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There  Is  More  Money  in  Dairying 
When  the  Milking  Is  Done  Right 
If  a  cow  is  worth  milking — if  she  isn’t 
just  a  star  boarder-  on  the  farm — she  is 
worth  milking  right.  From  the  time 
that  the  first  dairyman  hired  some  one 
to  help  him  do  his  milking,  the  hiring 
of  good,  milkers  has  been  a  problem.  But 
this  no  longer  need  worry  the  farmer 
because  he  can  have  in  their  place  a 
Burrell,  which,  besides  doing  the  milk¬ 
ing  better  than  most  hand  milkers,  is 
dependable  and  always  on  the  job. 
While  the  comparative  cost  of  milking  by 
machine  and  milking  by  hand  has  never 
been  forgotten  during  more  than  60  years 
of  Burrell  Milker  development,  the 
matter  of  correct  milking  has  always  been 
given  first  consideration.  As  a  result,  the 
Burrell  is  practically  a  perfect  milking 
machine.  And,  because  it  draws  the 
milk  with  such  complete  satisfaction,  on 
the  basis  of  equal  cost,  the  Burrell  way 
of  milking  is  preferable  to  any  other. 
It  is  for  this  reason  that  the  Burrell  Milker 
is  being  used  more  and  more  on  small 
herds — on  herds  whose  owners  used  to 
think  they  were  too  small  for  profitable 
machine  milking.  Now  these  dairymen 
are  giving  credit  to  the  Burrell  Milker 
for  more  than  saving  money.  They  see 
in  it  the  means  of  stimulating  greater 
milk  flow,  of  producing  cleaner  milk,  of 
securing  better  help,  of  operating  a 
pleasanter  business.  They  believe  that 
the  Burrell  way  is  the  right  way  to  milk, 
and  that  there  is  more  money  in  dairying 
when  the  milking  is  done  right. 
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Live  Stock  and  Dairy 
A  Flock  of  Stray  Sheep 
We  have  recently  had  several  cases 
somewhat  like  the  following :  A  farmer 
goes  to  one  of  his  pastures  at  a  little  dis¬ 
tance  from  home,  and  finds  a  flock  of 
sheep.  The  "sheep  seem  to  have  come 
down  the  road  for  a  considerable  distance, 
and  have  entered  the  pasture  of  their 
own  accord.  No  one  seems  to  know 
where  they  came  from.  After  consider¬ 
able  inquiry  it  is  found  that  the  sheep 
have  come  a  number  of  miles  down  the 
road,  from  a  place  where  they  were  rent¬ 
ed  out  for  the  Summer.  After  a  good  deal 
of  trouble  the  owner  or  keeper  is  notified 
and  he  comes  and  drives  the  sheep  away. 
Within  a  day  or  two  they  are  back  again 
in  the  same  pasture  and  feeling  very 
much  at  home  there.  It  seems  to  be  im¬ 
possible  to  get  the  owner  or  keeper  to 
pay  for  their  keep  or  to  take  any  particu¬ 
lar  interest  in  them,  and  the  question  is, 
what  can  a  person  do  under  such  circum¬ 
stances?  There  is  a  provision  in  the  law 
under  which  such  a  person  can  sell  the 
stock  for  their  damage  and  trouble.  You 
must  legally  take  possession  of  the  sheep 
as  strays.  In  order  to  do  this  and  keep 
within  the  law  you  would  better  consult 
some  good  local  attorney,  and  find  out 
from  him  just  exactly  how  far  you  can 
go,  or  have  him  take  care  of  the  case  for 
you,  and  his  fees  can  be  counted  in  as  an 
expense  in  caring  for  the  sheep.  It  seems 
remarkable  that  an  owner  should  abandon 
a  flock  of  sheep  in  this  way,  yet  we  al¬ 
ready  have  several  cases  where  exactly 
this  has  been  done. 
Death  of  Horse 
I  lost  a  horse  last  Spring.  When  drink¬ 
ing  water  Thursday  evening  he  quit  sud¬ 
denly  and  went  right  hack  into  the 
stable.  I  knew  he  was  ill  so  I  made  a 
bran  mash  at  once  but  he  wouldn’t  even 
smell  of  it.  Then  slight  symptoms  of 
colic  developed  and  by  11  P.  M.  I  had 
him  over  it.  Next  day  he  just  stood 
quietly,  refused  to  touch  any  food  jr 
even  nose  it.  Ilis  lips  seemed  to  itch  and 
a  few  hard  pimples  were  noticeable  on 
them.  The  hair  on  his  left  side  was 
damp  and  ruffled  where  he  had  bit  at  ;t 
When  he  drank  he  would  take  a  couple 
of  sips,  then  raise  his  head  to  swallow 
and  it  seemed  to  hurt  him  to  do  so.  m* 
was  this  way  all  Friday  and  till  5:30 
P.  M.  Saturday  when  he  began  to  stag¬ 
ger  and  throw  himself  first  on  one  side 
and  then  the  other,  tearing  stall  badly 
in  his  struggles,  dying  in  an  hour.  G.  p. 
When  death  occurs  in  the  way  de¬ 
scribed  it  is  always  well  to  have  a  post¬ 
mortem  examination  made  by  a  veter¬ 
inarian  to  determine  the  nature  of  the 
disease.  By  so  doing  one  can  better  care 
for  another  case  should  it  occur.  We 
think  it  most  likely,  however,  that  death 
was  due  to  forage  poisoning  or  botulism, 
caused  by  the  microorganism  known  as 
Bacillus  botulinus.  Colic  or  enteritis, 
from  strangulation  or  impaction  of  the 
small  or  large  intestines  might  cause 
similar  symptoms.  It  would  be  impos¬ 
sible  for  us,  however,  to  give  a  perfectly 
confident  opinion  as  to  the  exact  condi¬ 
tion  present  without  having  made  a  per¬ 
sonal  examination.  For  that  reason  it 
always  is  wise  to  employ  a  local  gradu¬ 
ate  veterinarian  when  any  farm  animal 
is  seriously  attacked  by  disease.  Forage 
poisoning  and  botulism  most  commonly 
are  caused  by  moldy  or  otherwise  dam¬ 
aged  silage,  corn  or  corn  fodder.  Other 
feed  may  possibly  contain  the  germs  re¬ 
sponsible  for  the  attack.  Strange  to  say 
moldy  corn  or  corn  silage  or  fodder  does 
not  always  cause  such  disease.  It  would 
seem  that  under  certain  circumstances 
or  conditions  the  deadly  germs  are  pres¬ 
ent  and  not  in  others.  Moldy  feed  that 
does  not  apparently  injure  cows  may 
kill  horses,  in  some  instances,  after  it 
has  been  exposed  to  the  air  when  thrown 
out  into  the  barnyard.  We  have  known 
moldy  silage  to  prove  deadly  when  so  ex¬ 
posed.  There  is  no  certain  remedy  for 
forage  poisoning  or  cerbro-spinal  menin¬ 
gitis.  but  there  is  an  antitoxin  available 
for  the  prevention  and  treatment  of  botul¬ 
ism.  Full  information  regarding  botul¬ 
ism  and  the  antitoxin  will  be  found  in  a 
bulletin  of  the  Illinois  Agricultural  Ex¬ 
periment  Station,  at  Urbana,  where  Dr. 
Robert  Graham  has  done  notable  re¬ 
search  work-  on  the  subject.  M  hen  a 
horse  shows  symptoms  such  as  those  de¬ 
scribed  and  a  qualified  veterinarian  can¬ 
not  at  once  be  employed  it  is  advisable 
to  give  a  pint  dose  of  raw  linseed  oil,  by 
way  of  the  mouth,  to  act  as  a  laxative. 
The  dose  may  be  repeated  at  intervals  of 
six  hours.  With  the  oil  may  be  given  a 
dram  or  two  of  fluid  extract  of  mix  vom¬ 
ica  and  a  dram  of  coal  tar  disinfectant, 
and  if  there  is  much  pain  a  dram  or 
two  of  fluid  extract  of  Cannabis 
indica  may  be  added.  These  medicines 
may  help  if  the  trouble  is  colic  from  stop¬ 
page.  but  nux  should  be  omitted  if  forage 
poisoning  is  present. 
