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PC [H Ik leader this year. #3 POINTED She made 39.16 lbs. of Butter in 14 Days. MISS ORMSBY MADELINE BREAKS STATE HOLSTEIN RECORD. Miss Onnsly Madeline 308160, a purebred Holstein, cow, owned by^the depurtii.enr of dairy husbandry of the North Dakota experiment station, tins just broken tlie state senior four-year-old Holstein record for yearly production. Slie produced in 365 days 12,500.9 pounds of milk containing •41S.39 pounds of butterfat, equivalent to 522.99 pounds of butter. 'i'liis young cow started her record at the age of 3 years 9 months and 1-i days by producing in 7 days 21.27 pounds of butter from 509.6 pounds of milk. She made 39.16 po ir.:l: of butlerin 14 days. This record was made under normal herd management as she ran with the herd and was milked only twice a day after the first month on test. This is the second cow that lias been bred and developed by the college that has qualified as a Check Tuberculosis in Farm Flocks While the first evidence of tubercu losis in poultry in North Dakota ap peared in 190", ~r, to 100 tubercular fowls are now being received at our laboratories each year. Other states are experiencing similar increased in fections. Last winter and spring a veterinarian in this state tested 30 lloeks in this territory for fowl tuber culosis. Ninety per cent of tlies? lloeks contained tubercular fowls and the degree of flock infection ranged from 2 to -lii per cent. People not familiar with tubercu losis in fowls refer to it as "going light'., •'rheumatic'., "spotted liver',. and these are fairly descriptive terms. Hinls showing visible symptoms of the disease are invariably old birds. Ileasoning from the basic know ledge which appears well established relating to this disease, we believe the following specific regulations and general sanitary precautious if dili gently applied and conscientiously ad hered to. will keep this increasing dis ease well within reasonable bounds. 1. Provide proper hyglenle condi tions in the poultry house, a roomy house with plenty of so'hth frontage, windows and adequate ventilation. W" are too apt to believe that cold air means fresh air, which is not neces sarily true. Make provision for sep arate apartments for roosting and feeding activities, and both apart ments should be cleaned of its litter fnee each week, so as not to compel the birds to wallow and feed in their accumulated filth which may lie con taminated by the infected droppings of one or more diseased birds. The •long continued confinement of a large number of our northern flocks in cramped quarters, badly ventilated, with practically, no sunlight and in many Instances under the complete ab sence of sanitation are surely ideal •conditions for tuberculosis as well as many other poultry diseases. 2: Keep close watch of the flock For dumpy, weak, pale and lame and large Jointed birds. As soon as they appear destroy them or isolate them from the flock. 3. If post mortem examination of the destroyed bird reveals the disease, FAT CATTLE PRICES LOW. The agricultural committee of Presi dent Harding's conference on unem ployment gave the following striking example of a recommendation based on available economic data: "The aggregate of charges between the farmer and the food consumer are excessive and ways should be found to reduce tliem. In Augtfst, 1921, the in dex of producer's price on beef cattle {as compared with the year 1913) was 03, while the index of wages in meat packing pi art was -186. of freight Sat' *ti- FABMEKS Prepared Under Direction of North Dakota Agricultural College This Cow Makes a Record This Young Cow Started Her Record at the Age of 3 Years 9 Months and 14 Days by Producing in 7 Days, 21.27 lbs. of Butter from 509.6 lbs. of Milk. class this is an indication for the tuberculin test to be made upon the entire flock to determine the degree of flock infec tion. 4. In case of heavy flock infection of scrubs and grades, the slaughter of the entire flock of old birds at the '•lose of the spring laying season is advised. Keep only young fowlfe the coming year. 5. If the degree of infection is small immediately destroy all positive and suspicious reactors and thoroughly disinfect the poultry house, pens and immediate runways. A retest is ad vised for the following year. 0. Where purebred flocks are main tained in which valuable blood lines rates on dressed meat 214, and the index of retail meat prices varied from 112 to 101." The closing statement of the report is that "the chief, of all factors to hasten-readjustment will be an earn est purpose throughout the whole na tioi. to fake only what is fair and to assist others to win what they are justly entitled to have." This state ment of principle is good for all peo ple and. for all time." Six glasses of water, drunk every day, help to keep doctors and troubles away. FORKS HIGH ON BETTER SIRE ROLL Grand Forks, N. D.