The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-03-10
DAIRY SPECIAL AT LEON

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The largest Attendance of Any
Place Visited on the Trip Said
Th0se in Charge Of the Train.
The Burlington's special dairy
train which was scheduled to arrive
in this city at $3.50 O'Clock. last
Thursday afternoon was almost two
hours late in reaching Leon, the de-
lay being occasioned by the very soft
track between Leon and GAINESVILLE,
and the fact that the heavy train had
to back from GAINESVILLE to Leon, yet
there was a tremendous big crowd
At the depot when the train pulled in,
although many of the farmers who
live some distance from town had to
leave before the train arrived.
The business houses of Leon all
closed at 3 o'clock and with the X.
2, band in the lead the business men
all marched to the depot. There
was a goodly number of farmers and
many ladies in from the country,
and when the train pulled in it
looked like the whole town of Leon
was at the depot. The officials in
charge of the train stated that it was
the biggest and best meeting which
they had had at any place. 1t was
the intention to deliver the lectures
IN the two coaches, but this was i'm
possible owing to the large crowd, as
not one in twenty could have gotten
n~the cars, So the lectures were de-
liyered from the door of the bag
gage car, the speakers being intro
duced by w. G. Stempel, president of
the Leon Commercial Club.
The first speaker was Prof. Luck,
of the State Agricultural College at
Ames, who told of the dairy inter
ests OF the college and how they took
care OF their cows and their milk,
and also gave many pointers in re-
gard to butter making.
Prof. Hugh G. Van Pelt, of Water
100, the state dairy expert, was the
next speaker and his lecture was full
Of good and helpful information con-
cerning the dairy interests of the
state. Prof. Van Pelt is probably
the best posted man on dairy SUBJ
Jects in the world. He told how the
farmers can make good money by en-
gaging in the dairy business, said
that the average production of but
per year, which can be increased
several times by paying attention to
the breeding and caring for dairy
cattle. He showed the photograph
of COW picked up in Nebraska,
which produced 100 pounds each
year. In connection with his lee
ture fine heifer and two magniti-
cent bulls were shown at the car
door. Some were disappointed be-
cause there were no dairy cows with
the. train but this was explained by
the statement that the cows were
too valuable and the trip to hard
for them to stand travelling for days
ca the train, and it would injure
them beyond recovery.
The last speaker was DR.. David
Roberts, of Waukesha, Wis, state
veterinary for Wisconsin, who dis
cussed bovine tuberculosis. He said
that ten per cent of the dairy cows
OF the United States are afflicted yet
4 the disease can very easily be eradi-
which are infallible and can be used
Gated by using the tuberculin tests
ny any stockman at slight expense.
1t Is impossible to detect tuberculosis
in the early stages by any other test.
The diseased animals should be kill
ed or separated entirely from the
healthy animals and used for breed
ing purposes only. The calves of dis
eased cows are born healthy and If
taken from the cow Immediately
after birth and raised on pure milk,
Will not be afflicted. Neither the
milk nor the flesh of diseased ami
mails should be used by human being.
Human tuberculosis may be contract
ed from bovine tuberculosis though
the danger Is not SO great as some
people think. The flesh of diseased
COWS Is often made into dried beef
and used for food without ever being
cooked to kill the germs. Bovine
tuberculosis is a contagious disease
and Is communicated in no other
way. Eradicate 1t from a herd and
it Will never appear again unless q
diseased animal is brought into the
herd. Tubercnlin does not harm the
healthy animal, but it hastens the
death Of the diseased animal. 1t
acts as an irritant upon the germ OF
tuberculosis and gives the animal a
fever and this is proof of the pres
ence of tuberculosis. The normal
temperature is from SO to 1O4 de-
grees, but under reaction the tenn
perature will rise from 1O4 to 1912.
The dairy special was in charge OF
N. M. Reno, of Burlington, Iowa,
passenger agent for the Burlington
road, who is a prince of good fellows
and is kept busy looking after the
train. The train which consisted OF
Palace stock car, baggage car, two
coaches and combination diner and
sleeping car went from here to Mt
Ayr, where lectures were delivered
that evening. The lectures are open
ing the eyes of the people to the i'm
portance of the dairy question in
Z southern Iowa, and much good is
sure to result from the experiment OF
running the dairy special
$. H. Amos to Run for Representa-.
tive.
9. H. Amos, of Garden Grove, has
formally announced his candidacy for
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