Alliance
Special
Stockmen's Edition
RALD
Special
Stockmen's Edition
OFFICIAL OIIGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. REACHES EVERY MEMBER
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIRKMKV8 ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN
VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915
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CONTAGIOUS ABORTION,
Costly Dlseaaee of Cattle Should be
Combated by Thorough Disinfec
tion of Animals and F remises
In response to many requests for
Information made to the United
States department of agriculture as
to tfce prevention and treatment of
contagious abortion of cattle, the de
partment's specialists in animal di
seases have recommended the folow
lng metlhod of combating the infec
tion: The disease is caused by a specific
infective agent, the bacillus obortus,
and abortion occurs comparatively
Infrequently from other causes. Many
persons have thought that abortion
was due to injury such as blows,
horn thrusts, falls, etc., or to the eat
ing of spoiled feed or certain herbs,
but careful investigations have
proved these views to l-e largely un
founded. Contagious abortion is a
very insidious disease, and as it does
not markedly affect the health of the
individual cow its presence may not
be recognized until the infection has
extended throughout the herd. In
economic importance it ranks second
only to tuberculosis.
Efforts have been made to discover
some medicinal agent which would
cure the disease, and attempts have
also been made to produce a serum,
but this work is still in the experi
mental stage, and no reliable curative
agent has yet been discovered. Our
main reliance must bUII be placed
upon the careful and repeated dis
infection of premises and of animals,
together with the separation of
healthy from diseased animals.
Disinfection of Premises.
The thorough disinfection of prem
ises is essential. This may be satis
factorily accomplished by following
out the following directions:
1. Sweep ceilings, side walls, stall
partitions, floors and other surfaces
until free from cobwebs and dust.
2. Remove all accumulations of
filth by scraping, and if woodwork
has become decayed, porus, or absor
bent, it should be removed, burned,
and replaced with new material.
3. If floor Is of earth, remove
four inches from the surface, and in
places where it shows staining with
urine a sufficient depth should be re
placed to expose fresh earth. All
earth removed should be replaced
with earth from an uncontaminated
source, or a new floor of concrete may
be . laid, which Is very durable and
easily cleaned.
4. All refuse ana material from
stable and barnyard should be re
moved to a place not accessible to
cattle or bogs. The manure shouH'
be spread on fields and turned under,
while the wood should be burned.
5. The entire interior of the
stable, especially the feeding troughs
and drains, should be saturated with
a disinfectant, as liquor cresolis com
positions (U. S. P.). or carbolic acid,
six ounces to every gallon of water in
each case. After this has dried, the
stalls, walls, and celings may be cov
ered with whitewash (lime wash),
to each gallon of which should be
added four ounces of chlorid of lime.
The best method of applying the
disinfectant and the lime wash is by
means of a strong spray pump, such
as those used by orchardists.
This method is efficient in disin
fection against most of the contagl-
, ous and infectious diseases of ani
mals, and should be applied immed
iately following any outbreak, and,
as a matter of precaution, it may be
" used once or twice yearly.
6. It is important that arrange
ments be made to admit a plentiful
supply of sunlight and fresh air by
providing an ample number of win
dows, thereby eliminating dampness,
stuffiness, bad odor, and other in
sanitary conditions. Good drainage
is also very necessary.
If the use of liquor cresolis com
positus, carbolic acid, or other coal
tar products is inadmissible because
cf the readiness with which their
odor is Imparted to milk and other
dairy products, bichlorid of mercury
may be used in proportion of 1 to sou
or 1 pound of bichlorid to 100 gal
lons of water. However, all por
tions of the stable soiled with ma
nure should first be thoroughly
scraped and cleaned, as the albumin
contained In manure would otherwise
greatly diminish the disinfecting
power of the bichlorid. Dislnftctlon
with this material should be super
vised by a veterinarian or other per
son trained in the handling of poison
ous drugs and chemicals, as the bi
chlorid of mercury is a powerful cor-
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; President Nebraska Stock growers As
sociation
Complete Program Twenty-first Annual Convention of Nebraska
StockgrowersV Association
Tuesday, Jane 15th.
Executive committee meeting of N. S. Q. A. in
, office, rear First National bank.
Band concert.
