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Show A.G. U. NOTES Few farm chickens carry sufficient flesh to bring top market prices. Exercise Ex-ercise anri fat do not go together. Before Be-fore marketing, free range chicken-should chicken-should be penned and fed a special fattening fat-tening ration for at least 2 weeks before going on the markec. The fattening ration suggested is composed of two parts corn me tl. shorts and - round oats (with the hull sifted out). Wet thw mixture down wi h skim milk or butter milk and feed the penned chickens as much as they will eat without- wasting. Fatted hens sell for 4 or 5 cents more a pound than free rantre hens. The difference diff-erence in cost of feeding is less for the free range hens, but the extra weight of the fatted hens plus the difference in price per pound pa;.s a oig profit on the increased cost of fattening. Dr. H. J. Fredrick has recently re cently returned from Milford, Beaver county, Utah, where he was sent by the U. A. C. Extension Division in compli ancewithan urgent request made by j County Airent Christensen, to stop an outbreak of hog Cholera. Dr. Fredrick reports that 250 or more hogs died from the disease or were killed to stop iN I sPread bjf'"-e he got there. If more care and judgment had been used the number of hogs lost could have been greatly reduced. All ailments among live stock should be immediatly reported report-ed to the County Atrents who can very often remedy the conditions in 24 hours or less. It he be cannot control it he immediatly secures experts who can. Hog cholera is a very dangerous hog disease and no chances should be taken with it. Hog owners with experience expe-rience can innoculate their own hogs with hog cholera serum which can be obtained from Salt Lake druggists. Do not use the vir..a t i . Uo mil. m uirtte your pigs. Many times it only spreads the disease and is dangerous when applied by an inexperienced hand. K'eep away from places contami lated with cholera germs. You can carry them on vour feet or clothes, or your dog can carry them into your own herd. Tie your dog up. All pigs thptdie from the disease with all pens and fences fen-ces used fiom the diseased hogs should be burned. Plow up the runways and get rid of the germs. Safety first is the important factor so first of all use every eve-ry means to avoid getting the disease in your herd. |