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NLCRO. WORMS AND CHOLERA
It costs quite a little money to
bring a few litters of pigs to wean
ling age. If at this period of de
velopment we carelessly subject
these pigs to dangerous hazards it
would be like telling a bank robber
the combination of the safe. On
most farms suckling pigs cannot be
brought safely to weanling age with
out proper safeguards to prevent
later damage by certain diseases
and internal parasites. If our pigs
are clean and healthy at weanling
age we have a valuable advantage
di the enemy but not one which is
entirely immune to disastrous at
tacks. Of all the enemies that may
cause serious losses among weanling
pigs we mention necro, internal
parasites. and hog cholera. Any one
of these, if permitted to gain a sub
stantial foothold, will put red ink
fc. the bookkeeping of our swine en
terprise. They can all be prevented
piovided we have clean, healthy pigs
at weanling age. The prevention of
necro and internal parasites Is very
simple. To cause necro it is neces
sary that the organisms which
rause the disease and the pigs come
m contact with each otner. The
same is true of internal parasites—
the eggs which cause worms must
be taken into the pigs’ bodies
through the mouth. Prevention,
therefore, consists In keeping the
pigs away from the organisms of
Qisea.se and the eggs of parasites.
Effective prevention will not result
U the pigs are already harboring
necro organisms and worm eggs
when they reach the weanling age.
The thing to do at weaning time
is to get pigs out on clean pastures
and away from the hog yards where
millions of bacteria and worm eggs
are waiting for pigs to take them
into their digestive systems. Keep
pigs out on clean pastures until they
aie at least four months of age.
Then, if more convenient, they may
go back to the old, infected hog
yards with little danger of loss.
There Is an added advantage in
putting young, growing pigs on good
pasture. Succulent pasture grass
with Its proteins of excellent qual
ity, with its vitamins, stimulates
giowth at a time when growth im
pulse is greatest in young pigs. Less
ol high protein feed is needed when
pigs have good grazing. Because of
ibis, it pays to look ahead each
year to providing grass of good qual
ity for pigs.
Some farmers expect too much of
grass. Young growing pigs will not
gain satisfactorily on grass alone.
Feeding trials show that such pigs
must be made to gain not less than
a half pound per head dally if they
tut to make economical use of their
feed. They should be made to do
much better than this. The control
ol hog cholera requires a different
treatment. It is possible that get
ting pigs out on clean pastures
may tend to prevent outbreaks In
the herd but even so one cannot
take the risk particularly in com
munities or on farms where hog
cholera occurred last year. If one
wants to safeguard his investment
and be relieved of worry from pos
sible loss by hog cholera, he should
have nis pigs vaccinated—immuned
—with serum and virus at the
weanling age. An advantage from
keeping pigs clean and healthy not
fully appraised by many is the fact
that such pigs respond almost per
fectly to serum and virus treatm nit,
whereas unhealthy pigs offer some
speculation as to the outcome of
such treatment. Veterinarians are
coming to recognize that proper
condition is a valuable aid in the
successful immunizing of pigs. If
pigs are protected from necro,
worms, and hog cholera, and if they
are fed well balanced rations, there
is not much speculation in their use
of feed. They will, as a general rule,
go on the scales at six to seven
months of age weighing around 200
pounds.
TRADEM ARK ED PULLETS
One of the biggest needs of the
poultry industry today is for pullets
bred and grown so as to qualify for
the trademark Triple-V—vim, vigor
and vitality. Those poultrymen who
tan produce pullets stamped with
vim, vigor and vitality need have
no concern about their success in
the poultry business, high prices or
low. If you have bought the right
kind of baby chicks—chicks from
healthy, vigorous, well-bred birds
having the ability to lay large num
bers of large eggs—you have al
ready gone half way in qualifying
your pullets for the V V V trade
mark—but only half way. The rest
of the way consists of the right
method of handling the pullets.
First of all, the range. This should
be exclusively for the pullets; a
i«nge not used by chickens of any
age during the last two years; a
range that has not had droppings
or litter trom laying or brooder
house scattered on it for two or
three years This necessitates three
entirely separate and exclusive
range areas for the growing pullets.
