The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-12

and sparrows car get to them. An
other important preventative measure
is to disinfect and to keep the hogs
quarters clean.
The doctor said that feeding hotel
refuse was also another means Of in
lection. The pork products might
some Of them have been from hogs
in the early stages of hog cholera.
Boiling kills the germs n makes this
kind of food safe.
In discussing the cure Of hog cholera
DR.. Van Els said but little could be
done. Serum can be given the well
weeks. That is with the single treat
ment. The double treatment was not
recommended. The doctor claimed
that in using the double treatment
some of the germs of hog cholera are
injected as we'll as the This
double treatment gives an immunity
for six months or longer. The trou-
BILE with it is that in treating a num-
Der of hogs the serum may not work
on one or two and the virus is sur
to and that hog has been given hog
cholera and from it other hogs can be-
come infected and in this way hog
cholera is introduced into a neighbor-
hood where it would not other wise
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lowed in North Dakota.
/, The doctor advised hog breeders
having enough serum on hand to
treat their hogs. To keep it in a
dark cool place then when hog cholera
breaks out in the herd treat the hogs
at once. In case the serum has not
been needed by the time the hogs are
sold it can be sold to some one that
needs it, and the demand is then US
ually greater than the supply.
Second Day.
The second day of the train went off
on schedule. The attendance has been
larger than the first day on account of
better weather and better roads. The
work of the train has been reduced to
quite a system and everything is
working smoothly.
One Of the novel features of the
train is the of feeding the lee
turers. There were hardly enough to
warrant running a diner. A tourist
sleeper was provided and a chef was
employed to prepare the meals. Lieut.
Herren of the Agricultural college has
charge of the dining department. This
improVised dining car service is work
ing out fine. This allows the time be-
tween meetings for making the runs
while the lecturers eat, as the train
moves.
J. c: Hoke, special live stock agent
of the N. D. Experiment station, has
been giving some very interesting dis
cussions on community breeding and
cooperation. He advises the farmers
in a community to plan together in
their live stock production; that they
agree on n breed, and then all stick
to that. In this way the community
will have a good deal of one kind OF
live stock and that brings the market
or brings better prices. He related in
stances where the increased returns
had made possible a better living and
an improvement in the conditions all
around. One of these communities is
New Salem, where the fifteen farmers
in the North Dakota Holstein Breed
ers' circuit are all prosperous, and are
making good returns OF land on which
they could not make a living when
raising grain. This whole community
are taking a pride in their Holsteins
and from that they are taking a pride
in their farming, in their buildings
The cattle they breed are worth more
because several are raising them. More
people will &C to New Salem to buy
Holsteins than. to a place where there
is only one herd.
Mr.. Christianson, secretary of the
~ ~ 1AoAoIolA piSeo6TS circuit, Is OF
the train and relates how grain grow,
ing put a mortgage on the farm anc
kept it growing until they secured
some cows, and they paid off the mort,
gage and built a modern home anC
have given splendid returns for tn,
labor that has been put on them.
One of the interesting facts brough
out at Napoleon was the fact that 7, A
Burnstad of Burnstad had succeede,
in growing crops through good ant
thorough cultivation. In 1910, being i,
doubt as to the best way to handle
field, he put it up to Mr.. Cooper. the1
director of the Better Farming asso
citation. Mr.. Cooper advised that tn,
field be plowed deeply to 8 inches
packed and dragged. Mr.. Burnsta,
followed these instructions and pro
duced $4,000 90 worth Of fax from 20
acres in the dry year of 1910, whe,
his neighbors raised practically moth
ing. The next year he followed TIL
same instructions, blowing deeply an
narrowed Z times, and planted the fiel
to corn. The gophers took the corr
On June 18th he sowed the field t
barley, and raised 81 bushels per acr,
which was considerably above the az
erage in the locality, in spite Of til
late seeding. In 1913 the field wa
again plowed deeply, thoroughly har
froWed, and al crop of oats averagin
60 bushels was produced. In 1914 hft
acres of this field was prepared fC
alfalfa by manuring, blowing deepl,
and narrowing Z times. The alfalf
was sown at the rate OF 8 pounds I