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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1891)
OMAHA DAILY BEE : KOMDAY , FEBRUARY 2 , OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER. The Causes of the Spread of Hog Cholera Discussed. FEEDING OF CORN STALKS TO COWS M liy Potatoes Hun Out Tlic of Western .Ilonny llio Hon General i NCWH. Wo think few things tire moro clonrly established than Unit hog cholcrii la caused by a specific gorrn and spreads only by the Hut-cad of that germ , bays the Iowa Homestead.Vo have just now a case In hand Illustrating the method In which the disease IH spread through the deportation of the germs. Mi1. John Smith wishes to buy some hogs to follow cattle , Ho hud an opportunity to buy seine very well bred shoats at . ' ) cents , but being what Is known as n sharp trader , ho went into a neighbor hood at seine distance and bought qulto a lot at 10 cents per hundred less. IIo had u chance to buy a wagon load or seat at the stock yards In the ncarobt town ai n bargain and took them In. In a few days these last wore taken with the cholera contracted no doubt before ship ment to the yards. After about thirty or forty hogs had died ho concluded that u change wotdtl do them good , and BO lie drove them along a public' high way to a farm ho owned at some distance. Seine died on the way , others strayed off into the cornfields , others loft the now yards and wandered round the neighborhood. Was itanythlng slrango that the disease broke out .along this highway and in the neighborhood where this herd was foil ? This now lot was on the bank of a stream , find today fifty or moro of these dead hogs are lying along its banks waiting to bo carried down with. the spring rains. Wo cite this ease because - cause it is a typical ono , and do not give names or locality , because the circum stance -Is so common that it will bo located by our readers in a great many counties nnd in several states. The man who Is looking out for bargains abounds every fall of every year , and in buying hogs to follow cattle ho connot roslbt the temptation to buy cheap. Again , ho has hoard that niovinp hogs will cure the disease , nnd in doing so ho leaves a trail of disease along the highway. Many states have laws prohibiting this tralllc , but neighbors do not wish to make trouble and the law remains a dead letter. Had the diseased herd been quarantined , the disease might have been stamp jet out , and the loss confined to the man who Invited the disease through the mania for buying cheap. Another case comes to mind. A prominent Iowa breeder attended the Iowa sttito full * with a large number of hogs. lie re turned them in a stock car that had re cently carried hogs , and for hick of crates had to leave two run loose in the car. Shortly after his return ono of these two was taken sick ; and , being in free communication with the rest of the herd , it was not long until the herd was practically wiped out. Although it is a case not clearly proven , there is every reason to believe that the infection was contracted In this car which had recently been loaded with hogs and used ngnin without being disinfected , Wo know of another man who is los ing his hogs with the disease and won dered lone how it came to him. lie dis covered at hist that the doad-hog-man had boon along the road , and that a little pig had fallen off the load , nnd that Boino of his pigs had baen soon eating the carcass. Wo might mention dozens of such cases. When cholera breaks out suddenly hi a new locality , a careful in quiry will show that it had some means of conveyance. There nro BO many means of conveyance ; especially in the fall season , the season of the greatest movement of stock hogs , that It is not always possible- determine how it does come , nor is it always possible to guard against it. There is , however , much conveyance that is avoidable , and it is to call attention to the necessity of the utmost vigilance that wo cite those cases that have come to our knowledge from different parties the last few days. Cows Corn Stalks. It has long been considered by many that in feeding corn stalks , with or with out meal , bran , etc. , it is best to out them as short as possible. In a chat with Mr. Far-roll , of Hampshire , Kane county III. , at the O. J. Farmer olllco the other day , wo drew out his method of feeding milch cows , of which ho has about ono hundred and llfty , most of whoso milk ho sends by railroad direct to Chicago dealers. So far this winter ho has fed his cows no hay , but only cut corn stalks , and a mixture of ono-quar- tor corn meal and three-quarters shorts. Ho will continue corn stalks as long as they last towards