and men by lack of
fresh air and sunshine the same
thing would be true Of the dairy COW.
1t may take some time for this fresh
air and sunshine propaganda to gain a
foothold among stock raisers and dairy
men, but it is bound to come before
long, willy nilly. The way to check
tuberculosis in hogs is to give them
clean, dry and well ventilated quarters
and to quit feeding them milk from
tuberculosis infected cows, and the
way to stamp the plague out of the
dairy is to dispose Of those animals
known to be infected and to provide
those remaining with the same kind OF
quarters as suggested for the hogs, with
guarantee Of fresh air and sunshine
during every hour possible out Of the
twenty-four.
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES
In view of the quite general demise
of the old time agricultural society, {
plan that is being followed in one Iowa
county is worthy Of mention. To be
gin with, the decadence Of these soci
cites seems to be due in part to the
greatly increased interest in the state
fairs, which offer superior exhibits
along all lines, and in part to the fact
that rs ordinarily conducted the county
fair is exploited primarily as money
making scheme. while benefit to be de
rived by those who attend along the
line Of becoming acquainted with bet
ter varieties Of grasses. grain and
stock as well as improved agricultural
methods is held as entirely subsidiary
The plan proposed has in view the or
ganization of an agricultural society il
which the farmers of the county shall
be the chief stockholders and whose
purpose shall be the holding of corn con
tests and general agricultural exhibits
with either Of which races or othel
amusements may be combined. 1t is
a relatively small per cent Of the farm
ers of any state who are able, or a
least take pains, to attend the state
fair; hence county society organized
along the lines suggested would seen
fitted to fill very definite and usefu
place. Combined with the county ex
pertinent work which is being under
taken in many localities. it would seen
to have in it the possibility Of develop
ing into sort Of county agriculture
experiment exhibit, possessing deflnit.
and practical value for the farmers Of
the county and forming natural ant
helpful auxiliary Of the state expert
ment work. The fact that representa-
tive farmers We're stockholders would
give them personal interest in 1t:
success, lack of which has been at thu
bottom of the discontinuance of many
of these once popular county exhibits.
DOES 1T PAY TO GRIND CoRNs
During the past nine years Profess
| or Henry of the wisconsin ayDorjmen,