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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER mnHn crnIaceommebavallle 'ISVho LIVESTOC The farmer may noi GERM IS FOUND Announcement of the discovery of the germ of foot and mouth disease with the forecast of the probable elaboration of a preventive serum, has been made by Dr. Heinrich Frosch and Prof. Robert Dahmen of the Berlin Veterinary Research institute. While they have not yet made public their methods in detail, they announce that they obtained the germs from the liquid which fills the pustules which form on he feet and about the mouth of infected ani- They propagated these germs on solid media after the uuial bacterio- methods arul with the thir- teenth and twenty-thir- d generations of culture were able to produce the From the disease in guinea pigs. of another strain, sixth a cow was inoculated and showed symptoms of the disease after eight Another cow, inoculated days. sub-cultu- re - from the first one, developed a ty- pical case. The bacilli are too small to be seen with the highest power micro- scope, but by photography with light waves of short wave length they are revealed as rods about one ten- thousandth of a millimeter length, a millimeter being approx- of an inch, imately one twenty-fift- h These tiny bacilli clot together to globules about the size of the red corpuscles of the blood and which can easily be seen with the microscope. The Hygienic institute and the Robert Koch institute in Berlin are now endeavoring to duplicate the s. results of Dr. Frosch and Dr. men. If they are confirmed, an effort will be made to find a pro- tective serum against the disease, which in the past few months has caused millions of dollars loss to farmers, dairymen and stockraisers in California and in England. Out- breaks in widely separated parts of the world are not infrequent occur- ences and the disease is controlled only be the serevest quarantine. Sthe do some business men, but oc?o?s?aanrdnCcreaaSse growth sheeD and hn cattie while he family t Jr his steevs.ornej long recuperating rq as does his city COUsin whose house expenses are eating a hole m bank account with nothing which to refill it, until e returns to the tread mi . , , .. . It. has ever been one dollar spent T tbe dl!arrs hold will go as in the city, and furnish more luxu lay-o- forget, that Thousands of pounds of 4 otber and pnued needs. Likewise enormous quanti- ties of fruits and vegetables from the outside find a ready market in this favored land where the very best quality can be produced with very little effort. of gumption. SiTm .. CATTLE PLAGUE o While we are trying to reach the ff VERNAL DRY CLEANING WORKS SETH B. TERRY, Prop. Equipped to do DRY CLEANING and STEAM PRESSING Parcel Post prepaid one way Dah-mal- Phone Ute 145 t0 most of us is a large sum This farmer however, ey. 0f n0 other source of income current expenses, had to of mon-logic- al because to meet ask for credit at the stores, implement houses, blacksmith shops, banks and other institutions, until his large seed crop should be marketed. As SOon as the crop was sold he began writing checks, which went lovely until one day he received a letter from his bank containing a returned check with the brief statement, please call and attend to The poor felthis account at once. low has long since quit writing checks, and he has found it almost impossible to obtain sufficient credit carry. hjm untn another seed crop Visitour Booth at the U. B. . C. over-- draft, The farm position must be regard- from a paternal standpoint. It s produced- suppiies the material wants of all It is not the purpose of this natj0ns and Ala.sses of people, no to discourage the production matter what their vocation may be. seed that King Crop is con- The UDon the Trom Mnh to Seatt. mere has been the salvation of the country have been on the negative of this whole (marketing) business for forty jeais. Ihey did not know enough about the affirmative side to h.lp themselves until this movement started. The time ,1ms gone by for the negative fellow. If you are not going to take the affir- turists honest labors. mative and adopt the business meth- However commonplace first thing to do is to go forward, in id int Hip of to help yourselve firmative attitude. Once you adopt that view of looking at things you are going to go forward. If we cannot do it, then let us quit kick- ins and sit down and become bow- ers of wood and drawers ef water, and be content with our lot faa article FARMER PEA DEES PAY ATTENTION TO FACTS In the Uintah basin livestock article published last month in the UINTAH BASIN FARMER, by John T. Caine III, it was reported there Were 14,503 head of hordes in the Uintah basin, when in fact it should have been 13,503 head. We published the figures just as were sent by Mr. Caine, but his typist had made the error and was also overlooked by us before publication. Our attention was called to the fact of the wrong addition by one of our readers. This goes to show that THE UINTAH BASIN FARM ER is carefully read which is indeed the real test of any paper. Light Lunches Iced Tea and Coffee of al- which Umtah than legislation toward stabalizing the farm farm markets. and It appears that every farmer in All kinds of YPTTf the Uintah basin should take advantage of his very best market and see Bakery Goods and that the hat it is well health physical and mental vitality best market, supplied as one of our econo- are dependent upon it. The very mists says .ls the farmers own roots of all industry reach back to table. In other words we should the farm, and it has been truly our own needs as nearly as termed the bone, sinew of society. supply from the possible products of the farm. grades of farms and farmers Under present conditions If we hope to compete In the outside . , , ket, we must deal in products which bear , freight rate among of VERNAL, UTAH intellect which are high glitter honey, poultry, alfalfa held steady to the daily tasks of beef. life, until such characters have been seed, wool, lambs, formed, that could withstand trials and temptations, and accomplish ... nr1 great things 1 ls, on tbe arm that we learn You Can Get The time, of details and YYY UeT became Napoleon great by jn.ethod. uf! Mention to the little things of be briiaat is not an a element of the great, nor Is Ynt 1 n0(sary0 sacnUce strength to so called grace or substance for at the U. B. I. C. at one stand show, but to hold fast, to look ahead, to keep to a purpose. No only. matter how situated, adherents to these principles will succeed. IIow niany different talents are We will have 2,000 of them the FIRST DAY, and the farm as well as eyY0Le. fed by it. J, is a There helpfulness in they will go FAST. They are POLAR EARS, this diversity a sort of fraternity CHOCOLATE COATED so if you employment doctors, lawyers, statesmen, ets., in which one helps all the want a REAL bo TREAT at our stand EARLY. , when this brothICE-CREAWe will serve erhood of necessity i3 recognized, DRINKS and LUNCH. that eliminates selfishness and NONE BETTER. Meet us in the BIG WHITE City Bakery . BASIN Sandwiches if T' "T. BIG SPECIAL es-th- ey ICE-CREA- POTATOES AS SOAP re-d- Grated raw potatoes and soft water are said to have been used successfully in. China as a substi- tute for soab in washing delicate silk garments. The potatoes are two or three days before washing and in about the ratio of two pounds to a gallon of water, the sediment has settled, the water is drawn off and passed vats. Dipping the garments into the liquid is said to clean (hem thoroughly without rubbing. greed. It would be impossible to estimate farm benefits by city standards cause there are so many things on which one cannot set a cash value. Pure air, rosy cheeks, paint-Whe- n ed by the hand of nature; good petites supplied by healthful, nutri-int- o tlous food, as untainted fruits, fresh vegetables, rich pure milk and fresh eggs. Early to bed and early to TENT at U. B. I. C. ed up-Vl- he (Qalder (Qonfectionery ap-cle- ar 21 i |