Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

been the encouraging of the use OF
pure bred sires and better methods Of
feeding. To this end the use OF the
self-feeder and the practice OF hog
ring corn have been largely adyocaf-
ed. The feeding of supplemental feeds
with corn such as tankage ana OIL
meal or the forage crops like rape.
clover and alfalfa have done much TO
reduce costs of grain and add profit
to hog production.
The soft corn situation has in
creased the usual number OF live
stock as several car loads Of feeding
hogs and cattle have been shipped into
, the county. The hogs coming in at
prices ranging from $3.50 to $1,000
per hundred weight. They probably
will make good market for the soft
corn.
The heavy steers. bought for short
feed on soft corn, will no doubt make
different story as the market Is very
much demoralized at present. The
| feeders who are following cut our
recommendation and have bought
| light cattle to carry through the win
ter OF, roughage and cotton seed meal
giving them a little finish with corn
next summer. will. We hope. fare
somewhat better.
| The matter OF increasing livestock
production does not need emphasizing
as much as does the matter of better
sires and better methods of care and
management.
/ We are calling on the feeders next
week for a conference on the feed sit
uation for next summer. We want to
make our Office headquarters for the
live stock men OF the country.
Hog Cholera.
| We have attempted TO keep our
members thoroughly alive to the seri-
BUSINESS of a hog cholera epidemic and
! the necessity for observing methods
! that would hinder the inception or
spread of disease. The county was
! covered with hog cholera posters OF
an educational nature. These posters
/ emphasized the need of sanitation and
! keeping hogs free from worms and
] lice. A standard worm remedy was
4 given and the use Of stock foods dis
= Outraged. We have given the farmers
a practical method of worm eradica-
ton in the capsule gun and have
made arrangements with a local drug
i gist to put up these capsules The
capsule gun is made by taking small
copper tube about IL inches long and
1 equipping it with a. rubber bulb on
one end Two inches back from the
other end of the tube the sides are de-
i, pressed so that the capsule will sii
there A blacksmith can make Z
satisfactory speculum out of one
! fourth-inch iron. This is cheap and
very effective.
I We have had one case Of swine
plague in the county. This case was
handled in cooperation with the vet.
Urinary department OF the University
of Illinois. The regular swine plague
bacteria was used. Results were sat.
isfactory.
There has been some 'ssnuffIes'' Oh
bull nose" among pigs and this vs.
are watching carefully There is
great need of more sanitary methods
in hog management This phase Of
the work we want to emphasize anoth,
err year. such as rotation of hog lots
the generous use of lime and disinfec
ton
To provide market for the sos
corn a considerable number of north
ern hogs were shipped into the coun
I ty. These hogs did not come through
a central market and hence did no
2 have to be vaccinated. Two weeks aft
er unloading a car of these feeders
cholera in a very virulent form broki
: out on. two farms in Coe township
2 These herds were both treated Will
2 serum and virus at once, but the NOR
/. tality was extremely high. A volun
4 tary quarantine was promptly put int
: effect and so far the disease has no
e, spread from these centers of infec
tion.@
) We are planning to make a publ