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NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Cowboy of Frontier Days
Will Stage a ‘Com e-Back ’
Through New Industry
SAN FRANCISCO.—From the'. -lid
north comes the call for the sons of
the old wild west.
And with his swagger and trap
pings man of the ranges is pre
paring to answer the call. From
Montana, California, Oregon, Ne
vada and the Dakotas cowboys are
getting ready to leave the drive and
picturesque roundup to “ride herd”
on the last frontiers of civilization,
the sub-Arctic barrens of Alaska.
Instead of Texas long-horns they
will “punch” the prong-horns of
the Behring, the Alaskan reindeer.
In place of flaring chaps and flapping
sombreros they will wear heavy'
boots, three pairs of sox, parkas and
heavy' fur caps. They will ride be
hind swift Eskimo dogs or hike it
on snow-shoes.
The call for experienced seasoned
frontiersmen is insistent, for the
reindeer industry of the north is
pretty closely following the histori
cal development of the old western
range.
The eighty scrubby, half-starved
reindeer, imported into Alaska from
Siberia in 1902 by the government
as an experiment in food supply for
the natives, have grown to nearly
200,000 head at present, valued ap
proximately S3O each. It is expect
ed that within fifteen years the herd
will number between ten and twen
ty-five millions, the grazing capacity
of Alaska.
Already the industry is being con
sidered as serious competition for
the big meat packers of the United
States. Last year only 1,700 car-
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casses were shipped; 11,000 will be
shipped in 1920, it is estimated.
Five cold storage plants with a
capacity of one to five thousand
carcasses each are now in operation
with more in contemplation, and re
frigerator ships are to be put on
between Seattle and Alaska imme
diately.
Leaders in the new industry say
the herds will increase 125 per cent
every three years, so that in fifteen
years 8,000,000 carcasses will be
shipped yearly. The meat, selling
now at thirty-five cents per pound
wholesale, will then sell at fifteen
cents per pound retail, according to
Jafet Linderberg, largest private
owner of reindeer in Alaska.
Reindeer can be raised in Alaska
at little or no cost other than their
care. They feed upon the reindeer
moss and one man can care for 2,-
000 head.
Each year redoes, similar to the
famous old “roundups” of the wild
west days, are held. From hundreds
of miles around, natives drive in be
hind their swiftest reinder, head
herdsmen are chosen, and prepara
tions made for the next year’s busi
ness. For the natives and deer-men
are looking upon Alaska as the fu
ture Texas of the world as a meat
supplying center.
But if Americans wish this deli
cacy they must prepare to outbid Eu
rope, says Linderberg, who main
tains that every pound of reindeer
meat, up to the maximum capacity
of Alaska, can be sold to
who are willing to pay almost any
price demanded.
Southern Hogs Will
Command Good Prices,
Says Federal Bureau
Information secured by the bureau
of markets, United States department
of agriculture, indicates that south
ern hogs will command prices as
high as those paid for hogs from
the corn belt if they are properly
fed and handled. Nearly 6,000 hogs
from a single owner in Mississippi
have been received at the National
Stockyards, Illinois, within the past
few months and all were firm, fin
ished porkers, which sold well in line
with the best that came from other
sections of the country. A represen
tative of the bureau of Markets made
some inquiries into the manner in
which these hogs were fed. He dis
covered that the same owner has
feeding pens in lowa as well as in
Mississippi, and that he bought his
young pigs and fed them a mixed
grain ration in connection with corn
and tankage. All the animals showed
intensive feeding and weighed 250
pounds or over when they arrived at
the market.
It would be especially advantage
ous to the southern farmer to study
the use ‘of well-balanced grain ra
tions and the complementary adapta
tion of peanuts and velvet beans,
which can be grown so abundantly
in that section.
Twelve carloads of hogs were re
ceived from a single Tennessee own
er at the same stockyards. These an
imals were of a distinctly southern
type, says the bureau of markets
representative, but they were well
finished on corn, and sold readily at
the top of the market, despite the
fact that they came from the so-call
ed “doubtful territory.” The own
er received a check for $72,417, the
largest ever paid to a patron of that
market for a single shipment.
