The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27
WEEKLY MEMS NOTES
BY COUNTY AGENT
Cattle in Lead Belt Still Dying from
aa HemorrhagicsS epticemia

| aa HemOrrhagic sSeptcemia
/ Reports continue to reach the Coun-
ty Agent Of old cattle dying in the
Lead Belt, of what is presumed to be
backlog. Without question, these
losses are due to hemorrhagic septi-
cemia. 1t is not often that we'll
developed two-year-old animal will die
from blackleg. Hemorrhagic septi-
cemia has nearly all the symptoms Of
blackleg with the exception that it
kills cattle two years old or older as
readily as it does the younger ones.
We have definitely proved that this
disease has been killing cattle from
Elvins to 1rondale and south to Bis
marck. Our diagnosis of this trouble
was made from blood sample taken
from a dead animal and sent to the
Kinsey Laboratories at Kansas City.
They reported the disease TO be hem
orrhagic septicemia. A vaccine has
been prepared for this disease and is
really more effective than blackleg
vaccine. 1t is not expensive TO use
and furnishes a mighty good insur-
ance against losses. Farmers who
have cattle running over territory
where there has been losses should
arrange to have their cattle vaccinat-
ed in ordr to prvent further losses.
Egg Gambling Demonstration for
Merchants
Mr.. j. M. Borders, Egg Specialist
for the United States Food Labora-
tories, gave an egg Gambling and grad
ing demonstration at the McAtee Pro-
duce Company to interested merchants
last week. Mr.. Borders explained
some of the things that merchants are
going to have to watch for under the
new State egg law, so that losses from
bad eggs may be thrown back on the
producer. Following is brief sum-
mary of this law:
"The new egg law passed by the
last Missouri Legislature which is to
become effective as soon as it receives
the Governors signature, is entitled
IAN act to provide for the regulation
of traffic in eggs; to provide for the
licensing Of dealers in eggs; to pre-
vent fraud and misrepresentation in
dealing in eggs; and to prevent the
sale of eggs unfit for human food.
The bill provides that every dealer
who handles eggs in lots of one case
or more must secure from the State
Food and Drug Commissioner a IL
cense to conduct such business. The
annual license fee for merchants is
$500 and for carlot shippers, $40. Ev-
cry person or firm buying eggs for re-
sale shall provide and maintain an
adequate place for the Gambling of all
eggs. No person, firm, or corpora
ton shall sell or have in his possession
with intent to sell, offer or expose for
sale, any eggs unfit for human food.
The penalty for violation of the law
is fine of not less than SIS nor more
than $500. The license fee will pro-
vide funds for inspection SO that we
have every reason to believe that this
new lay will be enforced. This will
go long way toward eliminating the
losses from bad eggs and will make it
advisable for every producer to sell
only infertile eggs in hot weather.
1, Produce Infertile Eggs
Fertile eggs cost the farmer $751;
600, 900 per year. This loss is pre-
ventable because it is due to the par
tial Matching of fertile eggs which
have been allowed to become warm
enough to begin to hatch.
! Mr. T. S. Townsley of the Poultry
Department, College of Agriculture,
told the County Agent recently of an
interesting demonstration he gave
last summer. Arrangements had been
made to hold demonstration on the
proper marketing of eggs. Mr..
81 g. Alox
demonstration was to be held, to Sc
cure six fertile eggs and place them
in his kitchen where he was accus-
toned to keep his eggs until he Sc
cured enough to sell; also, to place
six infertile eggs in the same basket
and leave them both in this location
until the date of the demonstration
which was to be four days later
When Mr.. Townsley arrived at the
meeting, the farmer told him that the
only infertile eggs he had been able
to secure were some which had been
| in his incubator ten days and tested
out infertile and had since been out
of the incubator seven weeks. He had
placed six of these eggs in the bas-
ket with the fertile ones to be used in
| Jic dSIuuuSlidtlOH. Inc oih leIIIle
eggs were broken at the demonstra-
ton and placed in a pan. Everyone
of them showed slight blood ring.
The six infertile eggs which had been
in the incubator ten days and then
kept for seven weeks more, were
broken in another pan and looked per-
fectly clean and fit for food. The two
pans were passed around at the dem
onstration and the women present
were asked which ones they considered
fit for food. They were unanimous in
the opinion that the infertile ones
were fit for food and pronounced the
fertile ones unfit for food. After the
matching season, which should be ov-
err now, cook, pen, or kill your rooster.
Hens not running with a male bird
produce infertile eggs and they are
the ones that keep best and market
best. Heat is the great enemy of
eggs, both fertile and infertile. Fol-
low these simple rules and aid the
merchant in complying with the new
State egg law: ~ Dispose Of the
rooster; ~ keep eggs in a cool, dry
room or cellar; (3) market the eggs
at least twice week; t4) do not ex-