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TREATING HOGS FOR CHOLERA ?Summary of Results Obtained From i Use of Serum Are Interesting as Well as Valuable. ?(By GEORGE H. GLOVER. Colorado Ex periment Station.) In a recent report of the chief of the bureau of animal industry, a sum mary of the results obtained from the .use of serum are interesting and valu 'ablo as indicating the usefulness of ?serum in infected herds. . Of 16,152 hogs, where 70 per cent ;were sick with cholera and the serum ?was given to all of them, only 24.3 per cent died. Without the serum a loss of 73 per cent might have been .expected. The value of the serum as a cure is apparent. In 11,776 hogs that were well when given the serum but kept in herds with sick hogs, there 'was a loss of 2.9 per cent, while in a itotal of 13,578 hogs that were healthy, 'then given the serum, and later ex posed to cholera, there was a loss of ?only a little over one-half of one per [cent. In the record kept by the Colorado j Agriculture college, we find that in ?the San Luis valley, where hogs were ?not given the serum until the disease ?appeared, there was a loss of about 22 per cent. INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FOR HOGS Among Other Advantages They Are , Light, Easily Moved to Fresh Soil j -Easy to Construct. The individual hog house for far rowing, I think, has many advantages over the combination sort, writes C. S. Bratt of Fumas county, Nebraska, in Independent Farmer. They are light, easily moved from one lot to another, or to fresh soil in the same lot, which is a good pre ventive of disease. The animal heat from the sow has a greater influence on the temperature :in cold weather than in the ordinary combination hog house. I have used individual houses seven [feet long, seven feet wide of lumber, 'but this year have added some made iof galvanized sheet iron nailed on a ?wooden frame. These are six feet eight inches square at the base. They jare wann and dry. I do not consider ?them as good for warm weather owing :to the sun's heat having so much in ,fluence on them. Any farmer can make these sheet jlron houses, as they are quite simple FSA ME BcFORC /IBTril Cc y ? fi,,sc / S Ort Individual Hog House. > in construction. The material cost me $7.50 each. For the frame I select ed good 2 by 4 lumber and. ripped ! them in two making 2 by 2. I planned ' my frame so as to nail all 6eams of I the sheeting over the wood. The gal- : vanized iron I used is 26 gauge, 28 by < 96 inches. Use the large-headed galvanized roofing nails. < ^SCLID TEETH ARE ESSENTIAL M !Loc'< at Ewe's Mouth Before Buying Full-Mouthed Animal Can Be Used for Breeding. i In buying ewes "be* sure they stand .well on their feet and have good straight backs and good mouths. ( '"Broken-mouthed" ewes, that is, ewes 1 with broken teeth cr badly worn down .should not be bought. A sheep has one pair permanent in- ' wisor teeth when it is a year old, two pairs or full mouth at three years old. j A full-mouthed ewe can be used for breeding even though she is as J much as five years old. T SWINE NOTES. ; Use enough litter to keep the pens dry. When scouring give the pigs a good .dose of common baking soda. Keep the pens, troughs and barrels clean. Don't overlook that. It is of importance that the brood :BOW be kept in a vigorous thrifty con dition, not too fat but full of vitality. Feed the brood sow protein foods as (much as possible and avoid feeds rich ;in fat-forming elements. The first requisite in the hog busi ness is a good hog house well venti lated, set with ends north and south. Brood Mares. While the brood mares should not be jammed about and abused, they do require gentle exercise, light driv ing and moderate work to keep their digestion, respiration and circula tion in good, healthy, normal condi tion. Idleness and inactivity are not conducive to the production of strong, vigorous offspring. / FIGURE COST OF BAD ROADS Hauling Produce More Expensive Here Than in European Countries --Total Haulage Expense. "American farmers have begun to figure the matter of roads a little dif ferently than in former years," says President Claude .S. Briggs c. the Briggs-Detroiter company of Detroit. "When the good-roads movement was in its infancy they used to ask them selves 'Plow much will good roads cost me?' Thanks to the intelligent propaganda of the daily und farm pa pers as wen as other agencies farm ers are now asking themselves 'How much are bad roads costing me?' "According to government experts the cost of hauling a ton of farm prod uce a mile varies from seventeen cents in localities where