The Columbus journal., 1908-01-29
gepious and worthless formula 81 Tho
following:

0SDsOV0 anu WOSsuSCSO AOs mus - SoO
following:
Goal oil-one gallon.
"Saltpeter-two pounds.
."Sulphur-two pounds.
"Assafetida-twO pounds.
Tobacco stemsEtw0 p0undA
Boil the last four ingredients IN
water. and then add the coal oil.
ngench each sick hog with . pint oe
tho liquor"
Some omit the coal oil-perhapo b
Way OF variety. The result 10 the
same. for the hogs really affected By
the cholera die, and The swine spe-
cialist" has the farmers money.
Some OF the serums being devised
nay prove elective, 1t least IN max
ing the campaign sooner or later to -
made TO eradicate bog cholera iron
IL country. n the federal and state
governments are now Graduating The
cattle dck" and the Texas fever.
But the thousand and one inter
MI remedies are quaehery, and when
Q farmer uses . serum be should get Il
Only Of reputable concerns or Of public
departmentA
The feeding or ."AnisAing" Of cattle
b another profitable speciality Of the
corn belt farmer. 20 take . rough
steer from the pasture Or range and
put him In int and sleek condition In
The minimum q time and the mini
mum q expense for feed 10 . very
vital problem 70 the feeding" farmer.
50 II II to the nation at large. and
therefore the research departments a
agriculture have given much effort to
ths practical solution Of that problem.
The balanced ration idea VA once
widely exploited BY the scientists.
though now not regarded % important
- formerly. Latterly reasonably well
balanced ratioas Of those common
grains and rough and green forage
foods have been shown to BE- the real
profitable feeding stuRsI And nothing
10 clearer In American feeding expert
ments than that adding 80 called stock
foods with their minimum Of well nigh
useless minimum amount Of coudi-
ments. navoring matter and medicines
II practically and absolutely . general
humbug. But his faith In science
makes the farmer ready to accept the
blandishments Of the travelling stock
food purveyor. He has no more trou-
bic to find the occasional farmer Who
viii testify that this particular stock
food worked wonders in his herd or
flocks. 1t In on the same basis -
testimonials from people who. having
failed to die Or even to continue sick
when taking . given patent medicine.
are willing to have their testimony
published. And In not q few cases
false testimonials are used.
The purveyor Of fake cattle foods
seldom fails to convince the feeder. At
the start. that his particular food Ia q
real Simon-pure balanced ration hack.
ed by the department Of agriculture.
Again. the swindler ID wise enough
no. to lessen his chances OF sale BY
putting . cheap price On his product.
Occasionally he sells 1t ~ Low rs $3.50
the hundredweight. but more fro
quently the price II much above that
sometimes rs high n $3.50 OF
$4,000 per ton. The sales are for cash
and the farmer II separated from his
money before he has an opportunity
to test out the ration In actual demon
stration.
What does he find when the feeding
period draws to . close? That his cat
tie have. perhaps. fattened to about
the same proportion n when he used
his own materials. grown on his farm
and possibly supplemented by ground
feed from the local mill OF feed store.
These balanced ratiops are often
found. by analysis, to consist Of he
'tailings" Of mills. elevators and brew
cries mixed with molasses and salt to
make the compound palatable to The
cattle. And q Of the largest stock
food companies Is said to use me
sawdust finely ground to cheaply bring
up the weight Of his product 1nstead
Of buying . superior and expensive
balanced ration" containing high tat
tening qualities and acting n . tonic.
he has paid . high price for . feed
containing, along with ordinary grains.
finely ground alfalfa hay. and other
common food stun worth 5 to SIS Per
ton. . high percentage Of refuse and
non-nutritious matter. some Of which
may be positively dangerous to he
health 0f his stock.
Naturally the question is asked BY
the farmer: How may l detect any or
all Of these fakes when they arc or
fered to me? In the first place bear IN
mind that the department OF aGricult-
ure and experiment stations are very
chary Of giving endorsements which
may in any manner be used to the
commercial advantage Of any person.
nrm Of corporation. These depart
ments are conducted for the benefit
OF the people ~ . whole and great
" II taken to prevent their author
ity or influence from being subverted
to the special advantage Of any per-
son or individual enterprise. There
fore, when the seller Of selected or
"pedigreed" seed grains, Of . remedy
for hog cholera or Of . balanced "a
ton" for the quick fattening Of cattle
claims that his wares have the en-
dorsement of a department Of agri-
culture or a state station It is safe to
assume that he IL q sWindler. At any
rate, there Is only q safe rule to
follow: Do not buy until you have
written to the department or station
from which 1t IL claimed that the
endorsement comes. You will get .
prompt ansWer-and ] believe that