The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1919-09-13
|BLACKLEG REPORTED
IN YOUNG CATTLE
Other Important Agricultural
Notes by The County
Agent.

Numerous cases of Biackleg a
mong young cattle have been report
ed to me during the past four days.
At least fourteen head have died
from the disease during the past two
, weeks. This is a great loss to farm
ers which they can easily and safe
ly prevent.
The outer signs of blackleg are:
listlessness; lack OF appetite; lame
ness; a swelling, generally on the
shoulder or flank, which crackles
when you rub or mash it; and rap
Id increase in the swelling. In many
cases the swelling increases after
death until the animal swells out of
shape. When the skin or swollen
part is cut open, the flesh is found
to be very black, full Of gas or bfub-
bers, and resembles blood bruise.
The animal unusually dies Within a
few days and in many cases within
few hours.
Blaekleg can be prevented by vac
cinating. cattle from two months TO
two and one half years old. The
vaccine costs only twelve cents per
head and any one can inject the pei
let's under the skin with a hlackleg-
old injector. Vaccination is the
only way to prevent the disease.
There is no cure after the animal
takes the disease.
If you do not know how tto vac
cinate cattle for blackleg and you can
not get neighbor to helm you, /
shall be glad to teach you how to do
the work yourself. The job is a
simple one and you can do it as well
as any one.
We are required by law to burn
to ashes all animals that die from
any infectious or contagious disease.
Please be careful not to violate this
law as you might get into serious
trouble and too, you are exposing
your neighbors cattle when you leave
an animal out to be destroyed and
scattered.
FRUIT TREES TO BE ORDERED.
Within the next few weeks hope
to publish list of reliable nursery
men from whom you can get good
fruit trees and a list of the best va
rieties for Lincoln County. / shall
also make cooperative order of
fruit trees in October or November,
AS soon as you get a list Of the va
rteties, think over the matter and be
ready to give yodr committeeman
your order when the time comes. BY
ordering comparatively you save
money, get good trees and the kind
OF trees you want.
COOPERATIVE HOG SHIPMENTS
- Since planning to ship number
of cars of hogs from Lincoln county
at one time, l have decided that
there are too few hogs of the same
size and in good marketable condit-
ion to try several cars at the same
time. However, now is the time to
begin feeding your hogs for the first
cars that are to be shipped. Several
cars are now listed and farmers are
beginning to feed their hogs for the
shipment. ALI that you have to do
is get your hogs in shape for market
and they will be marketed for you.
So many farmers are afraid to
ship their hogs direct to market and
| by so doing get the market price.
See what farmers are doing in other
counties and you will wish that you
had been shipping your hogs direct
to market long ago. We are far be-
hind with our cooperative market
ing.
THE CATTLE MARKET
For some time the cattle market
has been in bad condition. Just as
soon as the market is in good shape
again, I shall be ready to help those
who have asked me to help them
ship their cattle and others who care
to ship comparatively.
/ Henry Legett, County Agent.