Next Summer’s Pests
Can Be Killed Now
Much can be done now to reduce
the possibility of insect plagues next
summer if a little effort is directed
toward the destruction of insect
shelter areas. Around the grounds
and gardens, under hedges, beside
ditches, and in fence corners are
bunches of insect-sheltering weeds
or grass. By the time cold weather
approaches many kinds of the in
sects in the adult or immature stages
have taken full advantage of these
nooks and hidden away there for the
winter. The bureau of entomology
United States department of agricul
ture, says ' h ’iat if these spots ar
cleaned up and the refuse cut ani
burned, many of these hibernating
insects will- be destroyed and the
damage from such pests during the
coming season will be materially les
sened.
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Reindeer and Musk Ox
Are Canadian Firm’s Cattle
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A reindeer and musk ox of the far north. Inset is a picture of
Vilhajamur Stefannson, Arctic explorer.
WINNIPEG, Can.—The reindeer
and the musk ox may become new
sources of wealth to Canada. The
Hudson Bay company, famous pio
neer developer of the American con
tinent, has been chartered by the
government to domesticate these ani
mals, and a separate department of
the company with a capital of $200,-
000 and the advice of the noted Artic
explorer, Vilhajamur Stefannson, will
proceed at once with his plans.
Stefannson spent five years in the
far north living almost exclusively
on the land. He says the miisk ox
and the reindeer, which abound «it
the Article circle, can be made to
supply meat and wool.
Lack of Good Storage
For Sweet Potato Crop
Is Costly to the South
It is doubtful if any crop produced
in the United States suffers as much
loss from waste as the sweet potato.
A survey by the bureau of plant in
dustry of the United States depart
ment of agriculture showed that the
loss to the crop T>y preventable dis
ease was more than 50 per cent, but
often after the crop is harvested
f,rowers fail to take advantage of the
possibilities of the great northern
narket. The country would eat
sweet potatoes, but the field is far
from being developed to its full ca
pacity.
Charts prepared by the bureau of
markets show .that eleven states
south of Virginia and Kentucky
which grow the southern varieties
produced approximately 146,360 cars
of sweet potatoes and market 4,020
cars, or less than 3 per cent of the
production. The remaining sixteen
states growing the Jersey type pro
duce approximately 26,273 cars and
market 11,353 cars, or about 45 per
cent of the production. The eleven
states which produce 85 per cent of
the total crop ship only 26 per cent
of the total shipments, while the oth
er states' producing only 15 per cent
of the total crop ship 74 per cent of
the total shipments. A study of the
situation on the part of the bureau
of markets in co-operation with state
Measures to Prevent
“Cornstalk Poisoning”
Should Now Be Taken
At this season of the year losses
of stock that has been turned to pas
ture on standing cornstalks, after
the corn has been harvested in the
autumn, are usually reported in large
numbers. An element of mystery
has surrounded the death of cattle in
these instances. The disease is char
acterized by a very rapid course. In
fact, very commonly there are nt*
premonitory symptoms, and it is not
unusual for the owner upon visiting
the field in the morning to find one
or more fat cattle dead which on the
previous evening were apparently in
excellent health.
Another peculiarity of the disease
is that losses may occur on one farm
or one field, while cattle on the ad
joining farm may be free from the
affection. Reports of “cornstalk
poisoning” are always numerous at
this time of year. Various investi
gators in the past have attempted to
discover some germ or organism, or
some toxic substance, which might
cause this condition, but thus far
the cause of the disease has not been
established. However, in many of
the cases that have been investigat
ed, other circumstances were found
which might have been responsible
for the trouble. One of these is the
fact that cattle which have been ac
customed to altogether different feed
often have acute indigestion when
turned upon cornstalks. This may
be caused by overeating corn left in
the fields or by the consumption of
cornstalks which had been fiosted
before maturity. There remains also
the possibility of some poisonous
principles in certain of the stalks,
but such a principle nas not yet been
demonstrated.
A peculiarity of stalk feeding is
that “cornstalk disease” almost
never develops from cut and cured
stalks.
Therefore to prevent losses it
would be safer to cut and cure the
stalks before feeding, although it is
realized that for many 'farmers this
method is well-nigh impracticable. In
the latter case the cattle should be
permitted to remain in the stalk
fields for only an hour or so the
“Land is first sought by hunters,
next by farmers and finally by manu
facturers,” says Stefannson. “We
have hunted the far north. Now
comes the time of grazing and cat
tle raising and after that perhaps
an industrial development.”
“Musk oxen and~reindeer are more
valuable for beef than cattle,” says
Stefannson. “The musk ox forages
for itself and will produce 16 to 18
pounds of wool a year.