The size of range will depend upon
the number of pullets but it should
be large enough to permit moving
the colony houses or range shelters
300 to 30 feet each month, and to
move the feeding and drinking
equipment every few days. Clover,
alfalfa and bluegrass are usually
pteferable for range, although most
any kind of well-drained ground
which is free from poultry contam
ination can be used. While ponds,
springs, or running streams may
often serve as a convenient source
of water, they are objectionable be
cause of their liability to contam
ination. Corn fields or stubble
fields often make excellent summer
ranges for the pullets, unless such
fields have been fertilized by poul
try manure or litter from brooder
snd poultry house during the last
two or three years. In that case
they would btt unsafe to use. The
I*' lures used bv other livestock can
be used to good advantage, tihad*
is essential; if there are no trees
or shrubbery, artificial shade should
be provided. This may be accom
plished without much trouble or ex
ABOUT ALFALFA
You can buy a field of alfalfa if
you are willing to pay the price in
providing the essentials for its
giowth, and on most soils you can
provide these essentials if you ser
iou-ly set about it and follow im
plicity a few essential steps. But at
once we hear the old refrain, “I
can’t.” This may be true but we
doubt it. ‘‘I can’t” and ‘It won’t
glow here” have been said in every
eeciiop until a few adventuresome
souls try it and succeed. Even where
it succeeds some still say ‘‘I can’t,
and it is largely because they are
not willing: to pay the price of care
*uiim fnilawirur dirsfiinons. Ail writ
pense; a simple framework can be
made and covered with burlap
sacks. One or two sides can be
covered to protect against prevailing
winds. The roof part should be A
shaped and rather high pitched
with a revolving pole at top to pre
vent the pullets from roosting.
Such a structure may be made of
the size desired and. being light in
weight, it can be easily moved.
Move the feeding and drinking
equipment each week or oftener so
as to prevent the dangerous con
centration of contamination which
is so liable to take place around
the equipment. The equipment need
only be moved 10 or 15 feet each
time; or it may be moved farther
and oftener, according to the size
of the range. The pullets will fol
low the feed and water so that they
can be finally ranged 100 to 500
yards from tire roosting quarters
during the day and yet return to
roost at night. If suitable trees are
within the range, pullets of the
lighter breeds will usually take to
roosting in the trees instead of re
turning to roosting quarters. This
is to be encouraged, for pullets
usually thrive In trees, there is little
danger of overcrowding, and pullets
in trees are less subject to theft.
Ranging pullets some distance from
the colony houses or range shelters
serves to protect tire range by dis
tributing the wear and the contam
ination over a wide area and thus
avoids killing the gross or other
vegetation near by. This plan also
prevents the dangerous concentra
tion of disease and parasitic con
tamination which is so often as
sociated with the barren ground
around the houses or shelters. Any
wastage of mash or leakage of wa
ter must be carefully avoided by a-e
of suitable feeding and drinking
equipment. If feed gets on ground
nearby the feeders, or if the soil
around drinking equipment becomes
moistened, the pullets will eat the
soil. This soil generally carries the
greatest amount of contamination
since it is here that a large pro
portion of the droppings accumu
late. A good means of prevention
is to place the feeding and drink
ing equipment on frames made of
lx4-inch boards set edgewise and
covered with tj-inch mesh hard
ware cloth. When it is not prac
ticable to move feeding and drink
ing equipment, much the same ob
ject can be accomplished by placing
the equipment on coarse cinders or
slag 6 inches deep. When the pul
lets are to be transferred from
brooder to range quarters, select
only a few of the largest pullets at
first—say 25—for a 10x12 range
shelter. After a few' days or a week,
more can be safely added since the
first pullets will have had a chance
to become accustomed to the new
quarters and should all be roost
ing. In this way the first ones set
an example for the others. When
all the pullets are transferred at
one time- serious difficulties often
follow. If the weather is cool tha
ends and sides of the range shelter
should be covered with burlap to
keep the pullts comfortable, espe
cially for a while after they have
just been transferred. Never let
older birds mix with the pullets.
