El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-07
URGES FEEDING Of WINTER LANDS

onstratiOn took place at the College
farm The hog had been inoculated
with cholera virus and according to
all calculations and presidents should
! have manifested fatal symptoms on
Monday afternoon. when the demon
stration by DR.. J L Gibson of the
Bureau of Animal Industry was to have
taken place The post mOrtem was
postponed Tor the hog which should
have been dead on Monday turned ups
for breakfast with a grunt and a squealt
every morning and never seemed to
have felt better all his pig life. How
ever, he was killed, and his kidneys,
spleen, lungs and other internal or
Sans were shown to be covered with
beautiful purple spots while in his in
testinal arrangements there we're in
dications of ulcers. all symptoms that
indicated that the hog had the cholera
all right, despite New Mexico sun
shine and a natural antipathy to
scientists
Dairyman's Inning.
The dairymen. too had their inning
in the afternoon With simple ap-
paratuS and striking lantern slides. W.
E Meyer, of Salt Lake City. Utah,
from the office of the Western Dairy
investigation of Department of Agri- .
culture, gave a milk test and milk rec
ord demonstration and talked on Cow
Testing and Bull Clubs
The afternoon session completed. the
visitors were entertained with a mill
tary drill on the campus. The fresh
men and sophomore boys who expect to
go into camp shortly in the Organ
mountains. were commanded by Lieut.
Herren and ACQUITTED themselves nobly-
HOulcmakers' Conference.
The BOmemakers' conference sessions
for he women were again intensely in
tereStinE and practical as well as prof
liable, the program including the fol-
lowing Industrial Training for Mex
lean Chi'dren," By Mrs Mary Woodson;
Sanitation in Home and Community"
by Miss Gail Richie: Taking the Bows
and Girls into Partnerships by T. W
Conway; Laundry Work and the Care
of Clothing." BY Mildred Fulghum: aud
Opportunities of a County Agents
Wife, by J. w hnOrr-
To Distribute 10 Pigs.
Forty pigs will be distributed in san
Miguel county alone, by county agent
NJ r. Gonzales, among boys and girls
who will enter the pig club COMPETE
tion. They viii be Poland Chinas OF
a high grade AT IS a piece. Prizes will \
be awarded for the pig adding the
most weight at lowest cost and the
winners will be entered in the state
contest Pecos Valley will again be
strong in the contest which last wear
was won by three Pecos Valley con-
testants- Lloyd Conn Of Artesia, whose
pig Peggy gained 1881 pounds in 10
months, a daily gain Of l-42 pounds AZ
.0SS cents per pound; Anthony BOgardus !
u ROSWELL. " muse pig SdAutu 10 DOuHuS I
in 113 DAYS or 1-72 pounds per day at
a cost of .O67 cents per pound; and Miss |
Willie McVickers OF Dexter, whose !
pig gained 1SF pounds in 12S days, or I
1-52 pounds per day at a cost Of .046 ]
cents per pound
County Agents Organize.
The county agents have organized Z
the New Mexico County Agriculturists' 1
association by electing Roland Har- I
well OF Torrance county. president; /
Paul 3. Barber Of DOna Ana county, I
secretary and treasurer and director /
A c. Cooley. an additional member !
of the executive committee In addi- .
ton TO those named. the county agents !
are NJ. r Gonzales for san Miguel /.
county, 7. W KnOrr for Eddy county: /
V L. Martineau for COlfsx county: /
J W Rigney for Chaves county and !
P. D. Southworth for Luna. county.
Bernslillo and Santa Fe counties soon
expect to have county agents too IL
they can be procured The association.
while open only 70 county agents viii
seek to improve agricultural conditions
in New Mexico and 10 deal with prob
lens OF special interest TO the county
agents. The agents are organizing in !
dustrial clubs all over the state
Capt. Thomas Franklin, superintend- /
ent of the Fl Paso Dairy company. is !
attending Farmers week He is on
the program for an address an I'm
proving the DaiTv Herd"