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THE OHOTEAU MONTANAN. - T R E A S U R - ... ........................... — > CO-OPERATION IN DAIRYING PAYS PROFITABLE TO FARMERS TO HIRE COMMUNITY EXPERT TO WATCH RESULTS Efficiency as Much Needed on Farm as in Factory, and Unless a Fanner Has a System, He is Sure to be Losing at Least a Part of His Profits, There are so many leaks in the dairy business that only by the use of the best business principles can it be made permanently profitable. Individual cows must each make a profit over the cost of feed; this can bo determined only by weighing each cow’s milk and the feed she con sumes. The old argument that the best cows are known may have some foundation, but few men know the poorest cows. No dairy is better than its average production. If this is too low, the herd is not paying a profit. Business principles must therefore be applied to lowering the cost of milk production. Efficiency is as necessary on the farm as in the factory. Few men feed their cows in proportion to the quantity of milk produced, yet what could be more simple and more near ly right? With little regard for her needs, feed is put before the cow in plenty if it is cheap and in less quan tity if the price is high. Must Keep Books Cows use about 60 per cent of their food merely to keep their bodies working, and it is the quantity that is fed above this fixed necessity tiiat furnishes the material for the milk. Too often the dairyman says: “I would do all the up-to-date things if I had time.\ Can the storekeeper afford to run his'business without keeping books? Yet that is what the farmer is doing. Working in co-operation, dairymen can obtain the benefits of business methods at a very small cost through the organization of a cow-testing as sociation. An organization of this kind that hires an expert to deter mine the feed cost of milk or fat pro duction for each cow in the herds of the members Is easily possible, and in fact a number have already been organized and are working success fully in this state. From Farm to Farm Such an expert travels from farm to farm, spending usually one day at a place. Each cow’s milk is weigh ed and tested, as is her feed. An ac count is opened in the ledger for each animal and at the end of the year the profit or loss of each one can be ascertained. The heifers of good cows should be selected and the poor cows should go to the slaughter house, otherwise they may be the means of ruining the owner’s busi ness. A cow-testing association is a co-operative organization with local officers, and one that can be of use also for advertising the sale of cat tle. The results obtained with such advertising have been remarkable. The dairy business is well adapted for co-operative organization, and concerted effort by dairymen usually means much greater profits on milk and cream through the elimination of waste, the application of more econo mical methods of production, and manufacture, and the development of more productive cows. -------------------- O--------------------- A Lady of Distinction. Ts recognized by the delicate fascinat- !ng iniluence of the perfume she uses. V bath with Cuticura Soap and hot water to thoroughly cleanse the pores, followed by a dusting with Cuticura Talcum Powder usually means a clear, -uoet. healthy skin.—Adv. BLACK-LEG AMONG YOUNG CATTLE Can bo Prevented through Life by the use of LEDERLE BLACK-LEG AGGRESS!» Aggressin is recommended by Montana State Veterinary Department, United States Bureau of Animal Industry; and all reputable Veterin ary Surgeons advocate it above all Black-Leg vaccines. Insure Your Young Cattle With It For Life Can be purchased in 10, 20, 50 and 100 dose bottles at 15 cents per dose, from - DR. M. E. KNOWLES, State Dir -ibutor, HELENA, MONT. Or any reputable Veterinary Surgeon in Montana Watch Shelby Grow! TULSA OF MONTANA Will you read the profits of Shelby real estate in your bank book? Fortunes were made in Smackover, an oil town, which increased in population from a hamlet of 300 inhabitants to a city of 15,000 in a year. .Shelby should do better. In addition to the immense oil fields at our door, Toole County Irrigation will cause a large growth in our city. The Toole County Irrigation District covers approxi mately 207,000 acres tributary to Shelby. The consensus of opinion is that before the end of 1923, Shelby will have a population of over 10,000. Shelby will be the Tulsa of Montana. In a few years Tulsa grew from a town of 1,200 to a city of approximately 120,000 people, making fortunes for those who had the foresight to buy real estate. Hundreds of other oil cities have had similar increases in population. History repeats itself, and now Shelby is your opportunity. When you buy property in Shelby, you are not betting on a single well, but you are investing your money on a general average, backed by a large area of land, and in addition, you have the security of a large area of land, which when irrigated, will pro duce equal with any land within the United States, evi- d need by the large yield of wheat during the years of 1915 and 1916, when the land had sufficient moisture. We are offering Shelby’s choicest residential section to the city. Our addition is only one and one-half blocks from our newest and best hotel, five blocks from the court house. Although our addition has only been on the market four weeks, there are already started, or about to be started, $150,000 worth of buildings on the addition. Our Prices Range From $ 1 2 5 t o $ 3 0 0 PER LOT Terms: One-Third Cash Balance in Twelve Equal Monthly Payments For business location, trackage, etc., SEE US. Reap the benefits of our rapid growth. Fortunes will be made here. Opportunities for every line of business. Maps and further information upon request. JAMES A. JOHNSON & CO. REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL BROKERS SHELBY, MONT. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT Questions addressed to Dr. M. E. Knowles, veterinary editor, Helena, will be answered through this column. For the convenience of our subscribers dniland for their profit we have arranged with Dr. M. E. Knowles, form er state vet erinary surgeon for Indiana and Montana, to coufluct this veterinary departm ent, In whleh he will answer all questions regard ing animal disease; giving especial atten tion to methods of prevention of communi cable diseases. Inform ation regarding management arid treatm e n t of mnladlcs of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and dogs, Is intended for those subscribers where a veterinary surgeon Is not available; as expense in securing ser vice in such circumstances Is prohibitive. Letters of Inquiry should be w ritten plainly, giving all the sym p tom s; age, sex, and duration-of disense, Injury, or lame ness, and treatm e n t, if any, employed. Veterinary E d itor: Can the swine breed ing and feeding Industry be made safe from hog cholera nud a profitable venture? Please advise regarding “clear concentrat ed\ hog cholera serum, and bloody serum, In common use. G. W. S. The w riter Is acquainted with several farm ers and stock-growers who nre em in ently prosperous through swine feeding and breeding, by merely keeping their swine free from hog cholera through sim ultaneous or double vaccination; that Is, giving virus anil clear concentrated serum at the same time. It being necessary anil required by State regulation th a t qualified veterinary sur geons alone use the double system, partner ships have been brought about between farm ers anil veterinary surgeons, who ad m inister the treatm e n t. In which both sharp in the expenses and profits of such busi ness. A marked disappointm ent has occasional ly puzzled veterinarians who nre in the practice of using bloody serum, since it sometimes happens, subsequent to vaccina tion, that a so-called “ b reak” occurs, being the appearance of cholera am ong the herd after such vaccination. The w riter has vaccinated many hun dreds of pigs and young swine with clear concentrated seruin and positive virus \Leilcrle with not n single break or re currence of cholera. Moreover, it is possible by this method to make swine breeding and feeding safely possible and profitable, and the following facts I tru s t will enlighten you relative to the control of hog choiera with clear and concentrated anti-hog chol era serum. It Is common knowledge th a t In every hog raising country of the world, hog chol era is being recognized ns the most serious communicable disease affecting swine. The statistical data published in this country as well ns in foreign countries proves be yond a doubt th a t hog cholera Is the great est menace to the swine industry, often times causing the ruination of swine breed ers anil even affecting tbc prosperity of hog raising localities. This was particularly the ease before the advent of the preventive treatm e n t which was developed as a result of tlio wonderful discovery of the cause of hog cholera by Dorset, McBride ami their co-workers of the Bureau of Animal Industry. From the discovery of the cause It was only a step to the development of a preventive treat ment for which credit is due to the same investigators anil whleh nt the present time must be considered as the greatest benefit for a successful hog industry. Not only has the discovery of Anti-Hog Cholern Scrum proved to be offlcaelouk,for the control of the disease, but ns a result of the development of this product the sim ultaneous treatm e n t has become available with which it Is now possible to confer up on susceptible hogs a life-long immunity. In the sim ultaneous treatm e n t we have at our commnnd a procedure whereby a sin gle handling of the hogs will protect them against even the severest kind of exposure to hog cholern infection. Since the advent of the Antl-IIog Cholera Serum It lias con tinuously gained in Its application and at the present tim e It is regarded as an In dispensable product for successful hog rnlslng. Hog Cholern Serum as originally develop ed Is being today employed to a very large extent for the vaccination of hogs. It is prepared by injecting Into Immune animals large quantities of blood from bogs sick with cholern. The blood contains the virus of the disease in the highest concentration and even a few drops of this blood would kill a susceptible bog; whereas nn immune hog would stand trem endously large quan tities of such infected blood when Intro duced Into the blood stream . As a result of the Injection their im m u n ity is Increased and they nre then known as \hyperim munes.” Such hyperim mune hogs are then bled. The blood Is doflbrlnated, that Is, it is freed from the substnnees which pause the clotting of the blood nnil the resulting product Is known ns A n ti-llog Cholera Se rum. In the above description of the prep aration