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Newspaper
Indiana County Agent
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
3
County agents and school coordinated programs highlight seed corn selection and harvest. Reports note reduced seed corn compared with last year, extensive student involvement, and demonstrations of plowing and vaccination impact on hog health.
State veterinarian Dr. A F Nelson and state food and drug commissioner H E Barnard announced Indiana faces its worst hog cholera outbreak in years. A night stockyards inspector was added as cholera cases rise, with infected hogs shipped to Indianapolis yards flagged as prima facie evidence of disease. Disinfection education and stricter pen hygiene are urged to curb spread.
A hand separator reduces waste by separating butterfat from milk and allows skim milk to be fed to pigs calves and chickens. It minimizes handling, costs about forty to fifty dollars for a four to five cow herd, and can pay for itself in a year while lasting ten years with proper care. Cream from separation is richer sweeter and fresher and avoids absorbing odors.
Farmers with ten or more cows need bigger milk separators capable of handling about 150 pounds of milk in fifteen minutes and a small gasoline engine to drive the unit. The device is thicker and cheaper than hand power.
A sanitary milk bottle cap has been released to keep bottles free from dirt and flies while in use. The design allows pouring with a simple stop movement and provides near air tight closure when closed.
Each cow in the herd is treated as a profit plant whose peak efficiency maximizes returns. Ensuring top performance across the herd forms a major portion of the dairyman’s daily operations.
Severe calf diphtheria affects three to five day old calves causing refusal to drink and mouth ulcers with fever and foul breath. It spreads to young calves and pigs up to eight months, occasionally to adults. Dr. Reynolds recommends cleaning sores with creolin solution, then twice daily permanganate of potash wash for a week, plus thorough pen disinfection. Looks Like It. Some women simply seem to go away for a change of clothes.
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