The Bozeman courier., 1927-06-03
HTF WE are to believe the scientists
and not to do so today would be
II follv for we are living in a daV

HTF WE are to believe the scientists
and not to do so today would be
Il folly, for we are living in day
when we are almost wholly depend
ent on them for our agricultural sue
cess-we are raising livestock at a con-
stantly increasing peril" says Alice M.
Pierce in The Denver Post. Diseases
are rampant in spite of controlling meas
ures; evil parasites, insects, bacteria and
diseases are on the increase. And this
is no more than to say that evil bacteria
are finding favorable breeding places on
our farms today and are propagating
themselves, dirty soils making easy the
life Of vicious bacteria in yards being
used over and over again.
Lack Of growth in young animals"
continues Miss Pierce, els more and more
being laid to infection in the soil. When
birds show a distinct tendency to grow
light in spite Of good feed they are, no
doubt, suffering from intestinal worms
Raise young pigs on the same sol! for
year or two and suddenly young pigs be-
come stunted and will make failure.
Indeed we do not yet know the menace
Of dirty soil, with the limited knowledge
Of the laws and processes Of bacterial
life.
Thousand Bacteria Lurk at Every Turn
"a thousand vicious bacteria may be
waiting in dirty soil to be taken up by
livestock to complete their cycle Of life
/ to return to the soil again increased in
vigor, other than the defiant coccidia,
the cape worm, the black head germ, or
the Intestinal worm. And as the coun-
/ try grows older and a greater number of
| livestock are kept the greater will be the
danger from infection. Indeed filthy,
dirty areas are proving veritable hotbeds
today for the propagation Of bacteria
| bacteria that are becoming supreme in
their invisible world in spite of the scien-
tific search in the field and laboratory
for secrets that would lead to the cure
of diseases.
Clean soils are Offering to the farmer
the surest way of controlling diseases
by preventing them. No doubt the soil
has a distinct contribution to make to-
ward the growth and thrift Of young
life, but the soil must be fresh and clean
and free from evil bacteria. Tt might be
well to assume that all young life at the
time of advent into this world are free
from disease and parasites, at any rate
growers who are keeping them free from
these troubles are succeeding. When pas
lures have been changed allowing thI
one to grow a crop OF grain or grass be,
fore again put into use as pasture, thI
raising Of livestock has become profitable
Where poultry yards have had to b,
used over and over again they have beer
kept clean and free from infection by
covering of coarse, clean gravel. Six o
prevent poults from coming in contac
: with dirty soil; gravel's continuous abil
ity to filter dirt downward and its ten
dency to keep dry and clean makes i
ideal for poultry.
However, the infection of the soil /
i probably not deeper than two or thre
Il inches; If the material is removed /
should be placed where the birds canno
get at it, since the worm eggs it contain
are very resistant, the eggs retaining thei
vitality for year or longer If moistur
4 be sufficient.
"a pasture of blue grass, alfalfa Q
clover makes the safest pasture for bah
chicks and turkeys, as well as for live
stock. Indeed, preventive measures /
clean grass pastures are the surest wa
to prevent new diseases apd to curb tn
tendency of diseases to spread as tn
country grows older. For years turkey
were raised successfully in the east; grea
II train loads OF turkeys trekked to marke
4 at the holiday season, and most all tn