This may undo the results if all
preceding efforts and render inef
fective all that can be done after
wards. Make sure the roosting
quarters are free from lice and
mites. Watch for dead pullets or
other carcasses to which the pullets
might have access. Many losses
have resulted from this cause. Move
pullets to laying house when they
reach 10 to 15 per cent egg produc
tion. If the pullets are to be vac
cinated for chicken pox, it should
be done four to six weeks before
the pullets are to be transferred to
laying house so they will have re
covered from the ill effects of the
treatment while on range. Treat
ment for worms might well take
place before the pullets start lay
ing. For pullets on range It seems
that the best method is to feed
fresh mash each evening.
ELECTROCUTING FLIES.
While the use of electricity for
killing flies is not an entirely new
idea, it now seems to be receiving
increased attention from dairymen.
Not only are some of the dairy farm
ers who have electricity available
taking advantage of it but milk
plants, creameries and ice-cream
factories are being equipped. We
have seen two plans in use, says a
dairy expert. One is the electrified
screens at certain windows: the oth
er is a trap. Specially made screens
or traps can be purchased cheaply
and are easily installed. All the win
dows do not have to have the
screens, but the number of screens
and their location should be suffi
cient to be effective at ail times re
gardless of the direction of the sun
or wind. The trap can be placed in
ar,y convenient location. Near the
ctiling is preferable. It must be at
a point where the dead flies that
accumulate under it are out of the
way and can be handily dispo ’d
of. A transformer to reduce the
voltage is U'-'ed. The current is suf
ficient to kill thp flies but there is
said to be no danger to humans,
livestock, poultry, dogs and oats.
Tire cost of the current for these
Installations is very low. During
winter seasons the equipment, in
duding the small amount of neces
sary wiring, can be removed Jnd
stored until required the next sum
mer. This use of electric current to
combat the flv nuisance gives con
siderable promise. It attacks the
flies outside as well as inside the
>;iilding.
AND PLENTY WATER
Young growing chicks should be
provided with shade in the summer.
WHO KNOWS?
Why is it that Swiss cheese has all
the holes when it is LAmberger that
needs the ventilation?
ers on dairy feeding have shown the
great economy of alfalfa on the
dairy farm and farmers having al
falfa all testify as to how it reduces
cost of milk production. The time,
effort and money spent in estab
lishing a stand, will bring a larger
return than almost any other in
vestment made on the dairy farm.
Supply the essentials for success
with alfalfa. Unless all the gods are
against you. success will follow and
; your cows will smile and bless you
with better profit. If you fail the
first time, find out why and try a
gain. It is worth it. Don't accept •
i makeshift
BRIDGE LONG PART
OF “LONDON TOWN”
Structure Across Thames in
Use for More Than
a Century.
That bridge across (he Thames at
Lonoon which is borne upon fne
granite arches atul known ns London
bridge has completed HR) years
of history. But its name is much
Older than n century. At or near the
point at which this modern structure
■pans the river there lias been a
crossing from time immemorial. The
Saxons had a bridge there (or suc
cessive bridges) made of wood and
barred by a fortified gate- a gate
to the city. It was swept away by a
storm.
Then, in 1180, only a little more
than a century nfter tlie Conqueror
had come, was commenced that stone
Structure which served river-crossing
Londoners for nearly 6.10 years. Un
til tlie middle of the eighteenth cen
tury It alone drew together the two
banks of tlie Thames at London.
In Its picturesqueness it vied with
the Rialto of Venice and the route
.Varchio of Florence, which, in some
part, it resembled. On each side of
its roadway it had shops and state
ly houses, gome with gardens on
their roofs. There was a Twelfth
century chapel on a wider pier at
about the middle.
The structure, however, was suited
fcei^r to t[ie ideals and customs of
the Middle ages Ilian to modern no
tions about bridges. Within the 9(H)
feet of the river's width It had IS
•olid stone piers varying from 25
to 34 feet in thickness, so that, In
effect, it sent the waters of the
Thames through a greatly narrowed
channel. The piers supported build
ings four stories in height, which in
turn narrowed the passage for vehi
cle* and pedestrians, and darkened
It to almost tunnel blackness. The
buildings were cleared away in the
middle of th j Eighteenth century,
but the obstruction to navigation
itlll remained, and, in 1828, after
bitter debate, it was decreed that a
j new bridge must be built. Two
| years later the duke of York laiil
the foundation stone; and then, after
-ox years more, the new structure,
: only a few yards higher up the river,
was opened with flags, music, oratory
and parades. In the following year
| old London bridge went the way of
j the centuries.
