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T'f-IfcC KUkALi 
A FARM MANAGER AND TUBERCULOSIS. 
Part I. 
T IIE manager of a dairy farm tested a 
couple of cows in a herd and found 
that they had tuberculosis. He wrote 
to the owner of the farm, advising him to 
get rid of these cows, and asked his per¬ 
mission to test the rest of them, up to 
about BO head. In response to this, the 
owner ordered the manager to stop test¬ 
ing the cows, and to stop talking about 
tuberculosis or disease. He said he was 
using the milk for himself in his own 
family, and they had not been diseased 
yet. and he was not afraid of it. The 
reason for this is the fact that the 
cows are worth $100 each as they stand, 
and if they were proven to be diseased 
and condemned, they would bring much 
less than that. Now under such a situa¬ 
tion as this, what can this manager do? 
Knowing that he has the disease in the 
herd, and knowing what he does about its 
spread and possibilities, what would you 
do in such a case? 
Our ow,u herd has been kept under 
strict test for tuberculosis since _>.pril, 
1007, and for the past several years by 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. We firmly believe in the tu¬ 
berculin test when applied by an expert, 
and it is an economic necessity to keep 
our herd absolutely free from tuberculosis 
at any cost. As to the position your 
reader finds himself in, my religion is 
that each of us should obey his ow'n con¬ 
science in the matter, after he has made 
a fair effort to get the facts and the 
right and wrong of the matter clear in 
his own mind. If this man feels that 
he is called upon to do that which is 
wrong, ho should resign. 
There is a wide difference of opinion 
as to whether bovine tuberculosis can be 
transmitted to the human race, (who are 
not so warm-blooded). It does not seem 
impossible that babies might contract 
this disease from badly infected milk; at 
any rate I would not give milk from 
diseased cattle to anyone for food, unless 
it was pasteurized. On the other hand 
it is an absolute fact that a very large 
per cent of the herds have more or less 
of this disease among them; in fact any 
dairyman who buys his cows in the open 
market is sure to introduce the disease 
into his herd, and while a few breeders 
and a very few dairymen keep their 
herds free from it they constitute an 
extremely small per cent of milk pro¬ 
ducers. It would financially ruin many 
a dairyman to have his herd tested and 
be obliged to discard his diseased cattle, 
and if all such cattle were destroyed 
there would be a milk famine. Yet I 
believe it is but a matter of time when 
dairymen will be compelled to keep their 
herds clean from such disease, and the 
education must go steadily on, but the 
change must come gradually. 
It has been suggested that the Federal 
Government establish farms where such 
diseased animals might be kept, their 
milk pasteurized and sold to cover ex¬ 
pense, while the owner could have the 
calf (from the cow) which could be 
raised under the Bang system. One thing 
is certain; to discard all diseased cattle 
at once would be a calamity. Farmers 
cannot stand such a heavy direct loss 
in many instances. An agitation of this 
matter -is sure to start the city papers, 
who use no reason, and make the public 
think they all will have tuberculosis in 
short order if they use milk at all. In 
our own case we discarded all reacting 
animals, which fortunately was small, 
and should do the same again, no matter 
what the number, or else quarantine them 
and use them for breeders if we had 
many, pasteurizing the product. But few 
farmers would be sufficiently careful to 
permit them to keep sound and diseased 
animals on the same farm and keep the 
quararrine absolute. o 
Feeding Oil Meal. 
W HAT is the feeding value of oil meal 
or cottonseed meal? Is there con¬ 
siderable loss in not soaking it? It 
is so much easier to feed dry? 
J. E. D. 
Do not soak the oil meal. If fed to 
dairy cows it may be sprinkled upon the 
silage, allowing from one to 1*4 pound 
per day, or may be fed in less quantity 
along with other meals, such as corn- 
meal or hominy, wheat bran, gluten 
meal or dried brewers’ grains. Cotton¬ 
seed is less commonly fed and in smaller 
quantities to dairy cows, and should be 
fed dry. Do not give it-to pigs, as it 
is poisonous when heavily fed for some 
time. These are strong protein feeds 
and are most needed where much corn 
is fed. A. s. A. 
Value of Pumpkins. 
I HAVE given pumpkins careful trial 
with both cattle and swine. They save 
corn, and give surprising results. I 
find my hogs fatten well on them. The 
corn crop was a failure last year, but it 
was a bumper pumpkin season. This 
Winter being unusually cold, I have 
warmed the pumpkins in the oven, fed 
them warm and with buttermilk, I find 
there is no better feed for hogs. Pump¬ 
kins are easy to raise, requiring little 
care after two cultivations; can be plant¬ 
ed in the cornfield, and on almost any 
kind of soil, and produce a good crop. 
I am satisfied that if farmers w r ould plant 
them along fences or out of way places 
they will add to the farm income. 
Paw Paw, Mich. g. l. b. 
Work of a Fair Association. 
T HE McKean County, Penn.. Fair 
Association has purchased 2000 pack¬ 
ets of seed and every boy or girl, 16 
years of age or under, of McKean Coun¬ 
ty, who signs a, coupon found in a leaf¬ 
let sent out by the as ociation, will re¬ 
ceive from the secretary ten packets of 
seed. The two local banks and the seed 
company gave the association $55 to offer 
in premiums. The best display from 
these seeds, exhibited at the county fair 
will receive a silver cup and $5. A sec¬ 
ond premium of $5 and a third of $3 are 
offered. These premiums are offered for 
essays telling how the * exhibits were 
raised.. The association offers $208 in 
premiums to the McKean County boys 
and girls on vegetable, flower, baking, 
canning and faneywork. Through the 
Melvin Farm Company, the association 
again offers a registered Holstein bull, as 
a premium for the best cow, any breed, 
three years old or over, and heifer tw T o 
years, not registered, and owned by one 
person. The bull to be given is sired by 
Tuna King Pontiac, whose aunt made 
44 pounds of butter in one week, W'hich 
at one time made the world’s greatest 
butter record. This is the third bull the 
Melvin Farm Company has given the as¬ 
sociation. H. .J. rice, Sec’y. 
When you write advertisers mention Thh 
K. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
‘square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Follow His Example 
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where. Why? 
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are a positive assurance of sweeter silage Sweeter 
silage means more milk and greater profits. 
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danger of fall or accident, with costly damage suit. 
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no leaning or swaying—abso¬ 
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For 16 years the Harder Silo 
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The Harder gets the most out 
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Write for free catalog,also tor 
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VT.III DDOC MtTG 
NEW-YORKER 
February l<). 
One 
Follows Another 
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Organized 1880 
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for Generations 
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