THE OKLAHOMA FARMER, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1910.
Stock
BLOAT IN CATTLE
(By W. H. Underwood.)
The season Is now approaching
when, unless those who use clover
pastures are careful they will be
liable to lave bloat in their cattle
There is even greater danger with al-
falfa than with clover. The tempta-
tion to turn onto these lush pastures
early in the morning before the dew
has dried away is very great.
Cattle should never be turned in
fresh clover past " when it is wet
with dew ">r rain. hen they arc hun-
gry they should no be turned onto it
even if the pastur« .s dry. It is better
to till them up and then turn them
onto it for half an hour at first, then
« little longer the next day, until they
have become accustomed to it. Steers
or stock cattle can then be left on the
pasture day and night. If this method
is followed there will be very little
danger.
Where the slightest danger is appre-
hended it is always well to keep an
eye on cattle that have been turned
onto clover pastures. As to remedies
there is but one sure one after the
animal shows distress, and that the
use of the trocar and cannula. The
trocar is simply a sharp-pointed awl
and the cannula a little thimble ci
sheath open at both ends, which is put
on the end of the awl. This is driven
in with the awl, aind remains when the
trocar is removed, allowing the gas to
escape. After the animal is relieved
this can be removed.
Every farmer should have this little
tool ready when wanted. If, however
it is not available, the incision can hr
made with a clean knife, putting In a
goose or turkey quill with both ends
open, and holding it there till the gas
escapes.
The place to insert the trocar or
make the incision is on the cow's left
side in the center of the depression
between the last rib and the hipbone
or between the last rib, the spine and
Clean Up and Disinfect
everything about the barn, hog
pen, cow stable, chicken yard,
sinks, drains, cellar, cess-pools,
etc., with a solution of
Dr. Hess Dip
and Disinfectant
One gallon Dip makes 70 to 100
gallons of solution. The greatest
preventive of disease known.
Kills lice, mites, sheep ticks,
fleas. Cures sheep scab, mnage,
eczema and other parasitic skin
diseases of liorses, cattle, slieep,
hogs,dogs and poultry. Also heals
cuts, burns and infectious sores.
If your dealer cannot supply
you, we will. Write for circular.
DR. HESS & CLARK
Ashland, Ohio.
the targe, protruding bone This ism-
ply punctures the rumen, or paunch
and allows the gas to escape. After
this the animal should be given a dose
of physic. Epsom salts is probably
the best.
SYMPTOMS OF CHOLERA
The beginning of hog cholera in a
herd is marked bj the sickness of one
>r two hogs: symptoms not character-
istic and disease not suspected till
other animals sii'ken, as the number
attacked increases the liability of the
whole herd becoming infected is in-
creased. Cholera is a germ disease
carried in the discharge from the bow-
els and kidneys of infected animals
not always by direct contact with sick
animals but through' infection of quar-
ters or ground occupied or traveled by
sick animals or on the feet of attend-
ants etc. If a herd's resistant powers
are low on account of low vitality or
if the germ is of particular virulence
the attack may be acute. In the acute
type symptoms are sluggishness, dis-
inclination to move, weakness loss of
appetite, high fever, gumming of eyes
and possibly diarrhoea. On careful ex-
amination, red or purplish spots are
disclosed on the skin, especially over
the abdomen; inside of legs and
around the eves and ears. Disease is
rapid and death usually occurs before
the hogs arc greatly emaciated. In
the chronic type symptoms are similar
though not so pronounced. An animal
rarely recovers his vigor enough to be
profitable.
Careful attention to preventive
measures such as quarantine, disin-
fection, proper feeding, etc., would
materially reduce the ravages of this
disease. Serum inoculation, however
is the surest preventive measure. A
hog becomes immune after injection
of the serum for a period of several
weeks if not exposed to cholera. After
that the activity is lessened and treat-
ment must be repeated. If animal is
exposed however, shortly after treat-
ment the effect is permanent and the
immunity lifelong. The serum is to be
used mainly as a preventive and little
success can be expecteel in herds badly
infected. Those desiring to obtain the
serum should apply to their respective
state veterinarians or agricultural col-
leges. Treatment should always be
accompanied by isolation of infected
hogs and disinfection of quarters.—Dr
D. M. "Dorset in U. S. Bulletin.
BREEDING STOCK
FOR MARKET VALUE.
In this period of extremely high
prices for feed it becomes a leading
question with the stockman as to
whether or not he can afford to make
a specialty of feeding stock for the
market Many think not. Probably no
one factor is of greater importance
than the character of the animals to
be fed, whether horses, cattle, sheep
or swine.
Feeding experiment" on animajs for
meat production have generally shown
that the breed does not play so impor-
tant a part in absolute gain In weight
as might be supposed. For example
by side with the same food might
make much the same relative gains in
live we'ght.
Animals of common or native stock
wpit among; thr poorest in
daily gain in live weight That is the.
case, as might logi-ally be supposed
though' it is not invariably so. Cattle
of small size of dairy ty|>e will at best
make a poor showing in flesh produc-
tion.
Another and most important side to
CATTlvK
SHORTHORN8
One of the largest herds in Western
Oklahoma. Your stock always for sale
Poland Chinas—herd boar. Mo. Per-
fection 40747. Twenty young boars
ready for service. Some good young
stock left. Write us.
