Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-09
CONS Livestock Industry IS
low Passing Through Period of
Adjustment, Veterinarian Saws
Hundred Dollars by complying
with this statute.

Hundred Dollars by complying
with this statute.
The State legislature is being
asked for a fund or $22,500 for
the purpose of employing expert
animal hunters who will be sta
toned at different points through
out the State. The 1919 session
Of the legislature appropriated
5000 for this work. Last year
approximately $4,000 was expend-
ed and approximately $4,000 was
realized from the sale of coyote
skins and other furs taken from
animals killed by these hunters.
1t is thought the project will be
half self-sustaining. In order to
have this money available, it is
suggested that the bounties of
female coyotes be cut down from
$500 to $500.
Sheep have suffered very little
this fall from poisonous plant trou-
bles. One shipment unloading at
Juntura, were apparently poison
ed through eating the berries that
grow on black sage, or else they
gorged themselves with this coarse
indigestible plant and died from
overlooking. Owners moving sheep
had best arrange to fill them up
in the railroad stock yards on hay
before turning them out. Investi-
cations are being made to deter
mine the true cause of this loss at
Juntura which numbered some
1900 head.
The enactment of a compulsory
| dairy bull replacement law is be-
ing considered for enactment this
coming legislature. The dairy in.
dustry of Oregon has made rapid
advancement. but there are many
owners who still have scrub bulls
One bank in Coos county is trad
ing purebred bulls for a scrub one
in order to improve the dairy stock
lOL that ooSlAoH. Not dll udAy owl
ers will even take advantage Of this
offer. Certain improvements must
be made through legal force, as
an example, the stallion registra.
tion law. It is planned to require
that all dairy bulls licensed fol
service shall be purebred and from
certain standard and approved
dairy producing dams. Recently, al
the National Dairy show, regis.
tered bull "Flora's Queens Ra.
leigh" that sold for $50, won ir
the get of sire contest over the
| $65, 900 sbull "Sybil's Samboge.'
Thus it would seem high prices dc
not guarantee marked superior
ity.
A new zoning system is planned
for the state live stock sanitary
boards future work. 1t is planned
to divide the state into three zones
and have an assistant veterinarian
in charge of each. One veterinar
ian would be stationed at Bend
covering all of the range terri.
tory in eastern Oregon or that eas
of the Cascade divide; one to be
stationed at Portland covering al
of the counties north, including
Lincoln, Polk and Marion; one tt
be located at Eugene. covering al
| the territory in western Oregon
/ south of the before mentioned
| counties. Each veterinarian will
be presumed to look after thu
! dairy herds in his respective dis
| trict and attend to such othel
emergency work as may come up
One is often asked if animals
cannot be successfully home treat
ed by the owner having had {
short course in some of the agri
cultural colleges or by using som,
of the treatments to be found il
the veterinary columns of man.
Of our farm Journals; our answer
1 must be with few exceptions, no
| There is ample evidence at hant
to show that there would be as
many recoveries recorded by no
farm treating animals as by treat
ing them. Reliable statistics show
that sixty per cent of all animal!
I that get sick would get well with
out any form of treatment what
ever, thirty five per cent get wei
because of good nursing and prop.
er expert veterinary treatment ane
| five per cent die from unavoid.
liable causes. Then what should the
| farmer and stock owner attempt
to do? Answering this, it is Oh
should be obvious that the thing
/, the farmer should prepare himself
to do is to become an expert ami
NAL nurse. The nursing is fifty
per cent of as much importance
as the proper expert medical
treatment and general schooling
in this important branch OF ami
NAL treatment may be had thru
farm papers and short courses IN
our agricultural colleges.