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Show TO STOP OUTBREAK OF HOG CHOLERA Dr. Frederick of Agricultural College Goes To Beaver County Where Disease Has Made Its Appearance. Correspondence The Sun. LOGAN, Dec. 6. Dr. II. J. Fredrick has recently returned from Mil ford in Beaver county, where he was Bent by the Utah Agricultural extension division in compliance with an urgent request re-quest made by County Agent Christetip.cn, to stop an outbreak of hog cholera. Dr. Fredrick reports that two hundred and fifty or more hogs died from the disease or were killed to Btop its spread before he got there. If more care and judgment had been used the number of hogs lost could have been greatly reduced. All ailments ail-ments among live stock should be immediately reported to the county agent, who can very often remedy the condition in twenty-four twenty-four hours or less. If he cannot control it, he immediately si'cures experts who can. Hog cholera is a very dangerous hog disease and no chances should be taken with It. Hog owners with experience enn inoculate their own hogs with hog cholera scrum which can be obtained from any reputable druggist. Do not use the virus to inoculate your pigs. Many times it only spreads the disease, and is dangerous when applied by an inexperienced hand. Keep nway from places contaminated with cholera germs. You can carry them on your feet or clothes, or your dog can carry them into your own herd. Pigs that die from the disease along with pens and fences used for 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 means to avoid getting tho discsae in your herd. Prof. Byron Alder, head of the poultry department of the Utah Agricultural college recently returned from the convention of tho American Poultry association which was held at San Francisco, Cala., from November lGth to 20th. An important work of the convention was the adoption of a utility standard for competition in the exhibition of utility birds nnd eggs. This will noon nppcar in book form and can be obtained from any responsible poultry magazine publisher. On November 22d Professor Alder gave a paper on "The Seasonal Variation of Egg Production" at one of the educational meetings held under the auspices of the exposition live stock department. Professor Alder visited Petaluma, Cala., where a million, five hundred thousand single combed white leghorn leg-horn hens arc kept. These hens bring their owner about $1,000,-000 $1,000,-000 a year, $1,500,000 of which is clear gain. ThiB says tho professor pro-fessor is a concrete example of what any community can do by tho intelligent collective production of one thing for which it is adapted. adap-ted. Probably more stallions arc mistreated during tho winter thnn during any other season of the yenr. Many seem to feel that the stallion, after the breeding season, can bo carefully stowed away until he is required for next season's breeding. The life and usefulness use-fulness of stallions can be much extendctl if they arc given proper winter care. The horse should have sufficient nutritious feed to keen him in good condition. Usually only n small allowance of grain will be required provided good alfalfa hay is available. One of the things which is most necessary is exercise and association with other horses. If it is possible to work the stallion, so much the better, otherwise give him the run of u paddock where he can see other horses and In which some shelter is provided. For a ton-horse ton-horse the ration may consist of about twenty pounds of alfalfa hay and from six to ten pounds of oats or n mixture of oats and bran will bo found sufficient. |