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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1914)
TTOME AND FARM M AGAZINE SECTION Livestock and Dairy Knowing the M arket Demands and Raising Stock to Meet It. HAT at least one-twentieth of all the stock bred on the open range of the west dies before it reaches market age and that much of this loss «an be stopped is shown by results re ported from the national forests. This waste is said to add millions of dollars to the people's meat bill and gives one more cause of the high cost of living. Winter storms and Summer droughts strew the ranges with the bones of cat tle and sheep; predatory animals take a heavy toll; poisonous plants sometimes kill half the animals in a herd almost over night. Cattlr contract anthrax, blackleg and other diseases, get stuck in bog holes, slip off icy hillsides; and sheep pile up and die of suffocation, insects which madden and kill swell the total losses as do a multitude of other minor causes of death and injury. T study of poisonous plants and of anti dotes. In the case of larkspur, for ex ample, the bureau has determined raetb ods of treatment whieh are reasonably successful, under normal conditions. The only difficulty has been that the ani mals suffering from poison are generally out upon the open range and may not be observed by their owner until it is too late to apply an antidote. The forest service has, therefore, arranged to meet this situation in an experimental way by equipping a limited number of rangers with hypodermic syringes and the necessary chemicals. Armed with this equipment a forest officer can in a few moments administer a treatment which may save a $40 steer. How Disease is Prevented. I f any of tho animals to be grazed npon a national forest seem to be suf fering from disease, the stock is sub jected to a rigid inspection by the fed eral bureau of animal industry before it is allowed to enter the forest. If an animal grazing on the forest develops suspicious symptoms the permittee is requested to remove it. The carcasses of animals dying from infectious or communicable diseases must bo buried or burned, preferably the latter. To pro tect their stock against blackleg per mittees are encouraged to use vaccine, furnished free by the department of ag riculture. Sheep suffering from scab or from lip and leg disease arc barred from the forests until they have been treated in conformity with the requirements of the bureau of animal industry. This co operation between the two bureaus has made it possible to keep the forest ranges remarkably free from all forms of stock disease. Stock K illed by W ild Beasts. The settlement and development of the west does not appear to have greatly reduced the number of auimals which prey upon demestie live stock, and the lose from that source alone runs into the millions of dollars each year. With in the forests, however, the number of domestic animals killed has been appre ciably reduced by the campaign against wild animals waged by the officers of the service. During the past eight years forest officers have killed over thirty- five thousand predatory animals, con testing of coyotes, wolves, bear, moun tain lion, wild cats, lynx, etc. Poisonous Plants. The losses due to poisonous plants have been in tho aggregate the most numerous and the most difficult to guard against. Stockmen knew generally that certain flats or valleys or hillside slopes eonld not be used for grazing without heavy losses of stock, but there was much doubt as to what caused the loss. Gradually it was determined that the tosses were due to various species of plants. Later, it was learned that in most instances these plants, while ex tremely poisonous during certain periods o f the year, were comparatively iunox- ious during the remainder of the graz ing season. The forest officers deter mined the various plant species which cause death or injury of live stock, the periods during which each species is dangerous, and the areas of forest land upon which the plants are sufficiently abundant to cause losses of stock. The next stop was to devise ways and means of preventing the lessee. Where defi nite information is obtainable the outer limits of the poison areas are marked by warning placards which give the name of the poisonons plant, the kind of etnek to which it is iajurions, and t.be period during which it is most harmful. With this warning, stockmen are en abled to so handle their stock as to pre vent the occupancy of the poison area during its danger period. In cases where the areas of poisonous plants are com paratively small the permittees have been encouraged to fence them, material for fence construction being famished free of charge by the forest service. The result of this work has been to re duce the number of animals lost through poisonous plants as compared to the numbers lost several years previously. Losses From Poison UnpreventaWe. Notwithstanding all precautions which may be taken against stock poisoning, t o w s from this source must be expected. During the |-»et sevivni rears U * bureau e f plant industry has been making a is kept in the troughs