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Education Las xmp Successful i s $ A NW!EW Jl- c>OULt Thit department trill cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Agricultural College, Athens, Ga. a Protective S erums and Their Production The following article on this very important and interesting subject has been prepared especially for the read ers of these columns by Dr. W. M. Burson, professor of veterinary sci ence. in the Georgia State College of Agriculture. All who are interested in live stock should read this article with great care and preserve it for future reference, as it gives information of great value to all who may be interest ed in the use of vaccine or serum for the protection of their live stock. All viccines, serums, and other bio logical products for the testing of ani ■Mds for diseases such as tuberculosis and glanders, for the prevention of Siseases such •as smallpox, diphtheria, typhoid fever of people, anthrax and blackleg of cattle, and cholera of hogs, the Pasteur treatment for the preven tion of rabies or hydrophobia in ani mals and people should be made either by federal, state, or municipal offi cials or employes, or under the direct supervision of federal, state, or munic ipal officials. A large proportion of persons who are informed concerning these matters agree to the above state ment. , \ These preparations are made from cultures of disease-producing organ isms. and unless every step in the process of cultivation of the organ isms. manufacture of the product, and the testing of dhe finished product for proper strength and potency are car ried out with the utmost care, con tamination 'of cultures by other dis ease- producing germs may occur, and the protective or preventive substance may be changed into a substance hav ing disease-producing rather than pre ventive power. As an example of this, there may be Cited the outbreak of foot and mouth tisease of cattle. Smallpox vaccine is produced from cattle inoculated with Cowpox. During 1908 an import ship ment of smallpox vaccine was re ceived by a commercial drug house in the United States, and cattle inoculat ed with the vaccine for the production »f a new supply of vaccine for the market This vaccine proved to be contaminated with the virus causing foot and mouth disease, and produced I JJ Top Buggy. \MH £•_ I fl Retail PHm *4OOO. Bnqriee. Surrej*. f*JS | Spring Wagon*, Farm Wagon*. Wo Zv /7s. I b»»e cut cot our Joobero, our Whole- / \ | / / a W E **ler* *nd our Bet* lers *nd offer YOU /X \ Zz\ H ■B their profit. Write today for our I ■ Free Citilog and DelhrerH Prices. I Mutual CarHagt 1 Harness Mfj. Co. x/ tQj'l \fl fl MbUni 638 Em* M. LmU. m. 1 fl Atlanta Journal r 4lj®F Inauguration Campaign School Voting Coupon Name of Student7 Home of Student -•••*•• .*rr Name of Schodl .. 4 • • z Where located * Must Be Voted On or Before NOVEMBER 29, 1912. . * jlMBk Journal K Inauguration Campaign * ’ t College Voting Coupon | Name of Student' Home of Student Name -of College Where located Must Be Voted On or Before NOVEMBER 29, 1912. Agent or Carrier Atlanta Journal i idrk A/jrjS>V naugurat i on Campaign 4-BF' Voting Coupon Name of Agent or Carrier Home of Agent or Carrier Name of School attended Where Located Must Be Voted On or Before November 29. 1912. ** > s X this disease in the cattle which were in oculated. This disease. somewhat mild in its form, was not noticed by the persops -handling the cattle, and these same cattle were soon afterward placed on sale at a public stock yard, with the result that within six weeks foot and mouth disease had spread into four states, causing great losses. It was eradicated by strenuous- efforts on the part of state and federal officials, at an expense of approximately 1400.- 000. Proper handling and testing of the vaccine would have prevented this loss. The incentive to make money ,lt strong, and this is sometimes respon sible for the placing on the market of biological products of inferior quality. Tuberculin, used as a diagnostic agent for the detection of tuberculosis of cattle, is a biological product of great importance to the human race. It has been proven that tuberculosis of cat tle is transmissible to people through the flesh and especially the milk of affected cows. If cows are tested with tuberculin not of sufficient strength, an improper test results, and a dis eased cow may be declared free of tuberculosis and be a’'owed to remain in a dairy and supply milk, perhaps to infants or invalids. By proper su pervision of manufactories or by allow ing thid" nroduct to be made only by federal, state, or municipal officials, this may be avoided. By this means also these products could be kept out of the hands of persons not competent to use them. Hog cholera serum is and sold by many commercial houses, some of which have long established reputations for honesty and fair deal ing and whose products have high rep utation for quality and efficiency. On the other hand, this same product is being made and sold by individuals or firms of recent experience in this line of work and whose only income is from the sale of serum. It is evident that in at least some Instances there is no desire on the part of these persons to control or eradicate cholera, as in that event their income would cease. Without proper inspection or super vision. there is not the necessity of THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1912. TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM LOMHER STRIKE Only One Company on Guard and Quiet Has Been Restored (By Associated Press.) BATON ROUGE. La., Nov. 16.