T H U R S D A Y , O C T . 28. 1943
T IM E S . W IL L A M IN A . O R E G O N
M astitis Can Be Cured
By N ew T reatm ent
Natives in Jap Area Help U. S. Fliers
Back to Argentina
A lthough they w ere shot down w e ll w ith in Japanese te rr ito ry in the
South P a cific, to u r U nited States flier« w ere cared fo r by natives u n til
they were able to set out fo r a home base in a rub be r life ra ft. A fte r rowing
fo u r days they w ere picked up by a navy plane. They are p ictured w ith
the co-pilot of the rescue ship.
A fte r a series of conferences w ith
state d ep a rtm e n t o fficials in Wash
ington. D . C., N orm an A rm o u r, U. S.
am bassador to A rg e n tin a , boards a
Pan A m e ric a n C lip pe r in M ia m i,
F la ., w ith M rs . A rm o u r as he re
tu rn s to his post. A rgentina is the
only South A m e ric a n country th a t
has not broken relations w ith the
A xis.
Locker Room Scene After Yanks Won Series
Losing Weight
No. 1 Dairy Disease
Should Be Eradicated
Some chopped olives and sweet
or sour pickles added to cole slaw
gives an interestin g new flavor.
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Three tablespoons of lig h t m o
lasses substituted fo r three table
spoons of the liq u id used in m ak
ing bread pudding w ill add m uch
to the fla vo r o f the pudding.
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Spaghetti, m aca ro ni, noodles,
ric e , are high in ca rb oh ydrates
and should be counted w ith the ce
reals and breads, not as vegeta
bles, when planning and balancing
y o u r menus.
M astitis, or infla m m a tion of the ud
der of m ilk in g cows, can now be con
trolled and in m ost cases cured, says
O. W. Schlam in "B o vin e M a s titis .”
a late pam phlet published by the
U n iv e rs ity of C alifo rn ia. Two types
of m a stitis are recognized, says M r.
Schlam , who is an assistant profes H a rd e s t W ood U sed fo r
sor of ve te rin a ria n science. The tw o
S h a ft B e a rin g s in S h ip s
are the acute, w hich is co m p arative
ly ra re , and the chronic, w hich is
M a n y o f the ships being b u ilt
so comm on among d a iry herds of
the w orld th a t i t is considered the j today use wood as m a te ria l fo r
m ost serious bovine disease, re s u lt stern sh aft bearings—the hardest
ing in lowered m ilk production. I t wood in the w o rld —usually ca lle d
A cco rding to the
is often a hidden disease, and m ay ! lig n u m -vita e .
e xist fo r a long tim e w ith o u t being d ic tio n a ry , lig n u m -vita e is also
noticed. Sym ptom s are sw elling of known as the zygophyllaceous
the udder, and visible p a rtic le s in genus guaiacum —b ut th is te rm ,
the firs t stream s of m ilk , and eventu obviously isn ’ t often used around
shipyards.
a lly reduced flow.
The disease is caused by infection
The wood, in add itio n to being
of the udder w ith a b acteria called v e ry hard, is also v e ry heavy—it
streptococcus agalactiae. I t does not . is so heavy th a t it w ill not float in
' affect any organ but the m ilk glands. w a te r—so hard th a t shaping it is a
The germ s enter through the teat, m ost d iffic u lt procedure—ye t each
and are tra n s m itte d fro m infected block is w orked to a .004 inch
cows to healthy anim als by the exactness. In a six-foot ste m shaft
hands of a m ilk e r o r the cups of a bearing, th ere are 128 separate
m achine. To some extent, the d is blocks.
Channels between the
ease is spread by calves th a t suck blocks p e rm it the c irc u la tio n of
at several cows, and by m uddy and sa lt w a te r, the only lu b ric a tio n
unsa nita ry co rra ls and flies.
I t is necessary.
estim ated th a t about 85 p e r cent of
a ll cows th a t have been once in fe ct
ed h arbo r the disease, and th a t it
R a p id F la s h lig h t
m ay become v iru le n t at any tim e
and cause g arge t (clotted m ilk ) .
