The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
NOT REAL FARMERS
People of America Rather SpecuIa-
tors, Says Mr.. Carlson.

"The people of America are specu-
1ators-not farmers was the declara-
ton of G.. L. Carlson of Norfork, Neb.,
in speaking before the Kansas Improv-
ed Livestock association late Tuesday
in Representative hall
when we go to buy a farm we do
not ask, how much is it going to pro-
duce us in a year or two but how much
we can sell it for at that time.
st saw 1O8 acres of land in Scotland
that you would not buy at any price
unless there was a lottery ticket at
tached to each acre, that produced $780,
900 worth of shorthorn cattle In one
YEAR"
.sThere is but one farmer in 500 in
Kansas and Nebraska who knows how
to properly harness and hitch up a
horse,'' continued the speaker.
How many horses are there in this
state that do not have scars on their
necks and shoulders. I personally in
spected 312, 600 horses in Great Britain,
owned by railroad and transfer COM
panies and I did not find a scar upon
one of these horses. Isn't that proof
that there is no need of scars on the
horses in this country. In one town in
Nebraska, where / spoke some time
ago, a committee without my knowl-
edge investigated all the farm horses
tied in the town at the noon hour on
the day I spoke. OF the 259 fnvestigat-
ed PSI had scars on their nacks or
shoulders. The eight that did not have
them were but three years of age"
Stamp Out Hog Cholera.
IF every county in the state would
organize a breeders association. hog
cholera would he stamped out in
short time said J. M. Rodgers, who
head a paper on breeders Associa-
tions.'' Our association is going to
stamp out hog cholera in Mitchell
county. We are storing 81 900 worth of
10, I,~%A ut
cultural college for use in vaccinating
hogs. During the recent epidemic of
hog cholera, one member of our asso-
citation vaccinated 200 swine and did not
have a sick one. Another applied the
serum to 80 animals with the same re-
suit
President Henry J. Waters of the
State Agricultural college gave an adj
dress Tuesday night on What Is the
Matter with Corn as a Diet for Young
Animals?" He said that corn with
blood serum added makes an ideal diet
for hogs.
LAS in all diseases. the best, cheapest,
easiest and most satisfactory method of
combating hog cholera is by preventive
measures said DR. George Bahb of
era and serum tres tment- First don't
let the Contamination be brought into
your place if you IN possibly prevent
it. Guard all possible channels of en-
trance. second. keep your hogs II
good, healthy condition.
''These two methods are at every
farmers command and are the ones
that should be expectedi of every one
even though not used as a means of
fighting disease The best means by
which your animals may be kent in
good. healthy condition are two-fo1d
Namely, a properly balanced ration and
sanitary. protected quarters.
MANY farmers are constantly dop-
ing their hogs with this or that adver-
tised or recommended nostrum and the
number of the preventives advocated is
legion including all those advanced as
cures and many more Chief among
these come the various stock-foods
closely followed by concentrated I've.
etc, etc. Feed and house your animals
properly and you won't need anything
to put or keep them in healthy con-
dition.'