Wortham shows.
Wednesday, June 16th.
Convention meeting of N. S. O. A. in Imperial
theater.
Invocation, Rev. II. J. Young.
Address of welcome, R. M. Hampton, Alliance.
Response, E. P. Meyers, Hyannis.
President's address, Robert Graham, Alliance.
Address, Secretary Tomilson, American National
Live Stock Association, Denver Colorado.
Report and address by C. L. Talbot, brand in
spector, South Omaha.
Report of Secretary-Treasurer Charles C. Jame
son, Ellsworth.
Reports of committees.
Thirty minutes Round Table discussion.
Election of officers.
2 :00 p. m.
7 :00 p. ro.
7 :30 p. m.
9:00 a.m.
The Elks will furnish .a privilege card to all visiting stockmen, members of the association.
The Nebraska State Sheriff's association will also hold thior annual convention in Alliance on June 15th and 16th.
The commercial club will have an information bureau at their office at 315 Box Butte avenue, where rooms can be secured
or other information will be given.
Special days will be held for western Nebraska counties as follows: June 16th j Grant, Hooker, Garden, Thomas, and
Sheridan. June 17th ; Morrill, Scottsbluff, Cheyenne, Kimball, and Banner. June 18th ; Dawes, Sioux and Box Butte.
The Alliance Herald, official organ of the association, will provide a special office on the ground floor of The Herald build
ing, on Box Butte avenue, near the depot, for the convenience of visiting stockmen and their friends. This room will be equipped
with telephones, writing desks and stationery and public stenographer. Visitors may have mail and telegrams sent in care of The
Herald office and it will receive careful attention. Make The Herald office your headquarters while in the city.
rosive poison. The mangers and feed
boxes, after drying following spray
ing with this material should be
washed out with hot water, as cattle
are especially susceptmie to mer
curial poisoning. The bichlorid so
lution should be applied by means of
a spray pump, as recommended for
the liquor cresolis compositus.
In adidtlon, the yards should be
cleaned by removing all litter and
manure and disinfected by sprinkling
liberally with a solution of copper
sulphate, five ounces to a gallon of
water. Milking stools and all other
implements should also be thorough
ly disinfected.
Disinfection Treatment of Animals.
To prevent the bull from carrying
the infection fro ma diseased cow to
a healthy one, first clip the tuft of
long hair fro mthe opening of the
sheath, then disinfect the penis and
sheath with a solution of one-half per
cent of liquor cresolis compositus,
lysol, or trikresol, or one per cent
creolin or carbolic acid, or 1 to 1,000
potassium permanganate in warm
water. The only apparatus necessary
is a soft rubber tube with a large fun
nel attached to one end, or an or
dinary fountain syringe and tube
would serve the purpose. The tube
should be inserted into the sheath
and the foreskin held with the hand
to prevent the immediate escape of
the fluid. -Elevate the funnel as high
as possible, and pour in the fluid un
til the preputial sack is filled. In
addition to this, the hair of the belly
and inner sides of the thigh should
be sponged with the antiseptic. This
disinfection should invariably pre
cede and follow every service. - -
An aborting cow should receive im
mediate attention, and the animal
should be removed to separate quar
ters where she can receive appropri
ate treatment. The fetus, mem
branes, and discharges are particu
larly dangerous and should be gath
ered up and destroyed Immediately
by burning or burial in some safe
platfe, and this followed by thor
oughly disinfecting the stall. The
uterus should be irrigated aally witn
one of the antiseptics mentioned for
the bull, using the same apparatus,
and Irrigation should be continued
until discharge ceases. In addition,
the external genitals, root of tail,
escutcheon, etc., should be sponged
dally with a solution twice as strong
as that used for irrigation, and this
latter treatment should be given the
non-aborters as well. Shlould the
preliminary symptoms of abortion be
detected, the animal should be re
moved from the herd and treated as
above.
After abortion, breeding should not
again be attempted within two
months, or until the discharge shall
have ceased, as the uterus would not
be normal and the animal would
either not conceive or would 'abort
again in a short time.
Great care should be used in pur
chasing cattle, and cows not known
to be free from the disease should be
kept in separate quarters until this
point is determined. If a herd bull
is not kept, then great care should
be exercised to know that the animal
used Is free of disease and to see that
he Is properly treated both before
and after service.