—Gov ernor Hall early this evening recalled the company of soldiers from Merry ville. whence they were ordered last night in anticipation of trouble de veloping in the strike of employes of the American Lumber company. Reports from Merryville to the gover nor today were reassuring and the parish authorities were considered capable of handling any situation that might de velop. BEAUMONT. Tex., Nov. 16. —Tele- phone messages from Merryville, La.. where a large number of members of the Brotherhood of Timber Workers are on strike, says the town is quiet and that no disorders are feared tonight. One company of troops remains in Merryville, according to the message, but will probably leave tomorrow. SUSPECTED OF ROBBERY HE GIVES HIMSELF UP (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SAVANNAH, Ga„ Nov. 16.—Upon re ceiving a letter from a friend in At lanta. stating that he was suspected of the theft of jewelry from the room of a clerk of the Aragon hotel, Tom Davis, a well known young Savannahian, sur rendered to the police la stnight. Young Davis was in Atlanta on a visit a short time ago. It was while he was at the hotel that the jewelry, some of which has been recovered, is said to have disappeared. He declares he is in nocent of the charge, but admits that he and his friends had access at all times to the room of Clerk Lovejoy from which the jewelry is said to have been taken.* He is willing to return to Atlanta and has been paroled by the police until the arrival of an officer to convey him back to that city. scrupulous care in the handling and testing of their product. Some in stances have been known where serum totally unfit for use has been sent out. Instances of this kind are especially harmful. The farmer who uses such serum depends upon it to prevent chol era in his herd and is disappointed and tells his neighbors of his experience. Properly made and tested serum is very efficient as a preventive of hog cholera, and such instances as the above serve to destroy the confidence of the farmer in this valuable product In some such instances where commer cial serum has been used without re sults. they swine owner refuses to be lieve that there is any virtue in any serum, refuses to use that produced by the authorities of his own state, and becomes discouraged wltn the swine industry. Thfe encouragement of farm ers engaged in hog raising in the south is necessary. The hog cholera serum made by the agricultural colleges and experiment stations of the various states is care fully made and each lot of serum pro duced is thoroughly tested. Not only is care taken to produce serum with power to protect against hog cholera, but also tha| the serum is free from germs which might produce pneumonia or septicemia. The production of se rum and* other similar substances by the states interferes with the business and profits of the various commercial houses manufacturing similar products, and. of course, these firms make efforts to discourage this activity on the part of the state. By reduction of prices and wide advertising pressure is brought to bead on the state. In some instances serum has been offered for sale at extremely low prices in states where serum manufacture by the state is in progress. These low offers are for the purpose either of moving stale stocks of goods or having an influ ence in preventing the appropriation of funds for carrying on or enlarging the business. Furthermore, prices quoted by such establishments are subject to change without notice. Hog cholera serum and other similar prod ucts were not discovered or developed by the commeftial interests, but by experimental and research workers en gaged by the states or federal govern ment. Much other work along the same, lines remains to be carried out and new facts established. This can best be done bV trained men who are employed on regular salary and who are not dependent upon the commercial side of the business, but devote their time to uneartning new things as well as working out better methods of do ing work already in progress. • • • SECURING AN EARLY CROP OF COTTON. J. A. S. T., Burnt Corn, Ala., writes: 1 wish to raise an early crop of cotton in 1913. Would there be any chance now ot ! covering the roots of the stalks with a plowshare where I raised cotton this year so as to keep them alive during the winter and if so would there be any advantage in it so far as an early crop and good yield are concerned? I find | the agricultural columns very helpful ito me in my farm work. / In my judgment it would not be possi } ble to prevent the death of the roots ot i the cotton plant by throwing earth to them after, the plan suggested in your letter. Bven if this were practical, we doubt very much whether you would secure a crop whidh would mature i much earlier than one raised from seed planted in the spring. As a matter of tact, you could not prepare the seed bed or fertilize it so well as were the , seed replanted, and though you might i succeed in protecting the roots of the plant so that they would retain their vitality until the spring, a late frost might then easily destroy the crop. We have seen comparatively few cotton plants go through the winter and woulci not regard this as a practical method of growing this important crop. We have assigned several reasons herewitn to justify the position taken with ref erence to this matter. If we desired to raise an especially early crop of cotton for ourselves, we would prefer to plow the land as soon as practicable, ttirfi 'ing it up as deeply as possible and sub soiling. Disk a few times during the winter to keep the crust broken, so water will be readily abbsorbed. Har- I row and prepare a fine seed