spring. This method ho lias practiced for a doion years or moro. The corn mainly used is the common western dent. It is husked in the flold , and partly sot in stooks to bo hauled in as fed , and partly diawn Into stacks when dry. This feeding gives better mlllc and more of it than the best tame hay. IIo , however raises consider able B. & W. ensilage corn , which furnishes a largo amount of stalks and loaves to the acre. It Is grown in drills three feet ton Inches apart , stalks six to ton inches apart in the row. This is drilled In from May 1 to Juno L'O. and cut and shocked in tinio to escape the frost. No ono of the ears mature In rogurd to how long to out feeding stalks , he says lie began with half Inch lengths , but the cows boon had sore mouths , and on examination ho found the woody portion tion of those short pieces would go up around the teeth and pierce the gums , and his experience the past ton years lias boon in favor of cutting about two Inches long. Thcbo do not get on end nnd ploreo the mouth , nnd perhaps iibsist bettor in forming n cud when no hay is usod. In summer the cows go to pas ture about the middle of May , but tire fed ovary nlglit and morning with a smnl' ration of meal shorts , and this is contin ued tntb August , when ho begins to feed heavier and gives some onsilnuro corn cut green , and this is continued on to the ripening of the corn. In winter the cut stalks fed are about half and half on- eilago stiuks and tho&o from the rogulni corn crop. On the sixmo day with the above , wo had a chat at the olllco of James War wick , of Mercer county , Illinois , who makes a business of raising cattle foi market. Ho also feeds corn stalks large ly but in his experience nnd obsorvntloi the most profitable corn stalks are those which have produced fifty to 100 bubhols of bound corn per ncro , the corn to bo cut as soon as the oars are glazed sutll clontly to not shrink in drying. Ho bo liovcs that while the stalks are almost a peed nsHany raised exclusively fo feeding , the sound corn itsol hna paid for rnisinff , nud so the odder in practically -free. Hitherto ho HIS fed his stalks whole , and allowed ho cattle to chow tlium , but proposes ho coming year to use ono of the "fod- or buskers" which cut nnd cruch the talks and In the same operation hu< .ho ears and throws them out separately. lo has conversed with two or three armors who have tried these machines ho past year and they nro much pleased vith them. lie thinks they are the joining machines , and that they will esson the amount of hay fed , and In- renso the amount of com fodder used. Mr , Warwick has used and is using a good deal of StowolPs Evergreen sweet orn for fodder. Whllo this does not u'oduco so largo a bulk as ensilage corn , 10 thinks it greatly superior in quality , lo plants It as etvriv as practicable , in Iriltsfeet { , 10 inches apart , the hills 5 Inches atvirt , two" to four stalks to gether. This produces n great many tii's , which nro not husked at all , but cd with stalks. When thus fed , ears mil allho considers it the richest fodder jrown. Tlio Qiinllty of Wcsiorn Ilonojr. Three and four years ago largo qimn- rltles of western honey found a market n the east. The Michigan , Ohio and 'Tow ' York bcokeopors were bomowhat urprifced at the quality of this honey , t being exceptionally line. The discus sions in conventions and journals of rntornlty decided that it was heart- soubo ( mammoth smart weed ) honey. Whllo there Is no doubt that tlicro wan argo quantities of this kind shipped just , fully ono-thlivl to ono-luilf was > uckwhoit : honey. It generally takes the surplus in hives ifter wintering , together with the May ) lootn , the white clover and the linden , to build u ) > colonies in the spring pro- mrntory to swarming , lo go through summer drouths , and to build up new and old colonies after swarmln rte n sur plus storing capacity , This period is ( enorally some time in August and the Irst of September. The bees arc usual- ylnn booming shape for surplus stor- ng at the tlmo heartsease and buck- vhuut tire coming in and are at their H-st. So the product of these .wo classes of llowgrs nro thrown nto the supers together. Honey , hnt is bold for all buclcwhoat may bo itilf heartsease , and vice versa. A good quality of heartsease honey leathered in athor a dry season is very clear and of ino flavor , nearly as good as white clover. Buckwheat honey gathered from patches grown In the prairie country of -ho west beneath the rays of an almost tropical sun in color is very light and in quality is far bettor than the eastern jrown product , whore it is dark and has iho strong buckwheat flavor that makes t unpopular to many. It is not hero