Whenever it becomes necesary to
separate diseased and healthy ani
mals, it is especially important that
different attendants and utensils be
provided for the two groups.
Booker T. Washington, Prof. Du
and the spirit of Paul Lawrence
Dunbar are better for the young col
ored men to look up to than poor old
Jack Johnson ever was.
'SEE AUTO POLO
Most Expensive Sport in the World
Will Be Seen at Stockmen's
Convention at Alliance
European wars, stress of money,
and other vital questions of high fin
anceseemingly count for naught In
the mad pursuit of sensational di
vertlsement; AUTO POLO, "the
most expensive sport in the world",
goes on in its rapid climb to popular
ity, converting skeptic and critic into
Its enticing fold wherever presented.
It is almost impossible to conceive
that a game, now rapidly coming in
to its own as a dyed in the wool Am
erican sport, with Its tremendous
cost of production should become
so universally popular without op
portunity for public Indulgence by
all classes. Base ball, foot ball,
pony polo, golf, tennis and motoring
have all found their way into the
heart of the sport loving element
through the pleasure of Actual per
sonal participation, while AUTO PO
LO the modern thriller of sportdom
has added friend and enthusiast from
the spectators' viewpoint alone.
Whether the cost of iron, steel and
rubber and its mechanical assemble
ment, will ever work its way down
to a reasonable enough basis
whether the world will ever produce
a sufficient numebr of dare-devil hu
man beings willing to risk life and
limb In the reckless abandon de
manded by this new fascinating
sport, are questions of the unknown
future to be solved before the exhll
iratlon thrills of AUTO POLO can be
universally enjoyed, from a player's
angle.
It is interesting to all to peep be
hind the simple announcement "AU
TO POLO is coming" to fully appre
ciate what constitutes the presenta
.tlon of this game in all the detail in
spired by its very name. A recent
interview with Mr. Ralph A. Hank
Inson, originator of auto polo, dur
Alliance, A Horse Sale Center
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Corner of the Sale lUng at the Alliance Market
On Thursday and Friday, June 3 snd 4, will be held the first horse sale
of the season in Alliance. The large sale ring and stock yards built last
season were found to be very convenient for the use of both sellers and
buyrs. That Alliance is recognized as a horse sale center is shown by the
fact that buyers were here la season from New York City, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Mew Orleans. Cuba, and
ai iov saie 10 oe neia June t
there will be inspectors here from
ijom ouyers ana owners or stock will
Moving pictures of Nebraska, Trof. 0. E. Condrt,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
(A new feature is being offered this year on the program,
under the heading of "Round Table Discussion." It is de
sired that every member present at this session submit one or
two questions regarding his line of business, on a written
sheet which will be furnished. Thirty minutes will be used in
discussing and answering these questions.)
2 :00 p. m. Auto Polo and Wild West program at fair
grounds.
Wortham shows.
Thursday, June 17th.
Parade.
Auto Polo and Wild West program at fair
grounds.
Wortham shows.
Friday, June 18th.
Parade.
Auto Polo and Wild West program at fair
grounds.
Wortham shows.
7 :00 p. m.
11 :00 a. m.
2:00 p.m.
7 :00 p. m.
11:00 a. m.
2 :00 p. m.
7 :00 p. m.
ing his visit to Alliance completing
arrangements for the three games to teams, are the only competent ex
be played here, brought forth some ponents of the real game of AUTO
very startling facts of the expense POLO this or any other country has
connected with the presentation of as yet developed. Words cannot do
real auto polo. The polo cars are Justice to the skill and science they
entirety rebuilt rrom tip to toe in
order to withstand their rough us-
age, the original chassis received
from the factory being hardly recog-
nizable after It has passed through
ttle bands of the mechanics who have
now devoted their time and thought
exclusively to the perfecting of the
auto polo game. The uncertainty
and unlookedfor accidents of each
and every game naturally demands
an enormous supply of cars, extra
parts and other equipment, and a
small sized factory lb carted around
the country from point to point,
where these games are played. Dur
ing last season over 1200 wheels
alone were broken to splinters In the
sharp twisting and turning of the
cars, while blow-outs and ripping of
tires is of such frequent occurrence
as to compel the carrying of a tre
mendous stock to meet all emergen
cies. Auto racing can be gauged
you can figure on its requirements
but the cavorting of these "gasoline
ponies" In following the ball here
and ther, backwards and forwards,
produce such an assortment of mis
haps as to make it entirely impossi
ble to figure on emergencies.