But London bridge Is still London
bridge. It still divides the Thames
into "above" ami "below” and,
though there are other bridges now—
Tower und Victoria, Waterloo and
Westminster and the rest—It still
carries Londoners from one hank to
tlie other, just as Its predecessors
carried Saxon and conqueror, knight
and cleric. And though the pace Is
swifter now, what with motor cars
speeding along the deck widened in
tlie beginning of tlie motor age, the
bridge lias not broken with Britain's
past. Its lamp posts are cast of the
cannon Britons captured In the War
of the Peninsula.
Ceiling of the World
“What is the ceiling today V" This
is a common question around air
ports, because a flying “ceiling”
varies with the atmospheric density.
To determine accurately the fluctuat
ing ceiling clouds, haze and fog
around airports and weather bureaus,
an experiment is being conducted in
Cleveland with a light beam that is
virtually a tape measure.
To determine the ceiling height
with this new electric tape measure,
it is only necessary to focus the light
beam from a ligtit projector upon the
clouds and to sight, through a special
gauging instrument, the light spot
thus thrown on the cloids. The op
tical system employed In the pro
jector produces a phenomenon benm
intensity of 1,840,000 candlepower.
Ju*t Girl*
Fannie—Joe says lie is very mi od
es t. Hut If lie was very modest lie
wouldn’t say so.
Nannie—Hut liow would anybody
know It If he didn't brag about it?
The inan who takes an umbrella
to church and leaves it out in the
vestibule has got true friends.
No “After Bite”
When Shaving
with
I'ulienra
Shaving rroani
A small amount quickly becomes a
tliirk, lasting lather that penetrates to
the hair follicles, while the medicated
properties of 4 Htli'Ura soothe the
skin.
At your dealers or sent postpaid on receipt
of 35c. Addrtu: Cut icura Laboratories.
Malden. Maas.
Green Apple Pie
Above All Praise
Green apple pie Is not In the ordi
nary sense of the word pie at nil.
Oh, to he sure the recipe books will
tell you in ihnt humdrum way they
have of doing how to make it nnd
from a mere reading of the direc
tions the casual observer would never
suspicion that It Is different from
any other kind of pie.
But green apple pie is—well, there
Is really no word to define it, but it
might be described ns a sort of
super-pie which is at once delicious,
luscious, palatable, savory, exquisite,
delightful. It is charming, enchant
ing. rapturous, fulsome, delectable.
Our general Idea Is to convey the
impression that it Is good. And we
believe that that Is a message worth
getting over. If it were In our hands
lo settle the problems of the world
we would delay (hem until spring
agd then eall all the litignnts togeth
er for a big serving of green apple
pie.
Then the world would see how the
problems of disarmament would fall
away and the economic situation
would he solved and tlie birth con
trol controversy would be waved
aside and all the ills and troubles
of this old earth would disappear.
Apples changed the course of human
ity once nnd in our humble opinion
can do It aguln.—Ohio State Jour
nal.
Best feature of rearing a home
garden la that one doesn't have to
eat “head" lettuce.
Return ot the Native
The people who are objecting to
the verb "hike” as an ugly Ameri
canism which has no business on
tills side of the Atlantic are trying
to prevent the return of a real Eng
li>.lt word to its native shores.
"Hike” was used for centuries In
I lie English provinces to express very
much its present meaning, and it was
English emigrants to America who
introduced it there.
Many of our “new” words are, lika
"hike,” much older than we think.
Admiral Mark Kerr recently recalled
(lie interesting fact that the word
"gadget" was used in the navy when
he entered tin* service In 1877.
Fish Story
Jimmie’s solo acquaintance with
fish was ns a commodity In a mar
ket so when ids daddy took 1dm r«
eently to the creek to watch soma
fish In their native environment
Jimmie, nearly four, experienced a
new sensation.
“They were taking n bath," he ex
plained to a grownup who ques
tioned him about the trip.
Valuable Discipline
"Josh says lie's going to take up
aviation."
“If lie does," replied F armer Corn
tossel, "he’ll learn to be a heap morn
careful about keepin* machinery tn
repair than lie ever was while work
in’ around the farm.”
Every woman's eyes grow bright
on being asked to look at the brlae’a
trousseau.
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