CATTLE 



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"SWISS VALLEY GIRL." 

 A Grnnd Champion. Brown Swiss mttle are dual purpose — mill; 

 and beef, ^y eight, bulls loOOto 2000 lbs.; cows 1200 to 1.500 lbs. 



SENIOR AND GRAND CHAMPION GALLOWAY BULL 

 The Galloway breed oriyinateil in Scotland, noted for fine long 

 hair used for teats and robes. A II Galloways are black and hornless 



CONTAGIOUS ABORTION 



Possibly one of the most dreaded diseases 

 confronting 

 the stockman. 

 The cause is 

 generally ac- 

 cepted to be 

 a specific or- 

 ganism. We 

 have t w o 

 forms, an ear- 

 ly and late. 

 In the early 

 f o r m t h e 

 abortion may 

 occur within 

 two months 

 while the late occurs about the seventh month 



When the distvise makes 

 its ap]iearance there are 

 four fundamental princi- 

 ples to follow: 



(1) Do not sell any of 

 the herd. 



(2) Do not place any 

 fresh animals in the herd. 



(3) Do not breed alu tr- 

 iers for at least three 

 months after aborting. 



(4) Thorough and con- 

 tinual cleaning and disin- 

 fection of the l)arn. 



To sell aborters means you help spread 

 the disease. To place fresh animals in the 

 herd means they will also conu! down with 

 the disease and thus you will breed it and 

 retain it on the premises so much longer. 

 This disease like all others ]iroducesat sonu' 

 time immunity, therefore the herd should 

 l)e kept intact with the result that sooner or 

 later the disease dies out. 



Various remedies are on the market at the 

 present time; however none can be called 

 specific. In some cases their applica- 



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tion seems to have remedied the trouble l)ut 

 as a matter of fact the disease has simply 

 died out of its own accord. 



Prominent investigators the world over 

 are still cai-rying on ex])erimental and re- 

 search work wilh a, view of learning some- 

 thing definite as to its manner of spread and 

 positive treatment. 



In Great Britain the method of dealing 

 with the disease is to inject all young female 

 cattle with the active virus which is the 

 cause of the disease. This produces an im- 

 munity, just as vaccinating causes an im- 

 munity against smallpox. 



BLACK LEG 



A disease which attacks j^oung animals 



from one month to two 



years of age. l'rol);d)l\' ani- 

 mals ranging around 

 eighteen months are the 

 most susceptible. It is 

 more prevalent while ani- 

 mals are on pasture; and 

 appears to attack those 

 that are in the best of 

 condition. 



Symptoms are easily 

 disccM'ued, and consist of 

 swellings which may form 

 on any part of the body, 

 usually on the shoulders 

 and thighs, in whirli case we have some 



lameness. When 

 these swellings 

 are pressed 

 tliey give forth 

 a c r a c k 1 i n g 

 sound which 

 can also be no- 

 tic(Ml by the 

 hand. If cut 

 into the tissue 

 is dark and a 

 frothy, black 

 fluid exudes. 



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SEXIOR CHAMPION ANGUS BULL 

 Angus are beef cattle; fatten easily; all black and hornless. 



