The Kendrick gazette., 1920-12-31
LIVESTOCK

Livestock Improvement was adopted
by the Genesee and Deary commun-
tiles for 1920. The Genesee COM
munity adopted livestock improve
ment as project with the under
standing that work would be carried
on along two lines. One line was the
organization of boys and girls beef
calf club and the other was work on
the eradication of tuberculosis in
herds of grade cattle and in farm
milk cows. Dr. H. c. Luce, practic-
ing veterinarian at Genesee and dep
uty state veterinarian, was elected
local leader of this project.
DIR. Luce put in considerable time
trying to arrange for the proposed
calf club. He found that a lot of
boys who were interested and would
like to take calf were staying in
town and were hardly in position
to take care of calf. This and other
factors caused the calf club idea to
be dropped for 1920.
Herds Signed for T. B. Eradication
At general farm bureau meeting
held in March, DR.. Luce explained
the federal and state cooperative plan
for eradication of tuberculosis in
cattle and presented petitions for
men to sign who wanted to have their
cattle tested. All cattle owners, ex-
cepting two, signed up their entire
herds. Following the meeting DR..
Luce placed petitions in. the hands of
number of farm bureau members
and these were circulated by these
men in their own immediate neighbor-
hoods. Fully 95 per cent of the cattle
of the Genesee section were signed for
testing.
The work of testing these herds is
not finished at the present time and
and results cannot be given. What
cattle have not been tested at this
time will be tested in the near future
{ The Deary community adopted the
dairy phase of livestock improve
ment with the idea of organizing
boys and girls bred dairy heifer
club to boost the introduction of bet
ter dairy stock. Mr. D. Stevens, To-
cal project leader, Superintendent cf
Schools Peterson, and the county
agent spent considerable time in try
ing to interest the boys and girls in
the proposed club. Not enough boy
and girls Weie interested to warrant
the formetion of a club ard this
work Went wtr for anothcr y,ar.
Farm Bureau Junior Pig Club
Seven boys in the Moscow COM
munity We're interested in the fo,
nation of farm bureau junior pig
club. All of these boys secured bred
gifts from Armour and Company ana
became members of the Inland EN-
pire Armour Pig Club.
The seven purebred Poland China
gifts Of the pig club farrowed is pigs
of which 49 We're raised Two boys
purchased brood sows from Armour
and Company. These sows with 40
raised by the club members make a
total addition of 81 purebred hogs to
Latah County The total appraised
value of the pigs raised by the club
members at the close of the contest
was $1,217.26. The total costs were
$525.3S, leaving a net profit of
$6S1.S8.
Outbreak of Blackleg
There was an outbreak of black
leg on American Ridge late in May.
The owners of the affected cattle
did not recognize the trouble and sent
for the county agent who in turn Sc
cured the help of Dr. H. c. Luce,
deputy state veterinarian. The doc
tor diagnosed the trouble as blackleg
and treated all susceptible animals
OF the herd. Six animals had been lost
prior to treatment. The day follow
ing the treatment, one animal died
which was the last animal to be lost.
This one was undoubtedly sick at the
time of treatment and could not be
affected by the treatmnet.