before the hors»* i all the time and they eat all they want. In addition they get alfalfa hay in racks. In appearance the horses were all that could be desired, no such glosny | skins ever having been seen on this market. On this feed fat can be loaded on horses until it sticks out in lumps. One pair fed 101 days, weighed 2,100 pounds when yarded and 2,880 when loaded out. When yarded they eost $180, ate $62 worth of feed and sold for $867.50. W hito Scours. This disease may show itself within a day or two after the calf is born. This disease is quite distinct from diarrhea caused by mistakes in feeding Usually the calf manifests but few evi dences of life, and will be found lying stretebed out in a semi-conscious con dition, the bowel discharges of a whit, ish color and very offensive, and the calf dies within a few hours. The dis ease is highly contagious. The thing to do is to get busy and prevent its spread Destroy by burning the calves that have died. Thoroughly disinfect the stables Until this has been done remove all the cows yet to freshen into new quarters Spray the bedding material with a car bolie solution ( i oz. to the quart.) A’ onee tie the navel string of the newly born calf with a cord caturated with the carbolic solution. The stomp of the cord should then be washed with the following solution: iodine, 1 dram; iodide of potassium, j drain; water, 1 qnart. Wherever this disease develops a thorough disinfection of the stall should immediately fellow. Formalin is a simple disinfecting agent; use 1 part of formalin to 30 parts of water when it can be used as a wash or a spray. W ITH THE HOUSES. The big, clumsy horse is the fellow that suffers from the heat most as a general rule. If a colt has not style enough natural ly to hold his head high, high mangers will not make him do it. A horse's usefulness is measured by its strength and rapidity of movement rather than by size and weight. If you have a horse which the woman and children can drive safely, think twice before you sell it. In breaking a colt, remember that it is an easy matter to overload and ruin him by causing him to balk. Sprained tendons and joints are often the effect of long grown hoofs con tinually stamping on solid floors. Study to feed a balanced ration. Do not overlook the mineral value of each feed, especially for young stock. The well bred draft horse is always in demand, and tho farmer that breeds it constantly is the one that makes the most profit in horses. The patient mule is not much for speed, but he keeps going and usually arrives on time. A mule never seems to be really frightened at anything. When he runs away he does it through pure love of mischief. Weed Seeds In Silage Killed. That the seeds of the common field so oils when siloed with corn, peas or any other forage used ai silage will not retain sufficient vitality to germinate in the epring when returned to the land mixed with manure is the belief of ex periment station men. While '■ere are not experiments on record with regard to the combined chemical aetion of silage and manure on the gern ¡nation of seeds, it is quite likely that there is little danger of seeding valuable fields with noxious weeos in this manner. Syrup Fed Horses Oo East. A sample of the results gained from the new system of corn and syrup-feed n g now practiced in the west appeared last week, some few loads from Ne braska being stopped at Chicago and eleven more going on to Eastern peints Figures show that on a mixtare of chaffed alfalfa, beet sugar house syrup and com, big booed horses eaa be coaxed to gam betweea 4 and 5 pounds a day for 100 lays or more The mess Experts A gree The Referee Board of Con sulting S cientific Experts of the U. S. Dept. o f Agriculture agree as to the wholesonieneas of aluminum compounds such as used in Baking Powder REARM CHIROPRACTIC A aoienve that inrwto the needU o f ever* owe who to a c t M E N and V O h IS M are mc< eaaful prec' tiU nnn n. E nter a profewoon that makes you indft pendent, am i bring« yott m ony. W e have the best cou.ae. Claea now f U w g . W R Ht FOtGAl *1 0 6 . W r i t e us for c o p y of U. H. Bulletin No. 103 Dept. of Agri culture. One Price 25c a pound P a c i f i c C h ir o p r a c t ic C o l l e g e C O M M O N W E A L T H B U IL D IN G a Q R T L A N D, Q R g O C~< M H ID E S ALL GBOCEBS FU R S. W OOL FE L T S, ETC. H IB B A R D STEW A RT CO., Seattle. Wash. Crescent Manufacturing Co. Write for Price List and Shipping Tags. SEA TTLE. W A SH IB C TO H (Pleas«» met.tion th is p ap er.) BLACK LOSSES SURELY PREVtnfEB YOU C A N EARN by Cutter*» Blar.klsg F ills . Ixiw - iirtrud, fresh, rv tU b la : pn»fnrm.l by W e a U tn stoekiueii liecaune they pro- w te e t where ether vaeelnee fa it. ■ « < W rite for hoaklet and testiinonUla. « m 10-dose pkge. Blackleg P ille $1.00 50 doss pkge. BI ask tog 1111« 4 00 l i a r any Injector. but ('utter*» be at T h e a npertoK tj of C utter product* is due to over I f years of a p n la lla tn g In waecine» and terum » only. Insist on Cutter*». IT unobtainable, order direct. T H E C U T T E R L A B O R A T O R Y . 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