R. S. VAUGHN & SONS,
Texmo, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
HORSES
Standard Bred
TROTTING STALLIONS
MARES AND GELDINGS
COLTS AND FILLIES
Of different ages and and of the high-
est and most fashionable breeding al-
ways for sale at CHICASKI STOCK
FARM, Blackwell, Okla., at reasonable
prices and guaranteed absolutely as
represented.
Write for general catalogue and list
of 1907 weanlings.
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HOGS
THE BEST RATION FOR HOGS.
In a recent bulletin the College of
Agriculture of the University of Mis-
souri has published the results of ti
number of swine feeding experiments
by E. B. Forbes.
These experiments prove that corn
-—good corn—is a good feed for any
animal and that there is no reason for
withholding it from any animal need-
ing food. At the same time, it is
shown that corn alone is not nearly
sc good or so profitable a feed as corn
supplemented by some proteid food
such as tankage, linseed oilvtieal, or
soy beans.
If hogs fed exclusively on corn the
animal becomes very fat and chubb,\
and does not develop properly: the
bones are brittle and easily broken.
Sixty-five hogs were used in this ex-
periment and they were divided into
lots of five each. Twelve different ra-
tions were used with corn alone in
two of them and corn supplemented
with some other feed in the eithers.
The hogs fed on corn and linseed
oilmeal and those fed on corn and
tankage gained the most; those le-
ceiving corn alone were most unsatis-
factory.
HERDS OF POLAND CHINAS
Barred Plymouth Rock Chickens and
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. I have
some good pigs, either sex, for sale.
Barred Rock eggs $1.00 per setting.
J. R. McNABB, Route 1, Sentinel, Okla
REGISTERED POLAND CHINA
Swine, Hs rd boars; King Rastus 1st,
sired by Big Perfection E. L. On and
On sired by On and On. Office phone
3, Farm phone 452.
LEE McREYNOLDS, Chickasha, Okla.
PRAIRIE GLADE HERD
POLAND CHINAS
Brood sows by Oakwood Prince, first
prize winner at Oklahoma State Fair,
bred to 2nd prize yearling at Oklahoma
State Fair and some to son of Medder
2nd. Write me just what you want.
J. S. SHEARER, R. 3, Hennessey, Ok.
"A census enumerator was overcome
in a fashionable South Highland homo
yesterday morning."
"Kow did that happen?"
"He was cordially received and offered
refreshments.''
CATTLE RESTING IN FIELD.
this ciuestion involving breeding and
feeding is the character of the meat
derived from the animal. On the mar-
ket a steer with plenty of Aberdeen-
Angus, Shorthorn or Hereford blood
with good conformation, fetches the
highest price That is because much
of his fat is distributed on the out-
side of the ribs and on the back and
fleshy parts, While the native or dairy
type of steer has his deposited inter-
nally, with a much greater percentage
of waste. The butcher finds a thicker
finer fleshed cut of meat with the ani-
mal of beef lines than of the other
sort.
In general the preceding statement
has eepial application for sheep and
swine. It is true that in this country
range sheep with considerable Merino
blood will give essentially equally
good gains for the food consumed as
will som'1 of o lr well known pure
breeds.
If the above statements are correct
and they ire, as ba=ed on much ex-
perimental evidence, then it is largely
a question of type or function that the
feeder must consider. How is he to
get the right sort of animals to secure
the best returns? He may buy feeders
in the big stockyards, and the better
they are the more purity of blood they,
will show, and if well fed the higher
the price they will bring when turned
off fat. The butcher knows at oticej
that a well fattened, type, highly, bred
Aberdeen-Angus steer or Southdown
wether or Berkshire barrow will kill
out among the best. It is absolutely a
vase where blood will tell.
It is a singular thing that so man?
people will persist in keeping low
grade, unprofitable stock even under
the best of circumstances. The results
of careful study of many dairy herds
in this country have shown a large
number of cows that did not make
enough milk each year to pay for their
keep. They were boarding at the ex-
pense of their owners.
We need to make a more careful in-
ventory of stork, to weed out the u?i«
profitable ones and buy or breed a
type that represents a profit-maker of
high chiss. Not only should one study
his own herd, but it will pay him to
investigate the market and get clear
in his mind the type that is rendering
a profit anel then secure it. Where
one pursues such a policy, as a gen-
eral rule the use e>f higli priced feed-
ing stuffs pays, otherwise not.
ALFALFA PRODUCES BEEF.
Alfalfa is grown in most parts of
the Argentine cattle country, but not
to anything like the extent to which it
can be grown. It is known that it will
grow for ten years and it is be-
lieved a fair stand will be maintained
for forty years if not pastured too
close. Modern machinery is used in
some instances in bailing and stacking
(hi* crop.
A fine illustration e>f the value of al-
falfa is seen in the experience of the
manager of a 55,000 acre ranch all in
alfalfa. This much now actually sup-
ports more cattle than the 140.000
acres of the original alfalfa ranch in
the native grass when this man took
the place thirteen years ago. The al-
falfa had much more than doubled the
production, of the land. Some cattle
that are bred upon the native grass
land are shipped to the alfalfa coun-
try to finish; at the monthly charge
per head of stock, the alfalfa returns
$7 to $0 per acre pe>r year.
Tt requires from I 1-3 to I 2-3 acres
of good a'falfa well cared for to sup-
port one steer and two sheep. This
means 4.000 to 4,800 cattle and twice
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