“There are huge stores of oil, tim
ber and minerals and plenty of water
power in the far north. Sooner or
later the musk ox and reindeer will
lead the way to the population of
that section.”
agricultural colleges, has convinced
specialists that conditions can be
remedied.
One great in the southern
sweet potato centers is proper and
sufficient storage facilities to hold
crop until it can be disposed of, says
the department of agriculture. It is
believed that such facilities would
not only permit marketing of a much
larger proportion of the crop, but
would obviate the necessity of sell
ing at any price' which is offered for
spot sales. Farmers in the back
country are also often insufficiently
informed on efficient methods of
gathering and grading. To correct
these conditions an exhibition car
called “the sweet potato special,” was
sent out by Clemson Agricultural col
lege and the United States depart
ment of agriculture under special ar
rangements with several railway
companies. The special covered twen
ty-one stations in nineteen counties of
South Carolina. More than 2,100
farmers visited the car and were
shown proper methods of handling
and grading, and cautioned against
costly mistakes. Among the exhibits
was a model of a practicable sweet
potato storage house, such as are
built by private parties or by co
operative organizations fostered by
the extension service.
Meade Cotton Makes
Splendid Showing in
Government Tests
Meade cotton when run through a
of spinning tests by the bu
reau of markets, United States de
partment of agriculture, gave 3.5 per
cent more visible waste than did the
sea-island cotton under the same
conditions. Textlie specialists be
lieve that the waste can be lowered
to equal that of sea island by mak
ing certain minor adjustments on in
dividual machines and that no in
jury to the yarn will result frqm such
changes. A mill thattis equipped to
run sea-island cotton of a certain
staple can be changed to run the
Meade variety of the same staple
with very little resetting of the ma
chinery.
When tested for breaking strength
in the coarser number of yarns, sea
island cotton broke somewhat strong
er than the Meade yarn, but this dif
ference is believed to be due to ad
verse growing conditions under
which the latter variety was produc
ed. When spun into finer yarns the
Meade thread gave an equal break
ing strength with sea island.
first day and a little longer each
succeeding day until they become
used to the feed.
It is always a good plan to fur
nish a varied diet, and the practice
of certain farmers to furnish daily
to such animals also a fair amount
of bright, well-cured hay is thought
well of.
The so-called cornstalk disease
should not be confused with poison
ing from eating sorghum. Deaths
among stock from eating sorghum
have been traced to prussic-acid
poisoning. Under certain conditions
of growth sorghum has resulted in
serious losses of cattle.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOB
WOMEN
j The home Is our most Important
I national asset. We should guard and
care for It with greater circumspec
tion, therefore, than any other ele
ment of our civilization. It Is the
place In which not only character
and life’s viewpoint are formulated,
but in which we teach morality and
develop the physique of the nation.
For a long time we have felt that
we were the most progressive and
successful people in the world. Lit
tle did we think in those halcyon
days that any considerable proportion
of our people would ever be found
defective physically. It was, there
fore, a startling surprise to all of
us to disco-ver when the draft law
went into effect that one-third of the
supposed flower of the manhood of
our nation had to be assigned to the
ineffective class. Furthermore, it
appeared that many of them were
suffering from conditions brought
abcut largely through the consump
tion of an undesirable dietary. In
other words, the nature and variety
of the food provided in the home and
the manner in which it was cooked
and served was responsible to a con
siderable degree for the alarming sit
uation portrayed above. Under the
circumstances, a presentation of
some of the facts regarding instruc
tion in home economies in in the
United States is highly appropriate
at this time. It is only recently
that work of this character on a na
tion-wide basis has ever been
thought necessary.
The passage of the Smith-Hughes
act represented the first effort made
to encourage work of this character
through federal’subventions. Under
the terms of this measure, national
and state vocational boards were ap
pointed. One of their chief func
tions was to see that teachers of
home economics are trained in our
land-grant institutions in sufficient
numbers to meet the requirements of
the situation. Evening, part time
and all day classes were to be estab
lished. Up to the present time 296
evening, 62 part time and 302 all day
classes have been established. In
many states only a beginning has
been made, and in the states where
the law is functioning most success
fully, only a' very, very small part
of the women and girls are being
reached. Os course, the greatest
progress is being made in the states
which are most densely populated,
with the exception of Utah, which
has more all day schools in propor
tion to population than any other of
the states. This is greatly to her
credit, and shows an appreciation of
the importance which economic in
struction is to play in the develop
ment of the people of the state that
will stand her in good stead in the
future.