The actual players participating
in a game of auto polo number four,
but the many spills and flips, often
resulting In injury, demand an equal
force of substitutes so that the game
may go on uninterrupted, and not a
moment of action lost throughout
each period. Accompanying each
team is its own coterie of mechanics,
helpers, and a professional rubber to
administer to the ailments of the
players.' All these men are thor
oughly skilled in their chosen pro
fession, and few can qualify into the
experts that the game demands. Au
to polo has now been In existence
not quite three years, and It is sig
nificant to note that the men under
contract, to Mr. Hanklnson, making
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ana , in aaaiuon to tne regular buyers
the French and English governments.
ao wen to plan on attending this sale.
up the original British and American
nave attained. If you have ever
tried to guide an automobile at the
rate of forty miles an hour through
a dense forest of pine trees, while a
wild-eyed Individual beside you se
curately lopped off the branches with
a scythe, you will have a pretty fair
idea of the necessary qualifications
of these sturdy young athletes in the
successful mastery of their vocations
Mr. Hanklnson has given to the
public all that the name "auto polo"
Implies. He has spared no time, la
Dor or expense in his efforts. A year
round training school Is maintained
for the education of players and me
chanics. Cars and parts too badly
shattered for handling by the "trav
eling workshop" are constantly go
ing backwards and forward to their
home in the little Kansas town- In
order that these little "metal ponies"
be fully keyed up to their require
ments in the mad turning and twist
ing and dashing 'round sometimes
on four wheels, oftener on two. A
weakling car or player would hardly
last a minute, and every fractional
detail must be kept up to the highest
notch of perfection to maintain the
worthy endorsement of "Sixty sec
onds of action to every minute of
play" which has been accorded auto
polo.
No wonder then that it should be
styled "the most expensive sport in
the world", and the Alliance Com
mercial Club are well entitled to the
congratulations and hearty support
of our entire populace in going to
the heavy expense of bringing these
original teams to the Stockmen's
Convention.
During the series here, three full
games will be played. Those who
have already seen AUTO POLO will
welcome another opportunity of sat
isfying their delight for sensational
thrills mingled with the most scien
tific handling of motor cars ever be
fore witnessed in Alliance. Those
who have not, and skeptics who can
not conceive of a fascinating sport
growing out of two high powered
motor cars plunging bead-on to
wards each other, turned aside on an
Instant while the mallet man swings
his war-club, reserve your judgment
until the final whistle of the Alliance
series.
Initiating New Members
Lew Wallace Court No. 148, Tribe
of Ben Hur, met Monday night at the
I. O. O. F. hall. All officers were
present. The drill team practiced
for one hour and it promises to be
one of the best in Alliance. Several
new candidates were admitted to
membership. The lodge will be held
in the Nation ball every Monday
night.
Four offenders have been arrested
thus far this month for violating the
ordinance in regard to automobile
speeding. Mayor Romig's decree is
being complied with to the letter, ev
ery officer being instructed to arrest
anyone who Is found exceeding the
speed limit. The practice is a dan
gerous one, and i from indications,
there will be a decided decrease in
the number of arrests in the future,
unless some of the owners have a
surplus of money, which they wish to
dispose of in large lumps.
A Winstead dispatch having re-
tDorted an e fried by Urhtnlnr. it
cots wuncut string that the unfau-
ing optimist had it served sunny side
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BREAKING COLTS
First Steps In Gentling Breaking to
Lead Teaching to Obey Com
manrift 4)tep Preliminary
to Hitching.
The horse acta through Instinct
aoid habit, and one of its greatest
characteristics Is uniformity of con
duct. What a horse is once trained
to do he will usually do under llka
conditions, according to a new Far
mer's Bulletin, No. 67. "Breaking
and Training Colts," Issued by the
United States departmen'of agricul
ture. Many phases of breaking the
colts are treated In this bulletin.
