River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-06-22

states CID not use their allotment and
therefore Wisconsin has chance to
get some more after July 1st. The
Government distributes this acid only
thru the College of Agriculture, and
through it to the County Agents of
the state. The present price per
pound delivered in Wisconsin in car
load lots is Ii ITO cents. Where
brought into the counties in less than
carload lots, the local freight from
where the carload lot was shipped has
to be paid by the consumer. Not over
two hundred pounds will be allowed
for each individual. The picric
acid is not to be distributed for
other agricultural purposes such as
removing stumps stones, etc. 1t
must not ever be distributed for
quarrying or other industrial use.
All orders in this county must be sent
to me accompanied by money order
payable to the College of Agricul-
ture for the amount ordered. | have
the order blanks at my office and will
mail them to you if so requested.
This will be your last opportunity to
get ahold of this cheaper explo-
sive and hope that you will take adj
vantage of it at this time. The ex-
plosive will not be delivered until .af-
ter July 1st. Orders placed now
will probably be received in August.
The picric acid is cartridged and
packed in 100 pound boxes ready for
immediate use in Land Clearing. 1t
is distributed at cost of packing and
labor, boxes, box Innings, trucking
and supervision. No charge is being
made for the material and no
profit is allowed. The increased cost
this year over that distributed in 1921
is due to the fact that this entire
supply has come by freight from
New Mexixco where it is now stored
Caps and fuses should be purchased
through your local hardware dealer
No. 8 caps are to be used with this
explosive. A thousand pounds of pic
nc acid was used by Pierce County
men last year and they were satisfied
with the explosive which was used
for stump blowing and breaking
stones. Get your orders in promptly
tuberculosis causes an annual loss
it is estimated, of about $40,000,000
to producers of farm animals. Re-
cognizing the seriousness of this di--
sease Congress provided a few years
ago, a fund for it's eradication. This
fund was inadequate at first, and has
been increased year by year until it
is now $2,900,000 with state approp-
riations totaling $4,000,000. The Fed
eral Government is employing about
600 veterinarians in the work of tu
berculossis eradication, which mum
Der are cooperating with State au
| thorities in 45 different states. This
work is done entirely with cattle as
it is generally understood that the
disease in poultry and swine is US
ually contracted from the milk and
excretion from unclean cattle Re
cent medical Investigations carried
on in Great Britain, Germany, and
America also show that approximat
ly one third of the tuberculosis ir
children is Of bovine origin. Let's
test cattle in Pierce County for tu-
berculosis and eliminate cause of
this dread disease. At the River
Falls Free Chest Clinic held recently
at the Armory over 33 percent of the
LOT patients examined were found to
have tuberculosis in some form OF
other Fourteen of these cases werF
in such a condition that they were
urged to enter Sanitoria at once, mo-.
only becaue this form of treatment
offers them the best chancec of get
ting well, but also in order to protect
their families from the danger of in
lection. Among those who were
lOuIlild W nave luDcICulOSLS. VI LIlUot
in whom the disease was suspected
as a final diagnosis is not always
possible in one examination, were
four Normal School boys and five
grade and high pupils. Two little
boys of thirteen and girl of four
were among these, and the examin-
ers felt. that they would do besE in
sanatorium Fortunately these
cases were nearly all in the incip-
ent stage, and with proper care at
once it is believed that they will
completely recover. The River
Falls clinic revealed much higher
percentage of tuberculosis than is us
ualy found at these demonstrations
by the State association, the average
being 20 per cent, and only three or
four clinics have had as high a per-