When the Smith-Hughes bill was
passed, we were so little concerned
about home economics instruction
that it was inadequately provided
for in that measure. As a result,
funds are not available with which
to carry forward the home economics
work on the basis provided for in
the case of agriculture and trades
and industries. For the training of
vocational teachers in all three sub
jects covered under the terms of this
measure, an equal amount of money
will presumably be available on June
30, 1921. On the other hand, there
will be available for the salaries of
vocational teachers of agriculture
from federal funds $1,266,875.30, for
trades and industries, $1,277,073.99,
and for home economics, only $255,-
414.60. Viewed from another angle,
we find that the amount available
for the salaries of teachers per sl,-
000 made available from federal
funds for the training of vocational
teachers is as follows: Agriculture,
$1,940.27; trades and industries, sl,-
955.89, and home economics, $391.18.
In other words, a living wage and a
desirable salary have been provided
for teachers of agriculture and
trades and industries; whereas, this
condition does not hold true in the
case of home economics teachers. To
prepare for service along home eco
nomics lines is just as costly . nd
takes just as long as would be re
quired of the teacher of agriculture
or trades and industries. The home
economics teacher must have'as fine
personality and possess as much in
dividual capacity as the teacher of
agriculture or trades and industries.
It is manifestly impossible to ex
pect home economics education to
make proper progress or to develop
and accomplish the ends it is ex
pected to serve until it is placed on
the same basis of remuneration as
applies to the other phases of the
work which the federal and state
vocational boards have in charge.
The present situation is entirely
anomalous, and does an injuctice .'to
the home and home-makers which
must be corrected at the earliest pos
sible moment.
This matter is of such grave im
portance to the national welfare that
a bill h already been introduced
in congress which seeks to amend
the Smith-Hughes act to the extent
of placing the funds made available
for work in home economics on the
same basis as that of agriculture and
trades and industries. Everyone
should urge the passage of this bill
with the utmost expedition because
even then s *ws have only taken a short
step in the right direction.
Population figures for the last
census are not generally available
as yet, but even in 1910 it would ap
pear that there were 10,850,581 male
and 1,807,501 female individuals em-
in agriculture. In trades and
industries, the figures were as fol
lows: Males, 12,239,983; females, 6,-
268,271. The women in the homes of
the country at that time numbered
26,476,940. These figures represent
women of eighteen years o. °'e and
over not engaged in any wage-earn
ing capacity. Our population figures
for the census period just closed
show an increase, but, of course,
there has been a transference o. a
considerable portion of the rural
population to the towns and cities.
I feel quite certain, however, that
the percentage of women in the home
will be found relatively the same
when the new census figures have
been worked out and tabulated as
pepfcalned in 1910. As the situation
exists, based on the population fig
ures of 1910, there is less than 1
per cent per capita available for the
training of women and along
home economics lines. The amount
per family for this purpose reaches
the grand total of one and one-quar
ter cents. These figures should set
us to thinking along constructive
lines in the master of home econom
ics education. Certainly the least
we can do is to pass the Fess bill
and remove in some slight degree
the present handicap which has been
inadvertently, no doubt, placed on
home economics training. According
to the federal vocational board, the
federal funds available for expendi
ture in evening classes as they per
tain to home economics for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1919, was $23,-
241.15. For part time classes, $6,-
722.27. For all-day classes, $86,-
344.84. This represents an increase
of $55,848.20" over the previous year.
There was a song wonderfully
popular in England at the inception
of the war. It was on everybody’s
tongue, and was familiar to most of
the citizens of the United States.
Its most urgent refrain was to the
effect that “It’s a long, long way
to Tipperary. It’s a long way to go.”
The thought expressed in the song
was, however. always buttressed
around by such statements as these
—“Are we down-hearted? No; Carry
on, carry on,” and in the end a great
victory was won. In the matter of
home economics, we are very much
in the same position as our allies
were at the beginning of the war. We
have a “long way to go.” It is in
deed a “long, long trail” to travel,
but if we “carry on” with suf
ficient ardor, we will accomplish the
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1920.
seemingly impossible task eventually.
I hope this may be done at not too
distant a date, in any event. Let us
provide the girls and women of this
nation with the training and informa
tion about food, dietetics, home nurs
ing, sanitation and the other funda
mental things essential to the devel
opment of strong and vigorous bod
ies. They are entitled to receive
that type of training which will en
able them to fully understand and
appreciate all the needs of the hu
man body. We must do this if the
nation is to maintain its proper phys
ical condition and eliminate a part
of the waste and inefficiency from
which our human population now
suffers because of improper nutri
tion.
