Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-03
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
T=~ az. DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

must rely upon preventive measures.
A few days before calving the preg-
navel cord should be tied close to
| tiers where so sick calves have been.
AS soon as the calf is dropped the
navel cord should be tied closed to
| the navel and the parts thoroughly
wat with a solution OF ttncture of
| iodine. The stable in which the first
attack occurs should be thoroughly
dsinfected and no other cow allowed
| to drop a calf in the same place for
a year. Once this disease gets started
! it is very hard to stop, so precau-
! lions should be taken to keep it
| from getting started.
| Non-contagious, or simple scours,
is disorder of the digestive organs.
1t is usually caused by careless
methods of feeding. 1t may be
| caused by feeding too much or too
rich milk, by sudden change of feed,
or time of feeding, by feeding in
| unclean utensils.
All calves should be watched
closely for signs of indigestion. The
first sign is usually foul-smelling
manure. When this condition is
first noticed the ration should be
cut down about one-half. Have pre-,
pared at a drug store mixture of
one-half ounce of formalin in Is 10
ounces water, and give this to the
calf at the rate of one teaspoonful
per pint of milk. After two or three
feeding periods the calf should be
able to take the usual amount of
milk. If a severe case of scours
occurs, the feed should be reduced
at once and a drench of three ounces
of castor oil in a pint of milk given.
This may be followed by a teaspoon
full of a mixture Of one part salOl
and two parts of subnitrate of
blsmuth three times daily for two
or three days. 1t may be we'll to
give the fOrmaline mixture for a
few days while the calf is recover
ing.
The main points to bear in mind
in raising the calf are to feed at
regular times, feed regular amounts
and character of feeds, and when
a change of feed is made make it
gradual, use clean utensils for feed
ing, and watch all calves for diges-
tive disorders.
Destroy the House Fly
DO you realize what damage the
house fly may be doing to your fam
lily or to the community in which
you live? DR.. Jones says that it
is one Of the primary carriers of
filth, that it causes untold sickness
and suffering in thousands of farm
homes. Fortunately we can over
come this menace by screening our
houses. Note why this should be
done: If you are not acquainted
with the damage the house fly is
likely to inflict your attitude will
surely change after you read what
DR.. Jones has to say about it.
AS long as there is fly left to
carry filth and the germs of disease
on his body and deposit them on
my biscuits and jam I am going to
exclude him from my abode if pos
Slble and, what's more, I am going
TO spread propaganda aiming at his
eradication.
If a person were to sit down to
your table with one-fourth the pro-
portionate amount of dirt on him
that the flies have that come and
alight on your victuals you would
push back from the table in disgust
on their clean appearance.
But that is not the worst thing
about them. They actually vomit
on your food! Who else or what
else, in the name of common sense,
would you allow to make a practice
of vomiting around your dining
table and not get hot enough about
it to put them out and exclude them
fI-noo
if you don't believe they do 1t lust
take an hour off sometime and
watch the pest as he alights on
some food material. The proboscis
or nose will be protruded from the
under side of the head and maybe
used for awhile as a prehender of
food, but, if you keep your eye on
him for awhile, you will find that
he forces out a little bubble which
is deposited on the food. This bubble
is regurgitated from the crop or
stomach and is the same material
the fly took into it's stomach out
there in the gutter just a few mo-
mentS ago.
You VIII save doctors bills and
heartaches if you make up yoEr
mind to screen the little home, drive
the last one out and then if by &C.
cident one gets in occasionally just
drop all other duties and stay with
him until you have got his scalp.
He may be carrying the germs of
typhoid, dysentery, sleeping sickness
and others that you don't want your
family to have.
And then begin to think Of ways
in which you can keep your farm free
from the filth i'm which flies like to
breed. Construct a sanitary out
house, keep your stables clean and
the manure in closed places, allow
no garbage to stand in the open,
! bury the carcasses of all animals
| large or small that might die about
the place.
| Keep your farm home clean and
you will be surprised at how the
flies will desert you and go to visit
more hosiptable neighbors.
Keeping Tab on Farm Tools
"a dollar saved is a dollar made. "
We can save many dollars on the
farm by keeping tab on the farm
tools. AS a rule they are allowed
to lie about and rust, and frequent
ly they are lost, strayed or stolen
so that a new investment is requir-
ed each year. This in the aggregate
| proves to be a heavy drain on the