The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-21

There is probably no phase OF neigh
borly relation In which the Golden Rule
finds nicer exemplificatfon than III
keeping ones flock of hens shut up
when the neighbOrs have their flower
and vegetable gardens nicely spaded.
raked and planted.
1t is said on good authority that
under the system of taxation which
prevails in Mexico the peasant-in
reality an agricultural slave-pays a
larger amount to support the govern
ment than does one favored and
wealthy family which owns 100000
acres. Little wonder that there is I'M
rest across the border.
The tiler of the soil who under
stands the chemistry of a spring snow
which comes after a part or all of the
early seeding is done always welcomes
it, for he knows that in addition to the
moisture which it contains and its mel
lowing effect upon the surface soil it
deposits a considerable amount of nj
trogen. which it absorbs in passing
through the air.
Under a recent order from the gen
eral land office at Washington 21.S30
acres of land surrounding the Wichita
national forest in Oklahoma are to be
restored to homestead entry and will
be subject to entry after May 16 and
until June 10. This will be under the
usual conditions. which require the
payment of S125 per acre at the time
final proof is made.
A desperate effort has been made by
paint and varniSh makers to prevent
the passage of laws in some of the
states which compel the printing on
every can of paint or varnish the for
mula according to which each is put
up. One of the arguments which they
are offering is that paints and var
nishes do not affect the health. hence
there is no need of giving the formula.
True, this adulteration does not hit
fellows digestive apparatus, but 1t
surely does his pocketbook. for prob
ably there is more adulteration of
paints than of any other product of
common use. If the paints are made
of good pigments and pure linseed oil
there is really no reason why the facts
should not be stated on the outside Of
the package.
Probably no experiment station in
the country has done more along the
line of poultry investigations than that
Of Maine. For those Of our readers
who are interested in poultry raising
we give below the receipt used by this
station for making lice powder and
making a spray for use in the hen
house. To make the powder mix three
parts of gasoline with one part crude
carbolic acid (or cresoD and add while
stirring enough plaster of paris to
give. when thoroughly mixed. dry,
pinkish brown powder. AS rule it
will take four quarts of the plaster to
one Of liquid. This should be worked
into the feathers. especially around the
vent on the lower side of the body and
under the wings. A second treatment
should be given in four or five days
and third after about the same inter
val if the birds are badly infested. The
wash or spray is made by mixing just
before using three parts of kerosene
with one part of crude full strength
carbolic acid. and this should be ap-
piled with hand spray pump or brush
to the interior of the house
There recently appeared in the daily
newspapers Of the central states a
statement credited to state dairy in
spector to the effect that there was no
danger in the use Of milk from a
tuberculous cow unless the LESSONS of
the disease were actually present in
her udder. If milk could be drawn
from the udder of cow under abso-
lutely sanitary cOnditions-that is, so
that no germs could be introduced
from the outside-the above statement
might be true. but the fact is very lit
tie milk is so secured. On the other
hand, 1t has been found that the ma
nure Of a COW will contain the germs
Of tuberculosis long before her milk
will, and If particles of the excreta get
into the milk, as is true in a majority
Of cases. without doubt such milk is
likely to contain germs of tuberculosis
and therefore is unfit for food. Con
trasted with the loose and we'll nigh
criminally careless view as expressed
above Is the opinion of one of the ami
NAL husbandry experts of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington
namely, that from the moment COW
has tuberculosis in any part of her
body she Is source of danger and is
likely to impart the germs to other an
+ finals or to human beings.
A rather striking Illustration of the
effectiveness of the BabcOck test as a
means of determining the butter fat
returns of cows in a dairy herd was
related to the writer the other day by
the owner of large herd of pure bred
Holstein cows. 1t was shortly after