Show county farm news uy by tile county agent twelve hundred bundled head of range and dairy cattle were tested lor for hangs bangs disease in fit greenwich and souville during november and december of 0 this number 18 head tested positive to the reaction or were suspected ot of ha having lug the disease gease di this Is indeed a large laige savings to the stockman as a few years ago a as high as 25 per pel cent of some som 0 herds had tile disease county agent burtenshaw ens liaw said the bangs testing work Is under the direction of the state and federal department ot of ag and Is done by a licensed 13 d veterinarian the program consists of blood testing mature animals to find reactors those these reactors are removed from the herd and sold tor for beet beef to keep them from spreading spread ng the disease to other animals calves from fo four ur to nine months of age are vaccinated vaccina ted to give them an immunity against the disease bangs disease Is a loss ios 3 to live stockmen stoc kmen in several ways mainly through cattle losing the their ir calves or cattle falling failing to get with calf A cow that will not produce a calt calf each year is a liability instead of an asset to the stockman and should be removed from the herd bangs disease Is also reported to be responsible for undulant fever in man which Is sometimes spread through milk from cattle having bangs disease for this reason it is very important that all milk animals be tested periodically to tempye reactors no milk cows should be purchased by any farmer unless dunles he demands a bangs test and they are reported clean plans are now beng made by the county commissioners and C L jones state veterinarian to test all dairy cattle in plute P lute county sometime ome time in march and april burtenshaw said fo four U r hundred thirty head of range and dairy cattle were sprayed tor for lice control in the Thomp thompsonville sonvIlle area on oil friday saturday and sunday of last week according to ray burtenshaw county agricultural agent eight bight stockmen stoc kmen in this area arda cooperated by spraying their entire herds this work was donti dono by the use of a gallon pressure sprayer owned by the state extension service tor for demonstration spraying of ticks lice and grubs the people of thompsonville Thomp sonville and greenwich have tor for several years realized the serious loss in feed and gains of livestock due to lice infection on their cattle and requested help on this leh ihl mr me burtenshaw Bui stated it was arrau god to spray cattle in greenwich on monday but bu t weather conditions interfered burtenshaw bartens h w sald said it th la to be remembered le that this Is only a demo demonstration and it to Is hoped that either a sprayed 01 a dipping v vat a t can call bo be obtained in each of 0 these communities so BO that facilities will bo be available for the control of cattle lice the cattle were sprayed with tour four pounds of 60 50 per cent DOT DDT powder to gallons or of water which Is considered by agricultural entomologists to bo be adequate ade guate tile the spraying can be done dona tor for a cost ot of approximately eight cents to ten cents per head george F knowlton exten slon sion entomologist from logan was present and assisted I 1 in a gets ting the demonstration set up the sprayer will bo be transported throughout the state along with the farm an and home show and will be a available val lable at th that at time for a demonstration spraying of from 25 to 60 50 head of cattle in the community in which it Is shown the farm and home show Is scheduled tor for exhibit at the recreation hall in Cir circleville cleville all day F february 2 21 1 and at the high school in marysvale Marys valo vale february 22 thayne thaine applegate ot of junction continued on page five cou county rity farm news continued from pago page tour four recently received a 2500 war bond from the kraft foods company of chicago as a winner la in the state 4 11 dairy production contest according to ray ilay burtenshaw pluto county agent this Is one oi of eight such prizes given to 4 11 boys in utah by tile the kratt kraft foods company sponsors of the national state and coun ty 4 11 dairy production contest received elved a modal medal from the same company at the county county achievement exercises in november as aa county winner ot of the contest thayne has haa a purebred jersey heifer purchased two years ago from an outstanding dairy herd in cache valley hhaynes Th aynes experience end here heie however as his heifer Is expected to freshen soon when she does lie he will milk her in alie ti ae new milking barn just completed by ills his father As AB soon as pasteurization equipment is IB available he plans aaris to sell the milk produced through ills his fathers plant his parents are mr air and mrs jay W applegate of 0 junction other county modal medal winners are billy holman olman II meat animal contest 0 J morrall field crops and thomas 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