claimed there is no surplus white cleverer or linden honey In the west. There is inch , and every ono having bees should io prepared for catching these crops if Lhoir locality is favorable forsuch honey. It eastern and southern buckwheat honey ire sot on the table with the western product from the same source , it will bo 'ound that the castorn.and southern pro duct cannot bo compared with our west ern lionoy. The humid east cannot pro- luce in tills line what the dry west can. The east can produce quantity , the west quality. \Vliy 1'otntocfl Kan Out. In response to the query why farmers ind others believe that potatoes , after u orm of years , deteriorate or run out , n. correspondent of the Germantown Tele- ; ranh writes : There are several reasons or believing that they do run out , but 10 valid reason for be'lioving that they should run out if proper seed is planted n the right kind of hoil at the proper .imo. The potato can bo grown to por- 'ection only upon high ground n little nclined to bo drynot sandybut a strong oatn that is light and fino. Good corn and will usually produce good potatoes , nit the practice has often been to plant them whore the corn would not grow well. Low , wet , heavyclnyoy or mucky lolls are unsuitable for potato growing ; the tubers will always bo poor and watery. Such polls are lacking in the necessary mineral elements , therefore tore the potato is not perfectly matured. Planting poor seed upon poor ground 'or a series of years in succession will liavo a tendency to run out any variety , iiowovor good. Planting Into , after the sprouts got along and are knocked oil , is poor economy , the second sprouts are ipt to bo weaker and smaller. There is no reason yet proved why any variety may not bo kept up to its primitive yield and quality if good seed is selected nnd pUmted on suitable soil , and given the proper care and handling. It is gen- generally considered poor economy by close observers to use much green ma nure upon potato land. A light dressing - ing of fine old yard manure spread on , and a handful of suporphospato in the hill , will produce a good crop on the right soil. As to the soil , which I con sider of the greatest importance of all , 1 would say again , coat-so , gravelly soils tire unsuitable , us also are low , heavy or swampy boils that do not drain oil readily. The soil may bo clayey , but not .vvy ; in faet , u clayey loam that will produce hordsgrass or timothy , year after year , Is good land for producin potatoes. Possibilities of tlio Desert. The Yumn Sentinel draws the follow ing picture of the products and possibil ities bordering the desert : "In. the great vtilloy of the Colorado , below Yumn , rice , cotton , tobacco , and sugar cane will bo grown in the rich bottom lands near the river. Just back of those lie the 50,000 acres of wild hem p. Another 60,000 acres can bo put into ramie , flax , hemp and other fibrous plants. Back of the track comes the great area of alluvial soil , jubt adapted to the production of all of the citrus and comi-tropicnl fruits. " II. E. 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This week we will have the biggest- bargain sale of fine Trousers we have ever had. Remember , $3.75 will buy some of the finest fabrics \ve have had in stock this season. Sizes are somewhat broken , but so many lots have 'been consolidated that all sizes can be fitted. They are in fine fancy worsteds , cassimeres and cheviots. Plenty of large pants for big men , Mail orders will be filled with the same care and attention that any cus tomer would receive in making his own purchase. Send mail orders with the understanding that you take no risk ; as if goods are not satisfactory - factory they may be returned at our expense , BOYS' LONG PANTS , $1.50 AND $2.00. We have accumulated a large lot of Boys' Long Pants during the season and will offer them at this sale in two special bargain lines at $1.50 and $2,00. BOYS' KNEE PANTS , 50 AND 75 CENTS. 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' 1 hounaiKla rcatorpil uy Hunt * Iffttttit ntt ( luarontoetl TtbllinonhtlM. IdllR MEVV OOOICU \ ttltnc. 1U Advice li | uun IBC auuiy.lv , . . , nnd liiiriixt'Hot Men treated ami rtirtit , to-ilay , iltlK 3IM > H'AI. < < ) . , Itnlln ! < i.V. RSELTS TOO SOON. nrinowirilinMl nu-ilv forBllttin limmtuiHl illnclmrKt'i arm ITUntu.lUouMhoiinfii. . A Jorlttlllcurn ( urtlllMlflllll- tntlnn wettkniM jitcullar tun unit n. JrrcB < Tih8lt nd fielsnfa In nrn mm end I UK It to " BUtfereri. J BTONEIIM 0OecATtiR.a. , ! ol < 1 liy I > ruiKlilB .00. JOSEPH GILLOTT'S. ' STEEL PENS. < GOLD MEDAL , PARIS EXPOSITION , 1880 , i ' / THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS ,