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HOG CHOLERA REMEDIES. 
On page 1024 we spoke of dealers in 
hog cholera cures that are working in 
Indiana. Here is a sample letter from 
Kosciusko County: 
Two polished men are making the 
rounds of the farmers here, claiming to 
have a sure cure for hog cholera. This 
disease has been very disastrous in North¬ 
ern Indiana, in the Fall, for several 
years, and the hog raisers are willing to 
grasp at almost any kind of promised re¬ 
lief. These two are taking in quite a 
bunch of money. They charge one cent 
per pound for the hogs treated. In their 
literature “National Inoeuline” is re¬ 
ferred to as “a positive cure and preven¬ 
tive for hog cholera,” and “charges re¬ 
funded on all losses” is promised. 
It seems that a very stringent law cov¬ 
ering the sale and use of these hog chol¬ 
era remedies will go into effect in Octo¬ 
ber of this year. Naturally every man 
with a fake cure is working double time 
before the authorities can legally bar him 
out. No farmer should buy any of these 
remedies without first notifying the State 
Veterinarian at Indianapolis. lie will 
promptly investigate and after October 1 
he will have power to enforce the law. 
There is no doubt of the value of hog 
vaccination for cholera prevention, the 
work if done right and proper material 
used, but in the hands of careless or un¬ 
skilled operators harm rather than good 
is likely to result from the treatment. 
Dr. F. A. Bolser, assistant Indiana 
State veterinarian in charge of swine, 
emphasizes the need of thorough disin¬ 
fection where there have been outbreaks 
of the disease, and special care in vac¬ 
cination to avoid germ infection. The 
parts where the treatment is applied 
should be thoroughly scrubbed and disin¬ 
fected, preferably with bichloride of 
mercury solution one to one thousand. 
After treatment the wound is painted 
with iodine and covered with flexible col¬ 
lodion, and the hog turned into a short 
grass pasture if possible. If allowed to 
run in long grass the covering is quite 
sure to get off before the wound heals, 
and germ infection from flies results. Dr. 
Bolser believes that the State can be rid 
of hog cholera when the new law is fully 
in effect if farmers will work with the 
authorities in such matters as disinfec¬ 
tion and reporting of suspected cases. 
THE SILO—“BARN PASTURE,” 
This is the season for seeding down the 
barn pasture. This barn pasture is an¬ 
other name for the silo which provides a 
supply of succulent food through the 
Winter. Take away the silo, and drive 
out of knowledge all its benefits, and 
thousands of dairy farms would be forced 
out of business. In fact the entire scheme 
of modern dairying would be upset. Yet 
many of us can remember when there w T as 
barely a silo to be found in the country. 
There were a few turning out a sour, ill¬ 
smelling product, and the few men who 
had the courage to stand up at farmers’ 
meetings and advocate silo filling were re¬ 
garded as mild and not altogether harm¬ 
less cranks. To-day the benefits of the 
silo are acknowledged, and an immense 
business has been developed in the manu¬ 
facture and supply of silo fixtures. The 
picture on page 1059 is a familiar one to 
farmers at this season of the year. Some 
of them will call the carrier shown in this 
picture a little out of date by the side of 
the blower and tube which sends the cut 
silage whirling into the silo. But whether 
the corn is blown with the force of a 
tempest, or carried in laboriously by 
hand, the principle of providing green 
food for stock feeding is the same, and 
slowly the wise men have dug out their 
theories, and the practical men have test¬ 
ed them, until it is pretty well known 
how to produce good silage. There is still 
considerable controversy as to the best 
form of silo. Solid concrete, concrete 
blocks, glazed tile, cobblestone, wood, all 
have their advocates, and no one can say 
that he has the best form of silo for all 
situations. Then there is still a contest 
between the advocates of mature corn and 
those who want the soft, bulky fodder. 
Some of the Southern corn varieties cer¬ 
tainly give an immense crop of green and 
watery stuff. This fills the silo rapidly, 
and when it is fed Avith cotton-seed meal 
and other concentrates, good results are 
obtained. On the other hand, the major¬ 
ity of dairymen seem to agree that in the 
long run it pays better to use a variety 
of corn which will mature a good-sized 
.ear; while such a corn will not give as 
much bulk to the acre, the quality is high, 
and the difference between the tAvo is not 
unlike that betAveen milk low in fat and 
another sample testing four or more per 
cent. These things are usually a matter 
of personal opinion, and in the long run 
a practical dairyman will settle them 
right, as he will methods of filling the 
silo and the machinery needed to do it 
properly. It is usually a safe proposi¬ 
tion to let an intelligent farmer alone to 
Avork out these details after he is made 
familiar Avith the theory of the subject. 
Every year we have a number of ques¬ 
tions about cutting dry stalks into a silo 
late in the season. In a small way Ave 
have made a sort of imitation silage by 
chopping the stalks into a barrel or hogs¬ 
head, pouring on boiling water, and cover- 
ing with a blanket. By means of this 
process the stalks are thoroughly steamed 
and softened so that they make "good feed. 
A recent bulletin from the Vermont Ex¬ 
periment Station describes Avhat they call 
mock silage. In the Winter of 1907 it 
became evident that the silage then being 
used would not hold out. As a feeding 
experiment Avas going on, it Avas neces¬ 
sary to have something which would give 
a fair equivalent. No silage could be 
bought anywhere near the College farm, 
so an experiment was tried Avith mock 
silage. They cut eight tons of dry corn 
fodder into a stave silo. This Avas shred¬ 
ded rather than cut off Avith a sharp cut. 
Ou the day of shredding three tous of 
water Avere thrown in ; five days later 2Vj 
tons of water were added; and three 
days later four more tons. A Aveek later 
two tons more of water Avent in, Avith 
small amounts to follow, so that at the 
end the mock silage contained about 25% 
of dry matter. One month after the corn 
was shredded the temperature went up 
to 110 degrees six inches beloAV the sur¬ 
face. The silage was sweet and eaten 
Avell by the cattle, and appeared to be 
nearly equal to the real product. We 
should not, however, advise this use of 
dry fodder as a general rule, although 
farmers frequently ask if they cannot 
husk the corn, dry the fodder, and later 
cut it into the silo, adding a quantity of 
molasses or some similiar food. In this 
way they Avould have the dry shelled corn, 
and also fill the silo. At one time experi¬ 
ments Avere made in using salt, charcoal, 
and some other substances in the silo as 
preservatives. As a rule we think there 
was no profit in such use, and farmers 
now seem to agree that the best barn pas¬ 
ture is made by cutting Avell-matured 
corn, each stalk carrying a good-sized ear, 
into a strong, air-tight silo, adding such 
water as judgment dictates, and then 
leaving it alone until feeding time comes. 
IOWA LIVE STOCK CONDITIONS. 
The West is largely settled up by hust¬ 
lers, avIio hustle too hard and much. This 
year unusual weather conditions pre- 
A’ailed, and it has been drought for three 
mouths and one week. Skies cloudless, 
mercury 90 to 102 in the shade. It is a 
Avonder that there are any crops. But 
here the Avheat and oat crops are unusual 
and fine; plenty of Spring moisture Avas 
what saved it, and the quality is espe¬ 
cially fine. But the corn plant needs some 
Summer moisture; in the above period 
from time of planting it only had tAvo 
inches of rainfall. The stand is fine ; the 
fields Avere Avell tilled and ground is clean, 
but there will be but a partial crop. Up 
to last eight days we estimated this sec¬ 
tion of AA’estern Iowa at 75% of a crop, 
but Ave have revised that uoav. After 
several days of gathering early corn (as 
Ave are feeding 50 head of cattle and feed 
some neAV corn uoav) I have revised my 
estimate and place tne yield at half crop. 
It is an unusual condition here, as it is 
lightest Ave have had since 1S84. 
But on the other hand there is an im¬ 
mense amount of fodder aud forage in the 
fields. I have decided to put up and shock 
40 acres at least, and the remainder we 
will snap off stalks and feed in feed lot at 
once. This early snapped corn we place 
in adjoining yard next to feed lot in low 
Avindrow four feet wide, three feet high, 
so it will not heat or spoil until it can be 
fed from these long piles. 
We set temporary fences and cut off 
the snapped-out section, five acres at a 
time, and turn cattle in to get advantage 
of the fine fodder before it is frosted or 
dried up. This saves cutting and shock¬ 
ing, handling quite a lot of fodder. I 
have some corn, 20 acres I planted June 
13 and 14, for late fodder, cutting and 
pasturing this Avay. We have some Ave 
planted May 1 that we are using now. 
This saves cutting and shocking part of 
the crop. The feed value and quality of 
fodder groAvu in such high temperature is 
very high. The groAvth of live stock has 
been fine, in this heat. I have fine shade 
and fine water and had plenty of pasture. 
My “Summer boarders” this year has 
been 50 head of cattle. My Summer’s ex¬ 
perience Avith them has been interesting. 
I never yet realized how very important 
plenty and regular watering and shading 
Avere in making stock do well in making 
gains. To illustrate, Ave have one Short¬ 
horn calf four months old, uoav weighs 
550 pounds, that in high temperatures 
Avould take five to six 10-quart pails of 
Avater; some cows 26 to 35 gallons a 
day. First 12 days in July were terrific; 
horses Avere killed, and dropped dead all 
over this county from heat. I had no 
loss, but Avent to water with them seven 
times a day. In evening, no matter hoAV 
tired avc Avere, Ave bathed them off Avith 
tepid Avater, kept them out of the hot 
barn over night on pusture; then they 
Avere real fresh in morning for the heat. 
It looks like dear corn, hogs and cattle 
here. Hay is plentiful, also straw aud 
fodder. Being rainless, poultry did well. 
Shelby Co., Iowa. wm. bombkkgek. 
