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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1953)
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FA1XS. OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN to I IN THE SAMPLE ROOM at the Winema Elevators In Tulelake you can cheek just' about any. thing you want to. Here Ivan Kandra Is shown at the weighing counter with some of the many pieces of equipment. ...... ., Leptospirosis Moves In On Oregon Livestock As Experts Seek Prevention (Edllor's note: This Is the first of a series of three articles pre pared by the State Department of Agriculture's Division of Ani mal Industry to advise Oregon livestock owners about four new diseases of livestock and to re port current developments.) The past year has brought move bad news to the $200 000.000 Ore- - gon livestock industry than any fimuar period in many years, since the first cases of vesicular exan thema (VE disease) were ob served ' July 19, 1952, In hogs shipped Into Oregon, three other diseases of animals also have reared threatening heads. They are leptosplrosis, conta gious to cattle, swine, horses and sometimes man; blue uingu.e which affects sheep; and scrapie, also a fthppn rilsenKfV . Leptospirosis and VE are here. i Blue tongue was found In Califor- ma and Utah last summer and : had previously been reported in Texas. Scrapie, about which the least Is known, so far has made -one fleeting appearance here in '-. alertness oi sioc&mcn, uve&iocK oi ficials of the state and federal de partments of agriculture, and the 3sta,te college extension service and jj experiment station prevail, these - diseases - should not' become en v' trenched here. But none of these combatants Is complacent. This article will discuss leptosplr osis as briefly as possible. What Is it? What is the extent in Ore gon? What Is being done about il? Economic losses come not only from the death of animals severely in dairy cow's, from decreased milk production. Lefho to use its nickname probably has been present in east ern Oregon for some years. Vet erinarians had suspected it, but only recently has a positive diag nosis been easy to make. At this time It is known to be present on a scattered basis in 21 Oregon counties. Control Is not easy even after a diagnosis is made. This is because cows that have survived the disease become immune but remain carriers for up to three months or more. Even calves may be carriers. Dr. K. J. Peterson, state veterinarian, in wilting on this disease in the Agriculture Bul letin cites an instance in which a 10-dav-old calf, as the carrier, spread the disease. Possibly rod ents and insects carry the disease also but this 'idea has not been proved. A minute bacterial organism, a spirochete, causes leptospirosis. The disease may travel quickly through a herd, though the exac method of transmission is still something of a puzzle. In tjio acute stage, the organism is in the blood stream and in the milk. Later it localizes In liver and kidneys and is shed In the urine long after symptoms have cleared entirely. What are the symptoms? The disease may take a very light form -or it may go to the other ex treme with death resulting In to 12 hours. Some of the signs' are For handsome A sidewalls fn and trim BASIN BUILDING MATERIALS Klamoth Falls Yard 4784 So. 6fh ' Phone 2-2563 common to several diseases, which adds to the diagnosis problem un less a laboratory test Is made. In severe cases temperature is high, anemia may be present; ani mals become severely depressed, appetite disappears. The milk flow becomes scanty, yellowish with oc casional tinges of blood; jaundice is common and the urine may con' tain blood. A pregnant cow may aoori at any stage. In mild cases there are slight evidence of temperature rises, ane mia and depression, with inappet ence and some loss of condition. But the animal 'soon recovers For some time, TDr. Peterson says, Oregon has been sending 200 random samples of bovine serum as we.lL as suspected samples, to "He Rocky Mountain laboratory at Hamilton, Montana... (This lab oratory has assisted several west ern states In early studies of this disease.) It Is from these samples, taken from the routine Bang's di sease blood samples alter the Bang's tests are completed, that there has come definite knowledge of presence of lepto in some de gree In 21 of Oregon's 38 counties, This is the first' definite find ing In cattle in Oregon. So far as the records show, the only other sure diagnosis of leptospirosis in Oregon occurred in early 1940 In four foxes In the Willamette Val- mi mi Crop-Growing Costs era Just as High . . . Ivan if the Crop Is a Failure! VADE'RAIN ftiakoi the differ ' ama bilwnn olturaa) raKirni - that will mtot today'! high pro ductloa colli and prolact yaur prolltil Don't rlik whala yaar'i htcom bacame tho wtathar turnt dry. Turn an WADE'RAIN Sprlnklar Irrigation (or Dinner yialdi avtry yaarl FAM6US MAINIINJ VAtVI wilh xtlwiivt Toka-oll libow. Eliminolti liipi 10 lha Pump 10 shut off waltr. Savai milei ol walking avtry union. JElF-DtAINING "IOKS-IN" GASKET No tilling Pipti lull of Wotarl Coikil au lomalirlly rtloias when areiura il off far fail, aotv moving. 0"''wABf'ltAINHalll ley. The late Dr. W. H. tytle re ported the cases (brought to. his attention by Dr. ' C. E. Long at Independence) after a report on blood samples shipped to Dr. K.F. Meyer of the ' Williams Hooper Foundation Medical Center in Cali fornia. Dr, Meyer's test agglutinat ed leptospirossis. Two of the four foxes, died. - No additional cases were found, though 103 dogs were bled to determine possible presence of canine leptospirosis in racing dogs of the Northwest. But this was canine leptospirosis and has no connection with the strain found in cattle. ' The rather general findings here now give substance to- the opinion of Director E.