The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08
Farmers Should be Careful in
Turning, Stock Into Corn
Fields at Present.
MANY CATTLE ALREADY KILLED
State Agricultural College Instructor
Warns That Preventive Measures
are the Best Remedies.


several causes, points out DR.. r. R.
Dykstra, professor of surgery.
1t has ben demonstrated conclus-
lively that these folders. especially
when frosted or stunted, or when a
second growth has taken place, con-
tain the elements that form prussic
acid in the stomach of an animal. If
they are consumed by an animal,
death is almost instantaneous, and,
therefore, treatment is seldom of
avail
The internal administration OF large
doses Of ordinary moIasses has been
recommended to neutralize some of
the elements that form the prussic
acid. This treatment is of value only
before absorption of the poison has
taken place. AS a precautionary
measure, only one or two animals
usually are turned into a suspected
field. If no i'll results follow, the
chances are that the field will be safe
for the remainder of the herd. A
chemical analysis is not practical,
because only a few stalks in a field
may be poisonous.
A common cause of death of ami
mails in stalk fields is an infectious
disease known as hemorrhagic sep
ticemia. In it's acute form death
takes place quickly, so that in many
cases the owner observes no SYM
ptoms. This disease may be prevent
ed by the use of a hemorrhagic septi-
cemic vaccine injected under the skin.
Such vaccines are for sale by all
veterinary supply houses.
Other causes of death of cattle in
stalk fields are bIoat and bIackIeg.
Boat may be prevented by permitting
animals to fill up on accustomed feed
before being turned into the stalk
field, or they may be turned into the
stalk field only for a short time at
first, and the periods gradually
heightened.
Gather Shoes for War Sufferers
School children of Independence gath
cred $3.50 pairs of old shoes for suf-
ferers in Belgium and France One
thousand pairs need but little repair
ing. The manual training classes of
the schools will repair the shoes after
fumigatiop and the Red Cross Chapter
Will S0nu IuOu 10
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Wichita Fire Chief Dead-Fire Chief
A. C. Walden of the Wichita depart
ment is dead at the age of 20 years,
after an illness of three weeks. Chief
Walden had been at the head of the
Wichita department since 1886, and
was the only paid fire chief the city
ever had.
Phi;Iipsburg Holds Hog Show.-A
hog show was held in Phillipsburg
recently with sixteen entries, the first
event of the kind in Phillips county
All animals shown were in show ring
condition and competition was keen
for cash prizes offered.
Bull Kills Wichita Farmer-F. NJ.
Scott, a farmer living south of Wich-
tia, was gored to death when he tried
to pass a bull inca pasture. SCOTS
body was almost torn to pieces by the
animals horns and hoofs.
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New Flour Mill for SaIina.-A new !
milling company with c. E. Robinson |
of the Robinson Grain Company as the |
head is announced at Salina. The /
company will have a capital of $780, |!
900 and will begin at once the cree |
ton of mill and elevator to cost /
Il million dollars.
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Civil War Veteran Dies.-John M. |
Smith, 70 years old, a retired farmer
and pioneer in Saline county, is dead. t
He served in the One Hundred and t
Fiftieth Illinois Infantry in the Civil
War
Dr.. Naismith in France.-Dr. G. w.
Naismith, formerly physical director
at the University of Kansas, has been
appointed an assistant to DR.. ]. H.
director of amusements in
the allied camps in France.
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Club Woman Dies.-Mrs. BenoIa
Russell, secretary of the Kansas Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs, is dead at
after a short illness. Mrs.
Russell had been active all her life in
church and club work. She is sur
yived by two children.
WarCnnan oUnd -Dead.@JOhn A.
Showalter. SIS years old, employed as
night Waterman at the Arkansas City
Mills, was found dead recently in the
mill when the first shift came on at 6
o'clock. Showalter was lying on the
floor near a truck. There were no
marks of violence on the body.
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kansan Died at Funston.-Joseph
Roach, wha was in the first contin-
gent of drafted men sent from Leav-
enworth, died recently at Camp Funs-
ton, word was sent to his mother, Mrs.
Thomas Pike.
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College Boys to Aid Farmers.-Al
score or more of boys from the Kansas
state Normal School will assist near
by farmers in harvesting crops Satur-
days and holidays. Arrangements for
this cooperation have been brought
about by Charles R. Phipps, professor
Of agriculture at the normal.
Ask College Head to ouit-The Y.
M. C. A. at Paramount College. dissat-