fairly hard gravel roads exist to thirty-five cents a ton in parts of the country where the roads are in poor condition. $ On the other hand, in those European countries where hard roads prevail I the cost is as low as nine cents a ton j a mile. The department of agricul- ? ture has estimated that the total haul Climbing the Continental Divide. age expense to American formers for a year is approximately $500,000,000. And every dollar of this sum comes from the farmer's pocket, for he is the one great producer who cannot add the haulage expense to his wares, for the prices he gets are on a de livered basis. "I believe that if every farmer Wbuld take pencil and paper and figure; the amount in tons of the produce and stoe? he markets in a year, multiply it by the number of miles he must haul it to market, multiply the total by 25, which is about the average haul ing cost a ton a mile, and then consider that he could save nearly half of this amount every year if he had concrete or other hard roads all the way to his market, he would become an earnest good-roads worker. "And this actual dollars and cents saving doesn't take into consideration the many advantages of good road3 in bringing neighbors closer together, In making it easier and pleasanter to ?et to church, school, entertainments, etc. "With wider interest in better roads must come a more efficient system of road building and maintenance. This ls work for experienced and compe tent highway engineers, just as much as building a railroad is the work Df highly-trained specialists. It is no plaything for politicians." SLOW IN TAKING ADVANTAGE i Certain Loss Due to Bad Roads Made Apparent When SFeddfng ls Good During Winter. The heavy snows and excellent sled ling serve to emphasize what might be accomplished if good roads pre vailed all over the country. Farmers san take their bobs and put on twice is heavy loads as is possible at other times. It is not argued, of course, that with roads as smooth as a dance hall floor the teams could pull on wheeled vehicles the loads they do now on bobs. But there is a certain loss due to had roads that is made ill the more apparent by the ease with which transportation is made when the sledding is good, say3 South Bend Tribune. And to think that for ill these years nature has been show ing us the advantage of good roads md we have been so slow to take the lint! It should make us ashamed of OUT blindness and stupidity. Solve Social His. Elbert Hubbard says that "Good roads are the most needed thing In the world. Good roads and quick, safe and cheap transportation are going to Bolve most of our social Ills." Many Benefits Derived. Good roads will decrease ignorance, poverty, discouragement, immorality, profanity, back taxes, sheriff's sales and grouches. Gardening Time Coming. Gardening time will be here be fore you are ready for it, if you are not careful, regardless of the cold winds today! Brings Market Nearer. The good road brings the market nearer to you. A Postal rings This . Book It is free-it tells how you can have local and long distance telephone ser vice in your home at very small cost Send for it today. Write nearest Bell Tele phone Manager, or , . FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Box 42, Columbia, S. C. MEALS ARE NEVER LATE WHEN you're behind with your work, with only a few minutes in which to get supper - then the handy NEW PERFECTION Oil Cookstove helps you to hurry. It lights at the touch of a match, and cooks rapidly like a gas stove. It regulates high or low, merely by raising or lowering the wick. It is easy to operate, easy to clean, easy to re-wick. Sold in 1, 2, 3 and 4 burner sizes by hardware, furniture and depart ment stores everywhere. NEW PERFECTION OVENS bake better because a current of fresh hot air passes continually over and under the food - drying out the steam, and preventing soggi ness. This is an exclusive NEW PERFECTION advantage. Use Aladdin Security Oil or Diamond White Oil to obtain the best results in oil Stoves, Heaters and Lamps. PER Ol STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington, D. C Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. (New Jersey) (BALTIMORE) Charlotte, N. C. Charleston, W. Va. Charleston, S. C. FARM LOANS! Long-Term Loans to Farmers a Specialty. Your farm land accepted aa security WITHOUT ENDORSER or other COLLATERAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in de nominations of Three Hundred and up. Established 1892. JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ga. 1 Sra SKI -y ? 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