Familiarize yourself with the Fess
bill. Write your senator and your
congressman about it. It is your
privilege to do this. It is. also your
duty and your responsibility as well.
You owe it to your home and the
children that reside therein. You
owe it to the nation and to the world
at large. If the home is our most
important national asset, we must
safeguard It with the utmost care.
We must provide for its maintenance
on the most effective basis possible.
We must remember in this connec
tion that “old things have passed
away and all things have become
new.” Our complex, modern civiliza
tion with the great amount of travel
which now goes on exposes us to the
menace of disease foreign to. our
shores until recent years. The/high
tension under which we live requires
that the body be cared for and nour
ished in a manner different from
that of which was essential twenty
five or fifty years ago. The elabora
tion of the science of bacteriology
has brought to the attention of the
housewife a great variety of com
paratively new food products. It
has been said by some one that "We
live out of a can and a bottle.” This
is not exactly true, but it contains
a sufficient amount of fact to make
it all the more important for us to
understand just how to sustain and
nourish every Organ of the body most
satisfactorily and economically as
well.
To preserve the happiness of the
home, to make the income sufficient
to go around and meet the require
ments of the family calls for the
elimination of waste and an under
standing and appreciation of t
values and dietetics which our grand
mothers could ignore with equanimi
ty. Home economics training and
education of the right character rep
resent the greatest safe-guard we
can throw around our' people. It
means much to evey individual. It
is a subject which should be near
and dear to the heart, therefore, of
every worth-while citizen. Give it
your thoughtful studjr and considera
tion and support all measures calcu
lated to help provide the girls and
women of America with all the fun
damental information relating to
this important subject.
The Winter Management of Fruit
Trees
G. A., Geneva, Ga., writes: I
would like some advice in regard
to caring for fruit trees at this
season of the year.
This is the season of the year
when orchards can be given some
consideration with profit and advan
tage. This is a good time to worm
the trees. To do this, you should
open up the earth around the trees
and then, with a sharp pointed wire
examine the bark for any openings
which borers may have made. When
these are found, run the wire into
the openings and destroy the grub.
The earth should then be thrown
back to the tree. The trees should
be protected from damage by ro
dents by putting a boot wire around
the trunks about two and one-half
feet high. The mesh of the wire
should be not over one-fourth to one
half an inch. Screen wire will do,
but the heavier, galvanized wire will
last longer. Do not draw the wire
so tight as to constrict the trunk
of the tree in any sense.
Trees should be pruned according
to their nature and character, and
the branches thus cut out should be
carefully gathered up and., as a rule,
burned. Especially is this desirable
if the trees are infested with scale.
December is a good 'time in which
to spray with self-boiled lime sul
phur for the destruction of scale.
The orchard may be plowed, and
it? is a desirable practice to break
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| // you will put the calendars of a new year up on
O your walls. You have weathered the labors of the past
p ■*' four seasons —with what benefits and damages you recall *■
» full well. Now the cycle of a new year looms ahead, and we
must prepare to gather the fruits of 1921.
x It is a time when conservative manufacturing enterprises
and business houses are reviewing the past, taking stock of
resources, and building future campaigns. Leaks are
stopped, heeds are reckoned with, and plans are made with
extreme care.
Winter is the best time in most sections for complete
farm inventory, for overhauling machines and making
repairs, for accurate reckoning of profit and loss, for plan
ning crop changes, for discarding old habits and considering
new methods.
I Every farmer knows this. It is good to see that there is
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dose of every December, on the farms of America. It is so
easy a matter to slide through the comparative resting
period of Winter, and then Spring with its hundred duties
bursts forth and finds many important matters and details
\unattended to. -
We are glad to note this trend toward business-farming
• because we hope to be allied with Agriculture many more
years and because our interests are so closely mingled with
/ 1 the interests of the farming world. So then, while we are
setting our own house in order for 1921, we pause to publish
t^ie hope that you, the reader, may set forth into a new year
°f farming enterprise with all plans laid for a most profitable
twelve-month
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it up to a good depth at this season
of the year. If the soil is chilly
or inclined to wash, plant a cover
crop on it. Rye will be one of the
best crops for this purpose as it
is hardy, holds the
soil well and makes a relatively rapid
growth.