of A n tl-IIog Cholera Scrum only the salient points hnve been brought out, since It Is not Intended to confuse the reader with many of the minor details which nre required In the successful pro duction of a potent serum. Until recently very little progress had been made tow ards changing the method of proeeilure In the m anufacture of Antl- liog Cholera Serum. W hile It has been recognized th a t in the form It has been prepared It represented one of the crudest products we had at our command for the control of nn Infectious disease, yet In Antl-IIog Cholern Scrum we have one of the most reliable biological products nt our disposal. At the same time, we cannot deny the regrettable fact that the develop ment of the Inborntory aspect of this pro duct has been lagging far behind and that very little progress, until recently, has been made In producing this product in an Im proved m anner to justify Its wonderful effectiveness in the control of this dreaded disease. It should be considered th a t In the pre vention and treatm e n t of a disease of such vast Importance to the country’s live stock Industry as hog cholera, the quality of the product used for Its control should be be yond reproach, especially so, since the effectiveness of tbc treatm e n t Is being ju s t ly recognized. It Is undeniable thnt all establishments engaged In the production of Anti-llog Cholera Serum arc making all efforts to produce a potent product, b u t as it is pro duced today by most of the laboratories, It represents only defibrlnated blood from hyperimmunlzcil hogs, a product In its very crudest stnge of development as far ns the physical makeup and Its freedom from disease producing germs is concern ed. Preparation of Clear Seram by JLederlo A n titoxin Laboratories. The production of a clear Hog Cholera Serum w ithout the presence of red blood cells was practised in different countries of Europe and also In isolated cases a t tem p ts were made In this opuntry to pre pare such a product. The smnll yield ob tained from such scrum was the greatest deterrent of the different m anufacturers to the production of such a clear scrum. Dor set, recognizing this fact ns a disadvantage for the development of a clear Anti-llog Cholera Serum, undertook Investigations along this lino which developed in a method whereby practically all protective sub stances can be recovered from the blood of hyper-lmmunlzed animals. It Is to his credit that such a clear serum may be produced a t a eost not much higher than the ordinary defibrlnated blood. In the method of preparation of bloody Anti-Hog Cholera Serum as generally prac ticed. It is impossible to prevent Impuri ties from outside sources. Aside from this there la the possibility thnt the byperim- muntzed anim als may contain In their blood germs which m ight prove harm ful to ani mals injected with the product. Furtherm o re, the so-called “bloody” hog cholern serum contains nil the red cells of the blood which have no vnlne whatever in the production of Im m u n ity; this fact has been conclusively dem o n strated. it m u st also be recognized th a t when those red blood cells are Injected with the serum they prevent rapid absorption and net as Irritants at the point of Injection, frequent- AYLESBURY DUCK PROFITABLE FOWL ONE OF OLDEST KNOWN BREEDS IT IS STILL A FAVORITE IN ENGLAND Although It Has Been Supplanted to a Great Extent by the Pekin in the United States, Many Farmers Find it a Profitable Breed for Market ing Purposes. Though one of the oldest known varieties * of domestic ducks, the Aylesbury is still the favorite breed in England. According to many writers white ducks have been known for centuries and there seems to he no account of the origin of the Aylesbury. It is the ly giving rise to abscess formation. Thus, such a serum has not fulfilled the require ments of an ideal and effective biological product. Scrum containing red blood cells (whole blood or bloody serum ) cannot be properly sterilized cither by heat or filtration, for when heated to a point where the disense producing germs nre destroyed, It solidi fies. On the other hand clear serum can be safely sterilized by either of the m eth ods. By such sterilization the ordinary germs whleh are dangerous to hogs ure readily eliminated, and, by freeing It of red blood cells It Is rendered more easily and completely absorbed, tliorebv insuring the maximum protection within the shortest time. The fact should not be lost sight of that by elim inating the corpuscular ele ments from the hog cholera serum It may be injected In proportionately smaller dos age. Unfortunately, some m a n u facturers of the clear A n tt-nog Cholern Serums which are now offered replace the blood cells re moved In Its preparation by the addition of salt solution, thus building up the serum to the origiunl volume of the bloody serum.1 There Is no scientific justification fot such dilution. The addition of water adds noth ing to Its immunizing value, anil serves only to confuse the veterinarian or the hog owner. Adding water naturally reduces the cost of production per cubic centimeter, and it also reduces the imm unizing value of the serum by the am o u n t of w ater thnt Is added. There is no advantage whatsoever In rcdllutlng the clarified serum, especially Is this so since the advantages of adm in istering biological products in higher con centration (that is, in sm aller dosage), Is now