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Show COUMTY AGEHrS DEPARTMENT By Leroy C. Funk, County Agent. ROOSEVELT HOG AND POULTRY CLUIJ The Roosevelt hog and poultry club has been organized with the following officers: President, Ward Fuller; vice president, Gordon Harmston; secretary and treasurer, Jack Roberts. Those enrolled and the! projects arc as follows: Ward Fuller, poultry; Gordion Harmston, hog; Howard Harmston, hog; Jack Roberts, hog; Harold Frederickson, hog; Melvin Allied, hog; Vernon Timothy, hog. CARL BURGESS PRESEOEXT ROOSEVELT DAUIY CLUB The Roosevelt dairy cluib has been organized with Carl Burgess as president, presi-dent, Maurice Lambert, vice -president, Ronald G. Page, secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer and Melvin Mower as leader. lead-er. These enrolled are as follows: Car Burgess, Jesey; Maurice Lambert, Lam-bert, corn; Ronald Page Holstein; Earl Dillman, Jersey; Calvin Lison-' bee, calf; DeArmon Johnson, Hol-etein; Hol-etein; Woodrow Collett Holstein; Stanley Orsef, Herford; Devon Lai-6cn, Lai-6cn, Holstein, Orvid Fredrickson, Red Dent corn. ALTON AH SEWING AND COOKING CLUES ORGANIZED The sewing and cooking cIuTjs of Altonah have been organized with the following officers being elected; Cooking, Mrs. Stevens, lecher; president, presi-dent, Twila Maxfield; vice president, Leah Allred; secretary and treasurer, Arda Johanson; sewing, Mrs. Fowler, leader; president, Dora Caldwell; vice president, Clara Anderson; secretary sec-retary and treasurer, Lula Pcttcy. .The members are: Gladys Pettey, llteba Maxfield, Luzon Stevens, Fon-tella Fon-tella Wardle, Docia Clark, Thoia ClaTk, Mary Powell, Verda Alexander Alexan-der and Lucy Snyder. APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR SEED CERTIFICATION To District Agricultural Inspectors, County Agents and Smith-Hughes Instructors. Gentlemen: The object of this letter is to e'.ill your attention to requirements in our seed certification regulations which states that applications for seed certifications should le in the r'ato off.ee by the following dales: 'Orion?: March 1; alfalfa, May 1; p o t a tees a n d r a i n , June 1 . Whiie many applications for certification certi-fication are already in the office, we feel that there are a considerable number which are not, a? yet, filed and the applicants really intend to have their crops certified. Will .you please use your efforts to ;c? that applications are sent into lh s cilice as early as possible so that proper arrangements can be made for the necessary lnspectJcns, Very truly your, STATS BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, F, E. Stephen, State Agricultural Inspector. (OUNTY AGENT RECEIVES INQUIRIES ABOUT CXHVPOX A great many dairymen of this county are making inquiries cf the county agent concerning a disease they describe as cow.pox. I am quoting quot-ing from Dr. A. S. Alexander on this particular subject: This Is a febrile, contagious disease chiefly affecting the teats of cows' udders and charac terized (by an eruption of vesicles (papules) and running a mild (benign) (be-nign) course. Cause. The disease is caused by a virus or form of germ life so minute min-ute that It cannot be seen with a microscope mi-croscope and passes through a fine, porcelain filter. It is, therefore, called an ultra-microscopic, fllterablo virus. The virus Is contained in the fluid (lymp) of the vesicles and iu their scabs. One attack renders the animal immune, for several years, or permanently. The virus of human small-pox and of cowtpox are regarded regard-ed as modifications of the sanio pox virus. A milker, whose hands have been infected by cowpox, afterward is immune to smallpox. The efficacy of vaccination, originated by Jenner in 1796, is dependent upon that fact. The cow contracts Iht disease directly direct-ly from an Infected cow, or indirectly indirect-ly from infectious matter, very readily read-ily carried from such a cow, :by the milker's hands and also be contaminated contami-nated litter, forage and feed. It may, also, be contracted from a person who is convalescing from smallpox or has recently been vaccinated. The infection occurs through invisible wounds or abrasions of the skin of the teats. Symptoms. Four to 7 days after Infection there may be a slight rise in temperature and: some impairment impair-ment of appetite. A serious decrease in milk secretion -ensues. The skin at the base iof the teats becomes red, hot and sore; then oval pimples or nodules, the size of a pea, appear upon the teats. In 1 to 2 days, these I change Into bluish or yelliowish-white j vesicles, filled with clear lymph and surrounded by a reddened zone. The papules, which follow the vesicles, J mature in 8 to 11 days and show aj characteristic depression or pit in 'their centers. The fluid in the papules J is contained iu separate 'chambers which rupture - albout " uiomuiev, t.'iM form brown crusts, which come off In 4 or 5 days, leaving temporary pock-marks. Should infection icccur, suppuration ensues and angry, ulcerous ul-cerous sores result. The eruption may also appear upon the muzzel land lips of sucking calves. Succtr,-jsive Succtr,-jsive crops of papules sometimes ot cur, but usually the attack does ::ot last over "0 to 40 days. False, or so-called "gangrenous variola," Is a somewhat similar case, in which small sores, boils c.r abscesses form upon the teals cr uddsr, from infection by pus-produr.-ling organisms. This, commonly, is ia filth disease and tho seres, of v. canker type, are caused by the necrosis necro-sis organism, bacillus necrophcrus. Mercurial ointment, used in mastitis, may cause a vesicular eruption, but rot pr.stule.s-. The vesicles of contagious con-tagious foot and. mouth (lisea.ve have not the concave centres of those characterizing cowpox. Prevention. There is no 'cr.re'' for the disease. As It must run its course, treatment should aim to prevent pre-vent its spread and keep the rore: from becoming infected by filth germs. It is advisable to isolate affected af-fected cows and, If ' possible, have them milked by one who does net attend at-tend to the other cows. Before milk ing each unaffected cow, as a preventive pre-ventive measure, wash the hands In water containing 1 ounce lor more cf hypochlorite or hyposulphite cf toda r chlorinated lime, per gallon, and also cleans the udder and teats with (Oa Last Pflge.l .tm j (From Page One.) COUNTY AGENT'S DEPT. cue or other of these soiutloj. Frequently Fre-quently cleanse and disinfect the utall Moors and gulurs. Ilcd them deeply with fresh, clean, dry straw or with plaluing-mill shaving.-. Treatment. If the inflammation is acute or the sorc3 arc raw and painful, Immerse the teats once or twice dally, for 5 minutes or more, in hot water oontaining all the boric acid it will dfssolve; or in a warm solution of 1 teaspoonful each of chlorinated lime and boric acid per quart of water. If preferred, bathe the teats, several times daily, with either of the solutions, or with pe-roxldi pe-roxldi of hydrogen. Afterward, gently dry the teats and cover the sores with a soft. paste of coldspressed castor oil and bismuth subnitrate. Even pure oas-tor oas-tor oil alone has given excellent results. Paint obstinate sores, once daily, with a 2 per cent solution of mercu-ochrome, mercu-ochrome, or with equal quantities of tincture of iodine and glycerine. As heifers teats are tender make the iodine solution a little weaker for use on them, else the kicking habit may be induced. Do not use the milk, or allow a calf to nurse, during the febrile stage of the disease. If a milking tube, must be used while the teats are sore, be careful to sterilize It each time. When cowpox breaks out in a herd the veterinarian, possibly, may obtain ob-tain good results by vaccinating all susceptllbe cows, with the vaccine points Intended for the protective treatment of human beings. |