Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
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The bee keepers of Connecticut are
to petition the general assembly to
pass law to prevent the spread of
foul brood through the carelessness
of uniformed apiarists. The bill will
be drawn under sanction of bee ex-
perts of the United States department
of agriculture, and one of It's objects
will be to aid the development of an
Industry which in the past few years
has had remarkable growth in Con
necticut Foul brood is disease OF
virulent type which quickly deciml
mates a hive of honey gatherers. Its
spread is due to robber bees. There
are two distinct forms known as the
European and the American foul
brood. the latter being particularly de-
structiye. The proposed bill provides
penalties for those who persist in
keeping hives that have been in.
fected
The department of agriculture will
issue in a few days bulletin ~ of the
forest service, entitled Wolves in re-
lation TO stock, game and the national
forest reserves The bulletin calls
attention to the present abundance OF
wolves in various western states, the
losses suffered by stockmen on the
western cattle ranges and the de.
struction of game In forest reserves
and in national parks, with sugges-
tons for the destruction of the wolves
Among the protective measures rec
commended are bounties and wolf.
PROOF fences. The means of destruc-
ton suggested are hunting. capture of
the wolf cubs, poisoning and trap
ping. The bulletin Is illustrated by
three full page plates and five text
figures and viii be on sale by the su.
perintendent of documents govern
ment printing office.
The onion acreage in Texas is like.
~ to be decreased by about one.third
the present year. Last year some of
the growers lost money with the crop
and have become discouraged. Others
planted the crop too far north for best
success and are giving It up Trans.
and there is great difficulty in obtain
ing help; in fact. the labor difficulty
is one of the principal reasons why
the acreage has decreased, Formerly
large number of Mexican laborers
came over the border. but enforce
ment of the immigration rules has in,
terfered considerably with the Mexi.
can labor supply. TO say nothing of
the demand for labor IN other direc-
tons. which has made farm labor ex.
pensive in Texas as elsewhere, ~
American Cultivator,
The ripening of cream should at
all times be considered matter of
paramount Importance In the manu-
facture of good butter, but more es-
pecially so during cold weather,
Moreover. ordinary temperatures
such as will insure fairly vigorous
development of Tactic acid germs.
are not nearly as apt to give us un-
desirable iavors in milk or cream
as those temperatures which stop
the growth of these organisms, and
which, by virtue of this foster the
development of undesirable kinds ca
pable OF growing at relatively low
temperatures. The increased mum.
her OF undesirable germs. together
with the increased length OF time
during which the milk and cream
are kept. undoubtedly account for
much of the inferior bu'tpr made
during cold weather Elgln dairy re-
port.
On account of the general import
ance and prevalence of scours
among calves fed on skim milk, l.,
A. Klein of the South Carolina ex-
pertinent station tested the value
OF formalin added TO the milk before
feeding to the calves In these ex-
periments IL calves were treated by
sdding formalin TO the milk at the
rate Of one part 10 1000. Eleven
calves recovered without any further
treatment--seven on the second day
three on the third and one on the
ninth. In one case II was found
necessary to administer castor oil.
creolin and subnitrate OF bismuth be-
fore a complete recovery was
brought about In three cases Of