bed iff the j early spring. Bed at such distances as I the strength of the land makes advls . able, and plant a bushel of seed to the j acre as early as you think you can . afford to do and eScape a frost suffi- I Icently severe to kill the cotton. The I use of a good grade of fertilizer togeth er with compost and yard manure at 1 the rate of two tons per acre will help I to force the crop along and also to in : sure a good yield. DESTROYING WORMS IN HORSES D. J. T., Jefferson, Ga.. writes: I have I a horse that is very wormy. I have , tried everything I ever heard of, and I they have all failed to do any good. 1 j had a mule to die recently, and think worms were the cause, and I am afraid I the horse will die unless I get some- I thing that will help him soon. Would AUGUSTA WILL W GREILCORN FESTINE Thousands of Exhibits Will Be Shown at Big Carnival , Next Month AUGUSTA. Gn., Nov. 16. —The Augus ta Corn festival, which will be held here the first weelc in next month, De cember 2-7, promises to be one of the greatest attractions ever held, and thou sands of exhibits will be shown from the entire surrounding section of Geor gia and South Carolina. Low rates have been granted on all railroads, and over $3,000 will be paid out iti prizes. This is the second annual festival, and it has .grown to such proportions that it will be a regular merchants’ fair and car nival. The festival is put on under the auspices of the Merchants and Manufac turers’ association and is co-operated in by the State College of Agriculture and United States department of agricul i turc. In'aNdition to the corn display there will be some splendid shows in connec tion with the affair, and everybody com ing will be well repaid for their visit. The show will be held in the down town business district, and displays of corn from Edgefield, Aiken and Barnwell counties. South Carolina; Columbia. Burke, Jenkins, Greene, Wilkes, Wash ington, Baldwin. Hancock, Taliaferro and many other G*>rgia counties will be shown. The express company has granted free transportation of exhibits to th< show, and already Manager J. C. Mc- Auliffe is receiving many exhibits. The show will be held in the Whitney court housse, just off Broad street, on Camp bell, and this is being thoroughly pre pared for the show. The Augusta Corn festival last year took rank as one of the largesst in the south, and this year it will be next to the national corn ex position, with fully $3,000 appropriated for prizes. With low rates on all roads and other attractions in connection with the corn display, it is quite certain that large crowds will attend the festival every day, and he displays will also be open at night. be glad to have you tell me what to do for him. Worms be destroyed in horses by the use of various medicines. We be lieve you will find the following treat ment quite effective: Feed your horse sparingly for at least forty-eight houps, and then give the medicine on an empty stomach, and follow it by an active purgative which will tend to ex pel the worms from the intestines as quickly as possible. There is probably nothing better than turpentine given in two-ounce doses for a good sized horse. The turpentine should be diluted in cot ton seed oil, milk or linseed oil, so that it will not blister the mouth or throat. This should be given once daily for two or three days in succession. Follow by an aloes ball or a pound of Epsom salts dissolved in a quart of lukewarm water. Animals infested with worms generally become debilitated, and on this account should be given a variety of tonic foods. Where you are feeding/corn as the main part of the ration, cut it out for a few days and replace with bran. It is important that you provide as much green as possible and allow the animal a good pasture to range over. We .believe, by following the treatment suggested, you will be able to rid your horse of worms at an early date. FAST TRAIN RAN AWAY; ENGNIEER UNCONSCIOUS (By Associated Press.) NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Nov. 16. A fast train of the Pennsylvania rail road was a “runaway" for a few mo ments yesterday when 1 on the way from New York to Philadelphia the engineer lay scalded and senseless in Ids cab from escaping steam. The presence of mind and pluck of the fire man, Joseph Garrett, averted a prob able wreck of the train, running sixty miles an hour and crowded with pas sengers. Beyond thlri* city one of the driving shafts snapped and part of the rod was hurled through a boiler section. There was a rush of steam and Engineer Frank Barber was enveloped and over come before he could put his hand to the throttle. Garrett, with the train speeding madly on, climbed over to the engineer’s side of the cab and although nearly blinded, managed to get to the throttle. He stopped the train. Bar ber’s condition is serious. For Farm. 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Malaria, fe vers and other diseases are extremely rare. I All these tracts are close to excellent transportation and to the best markets of Georgia, Alabama and other States/ Tifton is on four com peting lines of railway and enjoys excellent train service and .equitable freight rates. The county and the city, are notable for the great preponderance of white citizens and for their cleanliness and progressiveness. For the man who wishes a truck farm or a piece of land of any size for any agricultural purpose this offer is of great and genuine interest. Investigation will reveal that the closer you look into the proposition the better it becomes, yfrite for particulars. Send the Coupon H. 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