generally recognized. The striking advantages of a clear (con centrated) serum, “Ledorle,” nre: Freedom from disease producing germs and other foreign nmtcrinls, thus avoiding complications and ill effects. Refinement of the product, perm itting rapid and complete absorption anil giving maximum im m u nity in the shortest time. Provision for cleaner and more accurate technic, thereby sim p lifying the vaccina tion. - Sterility, prom o ting keeping qualities of the product. leading market duck of,England. In America it has been, supplanted bjr the, Pekin duck, hut many American farmers prefer it to the latter breed. English epicures, prefer -white skin and light legs and beaks on their table poultry, both ducks and chick ens, while American tastes prefer yel low skin, hills and legs. For market-: Ing purposes the-Aylesbury is easily the best of English market ducks on account of its rapid growth and early maturity. Like the Pekin, Aylesbury ducklings weighing from 4 to 5% pounds can he produced in from seven to nine weeks. At this age and size they bring best prices and some sections of Great Britain are devoted entirely to this duck rearing industry. Quickness of growth is an important factor in respect to the profit gained as the Young ducklings are heavy feeders. As layers Aylesbury’s are consider ed second to the Pekin, many females laying as many as 150 eggs in a year. It is important to the com mercial duck grower that these eggs be laid at the right season and be fertile. For this reason he hatches his breeding ducks early and mates a sufficient number of drakes with'his flock to Insure fertility. Aylesbury breeding ducks require some range and swimming water to obtain best results. Mature Aylesbury drakes weigh 9 to 10 pounds, ducks 8 to 9 pounds, and should have white plumage, pale flesh colored hill, light yellow legs ana-carry the ..body, horizontally. -PRAIRIE KING — H a rdy red rose, blooms all summer and f ir s t year plant ed. PR A IR IE QUEEN, climbing, very hardy.’ Splendid bloomer. Two-year field grown plants, $1.50 each. One of each, -postpaid, $2.50. These two roses have given good results In Montana. A full line of, h a rdy nursery stock. W rite for price list. . — TV. M. TREADW E L L , N u rserym an Great -Polls, Mont. - y e u B A iG iA l^ f j or ’ ^ e a ^ a c ^ i e — f c fore head, temples and back of neck with Vicks. M elt a little in a spoon, and inhale the vapors. V a p o R ub Otter 1 7 Million Jars Used Yearly BUY A PERCHER0N STALLION The largest breeder of Per- cheron horses on the American continent, the Bar U Ranch, Is overstocked with 100 young Percheron stallions, black and grays, weighing from 1,800 to 2,000 pounds. These horses have been raised in the open and are hardy, and more desir able for the breeder. Montana is short of good draft horses and this may be your opportun ity. Send for our catalog. GEORGE LANE CALGARY, ALBERTA HEART 0’ THE VALLEY HAMPSHIRE SWIRE BRED SOWS BRED GILTS BOARS Cherokee Lad, Gen. Tipton Breeding Priced Seasonable—Guaranteed Grand Champion H e rd N o rthwest *21-’22 HATES & HARTER. G rants-Pass, O regon’ Agricultural and Grazing Logged Off Lands of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., on Easy Terms Dairying Is a type of farming best adapted to the timbered sec tions of western Montana. MoBt of the land can he converted into pasture at very little expense and dairy cows will yield a splendid profit from the land without the necessity of removing the stumps, although a sufficient acreage must be put under the plow to supply winter feed. In connection with dairying, hogs and poultry should take an Important part. All fruits, berries and garden truck thrive; field crops of grain, clover, tim othy, potatoes and stock roots do well. You are buying at'-values fixed by experienced appraisers, strip ped of promotion charges, com missions and other trimmings, which are usually added-before -it reaches the farmer. We will aid you In selecting a location that is adapted to your needs. BLACKF00T LAND DEVELOPMENT CO. Drawer 1500 Missoula, Mont. ALFALFA HARDY MONTANA “ PEERLESS” BRAND Montana’s Highest Grado Large Stocks of GRIMM, LISCOMB, COSSACK, and HARDY TAP ROOT ‘‘THE WORLD’S BEST\ m 4, s ^ 1923 SPRING CATALOG NOW READY A Postcard Will Bring It to You ' 130 LARGE PAGES FULLY ILLUSTRATED i Covering Every Requirement for the Farmer, Gardener and Poultryman Montana Com SPECIALLY GROWN FOR SEED Our growers secured thirty-two first premiums this season. See our Catalog (Page 105) and Col ored Plate Outside Back Cover. “ RED BOBS” WHEAT SEE OUR CATALOG—PAGE 102 A beardless hardy spring wheat of excellent m illing qnality, somewhat sim lllar to M arquis but ripening earlier by 3 to 4 days. The variety shows up particularly well on dry land, having produced 65 to 70 bushels per acre the past season. Our grower reports It the earliest of all spring wheats. U. S. and ~ Canadian experim ent stations report the variety earlier than M arquis and the Moccasin. Montana, station reports Red Bobs consistently out-yielded M arquis. Our stock was grown from seed secured a t $24.50 per bushel from the Canadian Champion W heat Grower, Segar Wheeler. SEND FOR SAMPLE AND QUOTATION STATE NURSERY ft SEED GO. HELENA estab l i s h e d 1890 MDNTANA THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLBTE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS C H A R A C T E R . I N T H E . N O R T H W E S T
