Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-28
MIDDLE Tenn. FARM NEWS
Prepared Exclusively for the Chronicle by
Division Of Extension College Of
Agriculture, University Of Tennessee
Knoxville.

If farmer has herd of healthy,
thrifty hogs, free from lice and worms,
fed and cared tor according to the most
approved methods, he can cause every
hog to be diseased by turning a cholera
hog into the herd. That is common
experience. And yet how frequently
does someone suspect other causes.
Such person is trying to get away
hog is the only thing that will cause
other hogs to become sick. He sug-
gests that change of feed to green
corn has caused the disease, that turn
ing on mast is responsible, that dry lot
feeding after running at large has pro-
duced the disease. and some even sug-
gest causes such as eating weeds, lice
and worms.
The virus of hog cholera gains en-
trance into the hog and causes the dis
ease. nothing else does 1t. Any Of the
secretions of the sick hog contain this
virus, and il these were injected into
a healthy hog the disease will be pro-
du0ed.
II, wHcn o hog becomes SICK, one
were to take The secrotuus from that
hog and introduce them into suscep-
uble we'll hog, hog cholera could be
prepetuated indefinitely. Farmers are
doing that thing today, not intention
ally, but unwlttingy.
WHY SHEEP ARE SCARCE.
Last Monday night three dogs got
into Mr.. Ed Smiths flock of sheep at
his home on the Mulberry pike and
made their visit telt in an uncomfort-
able way. They killed 20 lambs, dam
aged 10 and damaged or 10 old sheep
Such DIS as this make the necessity
Of stringent dog law more strongly
evident than words can. The trouble
about dogs Is usually the fellow who IS
least able to feed one has the greater
number and they have to prey for
subsistence. From a Tennessee Ru-
raj Weekly.
BOY BELIEVES IN THE FARM.
After his experience on the farm,
Colorado farm boy says that he be-
l,eves most boys would stay on the
farm if these rules were followed:
"Get good books, magazines and
farm papers for the young people to
read.
Have some kind of a club tor them
to attend.
| "Arrange matters so that they can
have a party or entertainment once in
a while.
eco with them to church every Sun
day.
ARRANGE 1t 30 they can have one or
more picnlcs every year.
"Teach them to do all kinds OF farm
work by giving them small tract OF
land for themselves showing them how
to ralse their crops, and have them
help you with your work.
:Glye them torse which they can
ride or drive when they haven any
thing TO do or when they want to 60
anywhere.
FOR BETTER POULTRY.
Eggs from 100 farm hens will bring
IN money enough to pay all grocery
hills for a year Tor family of five,
That IS one reason why poultry raising
IS becoming SO popular. Poultry pays
the bills.
In the interest of this part OF the
farm a special campaign ls to be con-
Quoted IN several counties OF Middle
Tennessee during two weeks ia Aprll.
The counties favored are: BEDFORD,
Coffee, DAVIDSON, Franklin, Lincoln,
Marshall. Maury, Rutherford, Warren,
White end Wilson. The campaign ID
to be conducted April 9 to IA, and
April 3 to Z. The Division OF Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee, in this
campaign is assisted by the N. Z. q
S.. l.. Railway, which supplies car
in which to hold the meetings and IN
which to carry the speakers from point
to point. Meetings will be held in the
car. which will be placed by the rail-
road company near the stations.
In addition to poultry raising, bee
keeping WILL be discussed. Pictures
will be used to show the advantage OF
producing chickens and bees under
lcertain methods. and to show modern
WAYS of marketing farm products.
The message that will reach these
counties is one that will tell men and
women how to use the by-products OF
the farm to pay the bill.