A BABN SUITED TO A SMALL
FABM
T. O. H., Atlanta, Ga., writes:
I desire to build a barn suitable
for a farm of 100 acres; the
barn to be used as a combina
tion cattle and horse barn, it be
ing my intention to have five or
six milch cows and two horses or
mules, with provision for hay
loft and room to store corn.
Would it be more practical to
build all together or separate
stables for horses and cows and
corn crib? I do not wish the
structure to be too expensive.
Any suggestions will be appre
ciated.
There is no reason why you should
not build a combination barn of the
character you have in mind. A
structure sufficiently large to house
four head of work stock, six milch
cows and provide ample storage
space for /hay and grain need not
be over thirty feet wide and sixty
feet long. You could, of course, put
up a smaller barn than this, but we
believe it desirable to provide storage
space for farm implements so that
they may be protected from the
weather.
The stalls for horses or mules
should be aobut four feet wide. For
cows, five-f<v>t stalls will be ample.
It is desirable to have a passage four
feet wide in the rear of all classes
of animals. In building a structure
of this kind for myself, I would
allow for four stalls for work stock,
six stalls for cows and two box
stalls Bxlo for calves or sick ani
mals. These I stalls might appro
priately occupy one side of the bar.
I would leave a ten-foot passage
down the center so that one could
drive through with a wagon when
necessary. On the other side there
would be a storage space about
twelve to fifteen feet wide for imple
ments. This may be closed in with
sliding doors.
If a gambrel roof is built, the
storage capacity of your barn can
be very greatly increased at a com
paratively small cost. The lower
story of your barn should be about
eight feet high, and, if you use a
sixteen-foot post, it will give you
ample storage space above for the
hay, -grain and forage you may wish
to store and carry through the win
ter. In one end of this structure I
would have a corn crib and make it
rat-proof by lining it with closely
meshed, heavy wire or tin. It will
not cost much to do this, and it will
prove a great satisfaction and saving
in the long run.
A tight floor should be laid over
the joists to prevent dirt working
down into the stable. Tongue and
groove material will be found satis
factory for this purpose. I would
nut a cement floor and gutter in the
rear of the cows so as to make the
stable sanitary. You can, of course,
partition that part of the barn used
for work stock if this is desirable.
We would certainly put the barn on
a cement foundation and treat the
lower sills (With tar to preserve them
against decay. This structure would
cost anywhere from $1,500 to $2,500.
We would prefer to use galvanized
iron roofing in preference to any
other. No doubt composition roofing
will prove cheaper, but we think it
would be nothing like as satisfac
tory or permanent. ’
USING MILK FROM A COW BIT
TEN BY A DOG
J. A. N., Tree, Ga., writes: Will
there be any danger in using
the milk from a cow which has
been bitten by a mad dog? It
has been three months since she
was bitten.
Veterinarians advice that unless
lacerations of the mouth have oc
curred that there is not likely to be
any especial danger from using milk
of a cow bitten by a mad dog. The
period of incubation with this dis
ease is from three, to four weeks,
and from my own fioint of view, I
would not use until the full
expiration of this time. Thirty days
should indicate to. you whether the
milk may be used with advantage or
not, because the disease should cer
tainly develop in that length of time.
U. S. and Canada ♦ |
Will Hold Conference '
To Fight Com Borer
A conference between representa
tives of the United States depart
ment of agriculture and Canadian of
fices was he.l4 at G->“lph, Ontario,
November 1 and 18, to co.hsider bet
ter methods of control of the Euro
pean corn borer, which, according to
latest surveys, has infested a ter
ritory of about 3,800 square miles.
One infested territory extends for
about 34 miles west of the Niagara
river, along the north shore of Lake
Erie and about- 10 miles inland; the
other, farther west, is an irregular
tract 50 by 75 miles in its largest
dimensions. It is now definitely be
lieved that the pest was imported
with European broom corn brought
to a large factory in St. Thomas
about 1909 or 1910. It is only re
cently that has spread to sufficient
extent to attract general alarm. It
is expected that the matter will be
taken before the Dominion Parlia
ment this winter. The department
and New York state, representatives
also held a conference in Buffalo,
November 19, where a program re
garding the conduct of the corn
borer quarantine of certain towns in
western New York was agreed upon.
This program will be announced lo
cally, and will assist farmers o' the
infested regions to plan their 1921
crop so as to avoid loss.
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