- L. Peterson and other members of Is staff that this disease has been present in Ore gon for possibly four years. Why It hasn't come to light sooner Is so much water over the dam. The more Important thing now Is that there s definite ' knowledge It : is here and it must be met head-on. In tills opinion, the Oregon Cat tleman's Association obviously con curs. The association in June di rected a resolution to E. L. Peter son, director of agriculture, re questing the state diagnostic labor atory to take steps immediately to run capillary tube agglutination tests as developed at the Hamil ton, Montana, laboratory on sam ples as determined by the depart ment of agriculture. It asked the department to supervise right away a program of deeding to determine the full Incidence -of lep to in the state. , - j '. The department Is already tak ing steps along the lines urged pi the Cattlemen's Association, i ' Next article: Blue tongue. POWER-ROll Jam, Tim aa lobar 5o,ini IrrifVfioa Wa'tr Whwlil Ont Man Operation M.tfl nrir Split I tr tin It) m l.filBH"! PHlt W.th itl PW' "Suspl as Wolfring Acton ifct WeoV MAIL COUPON KLAMATH FEED CO. I.al. ! Camplm hlamoKaa ana (it! WalLana liltfalirtt aa .-. u.uiia.anil O WAN' IAIN larlnltK Irrloaliaa Hans Norland Auto Insurance, 627 Pine St. ' 1 ' '' ' Extension Gillette E. Gordon, extension dairyman tor uie ' University of Caluornla Has been named winner of the DeLaval achievement award in dairy extension for 1953. The presentation was made at the 48th annual meeting of the American Dairy Science Association now be ing held at the University of Wis consin In Madison. The award Is presented each year to the extension dairyman who has contributed the most towards an effective dairy program In his area. Oordon is best known In Cal ifornia for his -work with the dairy herd Improvement associations. Through cow testing, the use of proven sires, artificial - breeding, and batter dairy management program under his direction, dairying has become one of the most Important California industries. Although . California ranks eleventh, among the states in the number of cows,' It is fourth In total milk production and third .n casn farm Income from dairy nia for his work in organizing the products. ' ; , ' . Gordon is also known In Callfor California Purebred Dairy Cattle Association, which has been highly Influential in the development of show classifications and testing program procedures. He is also a member of the statewide Commit tee on Survey of Agricultural Pro duction Capacity, and a member of the California Brucellosis Con trol Committee., to 'he past thirty years, under Gordon's ..leadership. California dairymen have Increased by 118 pounds the "average production of butterfat per cow. In 1951, Califor nia had the highest average produc tion per cow of any state In the Union, which was 7700 pounds i of milk and . 300 pounds of fat per Dairyman Award Made TV-Hater Spoils Rehearsal With 2 Butcher Knives : NEW YORK Wl A man wielding two kitchen knives Invaded a CBS television rehearsal Tuesday, stabbed a cameraman In the chest and threw the studio into a panic. One actor was struck over the head with a water pitcher. Thirty-five to 40 persons chased the man Into Ninth Avenue, where he was captured by police. I Police said the knife wielcfer. Identified as a war veteran, told them he hated television and "wanted to kill a television opera tor." I OWCoULDj you FbRGEf Ferguson Introduces New-Type Mower With Reduced Vibration; More Speed ;m V s :;:.,-:v.ii.v.;t,-:.' .. Ntw engineering developments which "Virtually eliminate vibra tion and fncrmv the farmer's potential mowing capacity by ai much as 30 percent are features of the new "High-Speed Mower'' produced by Harry Ferguson. Inc. and exhibited here this weefc by MAC'S FARM EQUIPMENT S629 So. 6th St.; "V -,' . . Incorporating a new invention regarded as revolutionary in form equipment, ,tha "High-Speed Mower" departs from he conventional. Pitman-type drive which has been a primary caused of excessive vibra tion In standard mowers for many years. The principle' introduced in the new model is known qs Ferguson "DynaBofance-Drive." en in genious counterbalancing of forces which produce smooth, quiet opera tion. Becouseof the design of the drive unit, embodying the inven tion; the implement is able to operete et greater speed end thereby .increase mowing cepacity. . In the "Dyne-Baiance-Drive" unit, power Is transferred from a double-threw crankshaft to the knife lever and a counterweight. The thrust of the knife lever is belenced by the thrust of the counter weight moving In the opposite direction in a- parallel plane. This synchronised movement in the some plane virtually eliminates vibra ion (' '. , - v . , The Ferguson company cites severel major advantages in the new mower in addition to tha increase in mowing capacity. Vibra tion reduction cuts the wear on tha mower frame and the drive com ponents. Maintenance .time and costs on tha mower ore materially reduced, and the tractor Itself absorbs far less punishment even though operating at higher speeds. The noise level is olio greetly reduced. At the same time, there is a lessening of driver faligue, extending the. potential number of working hours. The "High-Speed Mower" has been subjected to more then three years of intensive field testing. It has o break-bock safety device which allows the cutter bar to swing bock automatically when the mower strikes en obstruction. The swing causes the belt to slip, thus stopping the knife ection. To reiume operation, the driver merely bocks the tractor, resets the release, raises the mower by hydraulic control to clear tha obstruction, and starts cutting again. Operetion of the mower is most efficient in third geer at three querter throttle, or up to two gears above the moximum running speed for ordinary mowers. Under meny conditions, the Ferguson mower can be operated in fourth geer. With its speed end flexibility, Ike new "Highspeed Mower" has greater capacity for standard form mowinq and is also well adapted for contour, terrace, highway, and special contract opera tioni. cow., -making It the first state to reach an average production of 300 pounds of fat for all of Its cows. California cows under test In the dairy herd Improvement asso ciations averaged an even higher figure of 412 pounds of butterfat iu 1951, ; .... , , Gordon is known throughout the United States. as a Judge of dairy cattle. He Is accredited as an of ficial judge by all national dairy breed associations and has judged many major dairy shows, Including the Pacific International Grand National, Waterloo Dairy Congress, and the International Dairy Expos ition. He has also judged in Can ada South America and the Pan American lloistein Exposition. earned him in 1924 the assignment statewide dairy extension program, of developing and -directing the 'the position he holds today. 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