Weekly journal-miner., 1919-07-30
(BY SHARLOT HALL)

Plenty of grassland look out for blackleg. Such range has not been seen in Northern Arizona for many years; cattle are fat and getting latter quicker than seems possible in the short time since the rains began. This quick-growth grass means chan ces of blackleg; the big owners are al ready vaccinating and no rancher with even half dozen calves should take chances long.
 There is new method for render ing very valuable breeding cattle i'm mune. a somewhat elaborate vaccina- ton with liquid vaccine, which is be- lieved to be a permanent safeguard from the disease. It is not practical for range stock but is worth using on valuable young stock of pedigree.
 The garlic method of vaccination, mentioned a few weeks ago, seems to have had wide trial and to have gained many supporters in the south eastern part of the state-merely a small piece of the root inserted in a cut through the skin of the shoulder and worked down a couple of inches between loose skin and flesh.
 IL would seem fantastic if garlic juice had not been used for hundreds of years in South Europe to cleanse and heal wounds-and, as Yavapai man opposed to the usual blackleg vaccination, said to me a few days ago: At least it would carry no chance of doing harm fl 1t didn't do good
 Whatever garlic may do for cattle We have proven out here that green onions are mighty near a cure-all for turkeys. The only trouble seems to be that it is a big job to grow enough for the greedy birds; from day-old poults to the biggest gobbler they are ali crazy about chopped green onions and grow and thrive as long as plenty can be had.
 Turkeys are subject to a curious swelling and soreness of the flesh all around the head as soon as wet weather sets in in the summer. When cases develop in the flock it spreads rapidly and Is often fatal. This year we have had success from dipping the heads of all sick birds in a quart of warm water containing three tablespoonfuls of peroxide of hydro gen. They will swallow enough to clear the throat and nostrils but not enough to hurt them. Later it is. well to rub their heads with menthol- alum and put a small portion down their throats.
 A turkey house with floor high and dry above sudden floods is d very necessary thing if one Is raising many birds. This year we have had | the experience of finding white tur- keys hardier than black ones, though . turkey raisers do not generally con- sider them so. Here all had exactly i the same feed and care and the . whites are thriftiest
 Government Warning to Home
 Fruit Gamers.
 The department of agriculture is sues, among its thousands of publi- cations, weekly news letter. One of the latest is so valuable that quote direct from it; but first I wish to say that l do not recall a summer when some peddlcr or agent has not been at the ranch trying to sell these very canning compounds, and when | have not received a bunch of circu- !, lars from dealers offering them. Now the government announces: Canning Compounds Harmful to
 Health. Housewives are Warned
 Against the Use of these Trade
 Substances and Preserving Powd- t
 CTS. Washington. D. C.
 Canning compounds sold under |; various names for use in home can Il ming are often harmful to health and l should never be used by housewives. These preparations, which are usual , ly ill powdered form, contain salicylic acid or boric acid, and are unneces- 5ary, since fruits and vegetables can be kept for long periods in perfect I condition without any chemical pre- f 5ervatives whatever if proper meth a ods of canning are followed. { The federal food and drugs act s prohibits the use of harmful preserv- | ltivcs in foods which come within its ( The food laws of nearly e every state in the union forbid the f sale within the state of foods which s have been preserved with harmful t Although neither federal a pr state laws apply to foods carned ?