A new p ortab le photographic
The severity o f the disease, says fla shligh t, using a m e rc u ry lam p
M r. Schlam , depends upon such ag about the size o f a c ig a re tte , goes
g ra va tin g fa cto rs as incom plete on and off in one m illio n th of a
m ilk in g , im p ro p e r d ry in g off, exces second, and it can " fre e z e " the
sive vacuum in m ilk in g m achines, action of a wheel m a k in g 70,000
and exposure to ra in and cold.
revolutions a m in u te , says Col
Diagnosing m a s titis is d iffic u lt fo r lie r's . W hile the life of th is lam p
the am ateur, unless sym ptom s are ! is o nly one second, it w ill provide
so severe as to be obvious, so M r. a m illio n flashes o r the n um ber
Schlam advises having re g u la r and used in 10 ye ars by 20 busy news
frequent tests m ade o f a ll the cows
paper photographers.
in a herd. M icroscopic exam in a tion
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c lo g g e d n o s e to g iv e
y o u r h e a d c o ld a ir .
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d ir e c te d . 25c. 2 4 tim e s
as m u ch fo r 50c. G et
P en etr o N o se D rop s ,
‘ R e w ritte n ’ in Basic E n glish
Am ong the books th a t have been
" r e w r itte n " in Basic E nglish,
w hich contains only 850 w ords, are
the New T estam en t; The Repub
lic , by P la to ; J u liu s Caesar, by
Shakespeare; and A rm s and the
M an, by George B e rn a rd Shaw.
Judge Kenesaw L andis is hoisted atop the shoulders of m em ber» of
the New Y o rk Yankees in th e ir lo cke r room a fte r they won the 1943
W orld s Series. Landis is supported by C handler, E tte n and T u rn " '
P itc h e r ( handler hurled fo r the Yankees d urin g tw o of th e ir fo ur w in
ning series gam es.
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Inspecting Bomb Chutes Vi itli X-Rjy
Chronic m a s titis is spread among
a herd by the m ilk e r's hands or
the cups of the m ilk in g m achine and
to a lesser extent by flies.
Benito M ussolini, le ft, and M a r
shal H erm ann Goering appear to be
losing w eight in m ore ways than one
jud gin g by this p ictu re taken recent
ly in B e rlin and radioed to London
fro m n e u tra l S w itzerland.
Bataan Air Hero
of m ilk samples is the easiest and
cheapest w ay. Cows should then be
grouped, he says, into (1) free of
infection, (2) suspected, (8) positive
ly infected. Group 1 cows should be
m ilke d firs t, group 2 next, and group
last.
Up to a few years ago, m a s titis
was considered incurable, but sulfan-
ilim id e has been found effective in
tre a tm e n t, and three other drugs,
n eu tra l a crifla vin e , c o llo id a l s ilv e r
oxide, and ty ro th ric in have proved
com pletely successful in o rd in a ry
cases. These drugs are inje cted into
the infected p arts. A ll but the m ost
severe cases respond.
A fte r infection has been rem oved,
the udder w ill show a tendency to
re b uild its e lf, and m ilk production
m ay become n orm a l.
T re a tm e n t
d urin g d ry periods is p referable in
general.
Farm Notes
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In addition to pro vid ing a descending m edium fo r men and equipm ent,
parachutes also c a rry bombs. They w ere used against the Japs in the
L iiith P a cific w ith deadly success. L e ft: An em ployee of a w a r p la n t
in Stoughton, M ass., uses an X -ra y m achine to inspect bomb parachutes.
B ig h t- A nother em ployee holds a 23-pound bomb attached to its p a ra
chute w hich is in the c y lin d ric a l container.
L ie u t. Col. W illia m J. C um m ings
J r., one of the U . S. flig h t heroes on
C orreg id or and B ataan. He now
com m ands a fig h te r group in the
European th e a te r of operations.
F o r safe storage of g ra in , the
m oisture content should not be m ore
than 14 per cent, say experts.
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E v e ry fa rm e r who possibly can is
urged to cut a few cords o f pulp
wood or a fe w logs o f lu m b e r this
fa ll d u rin g his spare tim e .
W ar
industries are c a llin g fo r trem endous
amounts of wood products, says R.
W. G raeber, extension forester at
N. C arolina State college.
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A ra la c, a new syn the tic fiber,
has some of the properties o f wool.
A nother new clothing m a te ria l is
made fro m a com bination of fibers
fro m redwood tree b a rk and wool,
and a soybean fib e r now being used
in m aking hats. A new cotton cloth,
not yet on the m a rke t, is said to ba
as durable as woolen fa b ric .
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