One of the first Is teaching the colt
to stand tied. The following para
graph tells how the rope harness la
put on so the colt can be tide to a
post and can not Injure himself in
his efforts to get loose. A harness.
as adjusted, everts a pressure on the
horse at three places almost simul
taneouslythe crupper, surcingle
and on the halter. This harness la
also useful In gentling the colt, and
In the preliminary work of teaching
to lead.
A strong halter la put on the colt,
which a rope about 14 feet long la
doubled, putting the loop under the
horse's tall as a crupper. The two
ends of this rope are twisted together
about three times, the twist lying
on the colt's back, a few inchea ahead
of the tall. One end of the rope
cornea forward on each aide of the
horse, and the ends are tide together
in front against the chest Just tight
enough so that it will not drop down.
A aurcingle la rnn loosely around the
horse, behind the withers, tying Into
the crupper rope at both sides. An
additional rope about 12 feet long is
run through the halter ring and tied
at the breast to the rope that forms
the crupper. The other end of the
rope Is tied at the shr sh shrdlu
rope is tied to a solid post, allowing
about three feet of slack. The colt
Is made to stand tied for about an
hour. The next step Is accustoming
the colt to being bandied.
The colt's hind legs may be rubbed
without placing one-s self in danger
of his heels by taking a stick about
four feet long and wrapping it
around one end with a gunny sack.
After the colt has examined this ar
rangement rub It all over his body
till he becomes wholly accustomed to
It. The next day he may be further
gentled with sacks, blankets, and
noises, until be has no t ear xif .them.. -Another
method of gentling Is to tie
the halter rope to the tail. This
forces the colt to ge in a circle.
When he gives in and stands quietly
be may be harnessed, saddled, and
mounted, and accustomed to strange
sights and sounds. This Is one of the
best aids in use in gaining a horse's
submission.
To train the colt to lead, loosen the
rope from the post, step off from the
horse, and tell him to "come," fol
lowing the command with a pull on
the rope. This should be repeated
until he comes without the pull. He
should be rewarded by petting after ,
each advance.
At the beginning of the next les
son the crupper ropes should be put
on but discarded after a short work
out and the halter alone used, so that
the colt will not depend upon the
crupper ropes, the action of which Is
described above. To break the colt
without cruper ropes use a strong
halter with a lead rope, step back
about alx feet from the colt opposite
his shoulders, cluck to blm, and pull
on the rope. This will force the colt
to take a couple of steps forward; re
ward him; cross In front to a similar
position on the other side and repeat
the command with a pull. Never pull
straight ahead on the colt, as he can
outpull you. After the colt has been
broken to lead satisfactorily, and it
he is still runlng with bis mother, tie
hla baiter rope, at the union of the
backhand and trace, to the mother's
trace when she Is being worked.
Wearing the Harness.
Famlllarzlng the colt with the har
ness is the next step, also teaching
hfrni to obey commands and answer
the rein. The bitting harness, which
consists of an ope nbridle with a
snaffle bit, check and side reins, and
surcingle with crupper, may be used
In famillarlzins with bit and harness.
The side and check reins are left
comparatively loose in putting the
rigging on the colt, and he is turned
loose in a small paddock for an hour.
For the next lesson the reins may be
tightened somewhat but not left on
over an hour. Driving reins are put
on about the third day. The aslstant
leads the colt until he Is not fright
ened at the driver walking behind,
then the colt Is driven for half an
hour down a quiet lane where be will
not see any horses. All that the colt
is taught in this lesson Is to go ahead.
and the whip is used occasionally to
let the colt know what it means.
Both sides of the colt are trained, or
he may become badly frightened by
seeing an object at a new angle.
Driving in a right and left circle fa
cilitates this training. The following
leson is devoted to teaching the colt
the meaning of "whoa," that he must
stop no matter what is happening.
In the immediately succeeding lee
sons the usual commands in driving
are taught.
The work harness with breeching
are substituted after the horse goes
satisfactorily in the bitting rig. At
first the traces and breeching are
Joined loosely together and gradually
tightened as the work progresses.
Upon becoming accustomed to the
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