—In progress made during the past three months, Grand Forks County stands fourth in the United States of the two thousand counties entered in the "Better Sire— Better Stock" campaign which is be ing conducted under the auspices of the United States Department of Ag riculture, according to information re ceived by County Agent D. B. Morris, who is conducting the campaign in this county. During the past three months, 100 farmers signed up in the campaign in Hardin County Ohio, giving that county first place for progress. Kit titas County, Washington, stood sec ond with 56 Belmont County, Ohio, third with 49, and Grand Forks Coun ty North Dakota, fourth with 47. The purposes of this campaign is to improve the livestock of the county by encouraging the farmers to use better sires. A total of 5,900 farmers in the United States are already en rolled in the movement, which is being conducted largely by the county agents. BABY BURNED TO DEATH AT DEERING Deering Feb. 4.—A 2-lyiear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smedrud, of Deering, wa^ burned to death late Tuesday afternoon, when the child's clothes caught fire, the flames badly incinerating the entire body. The mother had gone on an er rand to a neighbor's leaving her two small children in the house. Left alone, evidently they .began playing with the fire in the kitchen range and •in some manner the baby's clothes caught fire. A neighbor hearing the calls of the baby's older sister for her mother and seeing smoke coming out of the house went to the rescue and found the baby lying on the floor in its smoldering- clothes. To put out the fire, the c'niid was taken out of doors and rolled in the snow. The ac cident happened about 5 o'clock. Dr. F. K. Kolb was called from Granville and went up on the evening train, but found the child's condition so bad he could do nothing to relieve the suf fering until death, which came about 7:30 o'clock. COMMUNITY DAYS IN SARGENT CO. SUCCESS Forrnan, N. D.—Community day programs were held at Forman and Havana three days of last week by County Agent E. A. Greenwood who cooperated with the state farm in stitute in arranging the programs for the events, which attracted large num bers of farmers from all parts of the county. Exhibits of corn, potatoes, small grains and butter were displayed at both towns, judged and premiums awarded. A boys and girls judging contest of Holstein dairy calves con ducted by Max Morgan of the North Dakota Extension division was a feat ure of the Havana program. O. A. Barton, state poultry specialist, gave an exhibit of poultry judging and cull ing. County Agent Greenwood talked or. production and marketing of pota toes. Following the community ro grams, poultry breeders of the county met at Forman and formed a county poultry association. MERCHANTS HELP IN STORE INSPECTION Fargo, N. D.—Good cooperation by merchants is marking the state-wide sanitary inspection of stores handling foods, drugs, beverages and feeding stuffs, which has just begun undgr the immediate direction of R. O. BairS, of the state food commission. Five in spectors began this week to cover the state with inspections that are repeat ed later in the year. "Sanitary conditions in the es tablishments which we are inspecting twice a year in North Dakota are much improved over conditions im- are involved, the tuberculin test and mediately following the war," stated a method of control alons the so-called R. O. Baird of the food commission Bans system can be instituted and car ried out with success and economy. 7. In the purchase of new stock buy pure-breds only subject to the tuberculin 'test and from known healthy floeks. insofar as it Is possible. 8. Since it is possible to transmit the disease via of the eggs of tuber cular liens, purchase and exchange eggs from healthy (locks onl\ if such can be determined beforehand. !). As the carrier problem is a very uncertain factor at the present time, perhaps we can do no better service than to advise along general luys in accordance with tuberculosis in mam mals. I refer to the control of fowl droppings and particularly the avoid ance Of carrying some to neighboring farms on shoes and farm vehicles and implements and also the suppression of pigeons and sparrows and the de struction of mice and rats harbored about the poultry houses, which are probably carriers of the disease. 10. Further, if is highly advisable to cull out all old fowls, not desired for breeding stock before winter sets in. This plan not only eliminates possible diseased birds which other wise would be harbored with the well fowls during' our king winters, but ow ing to the fact that old liens are less profitable from the production view point. such a policy would be In ac cordance with good poultry husbandry. today. "Inspections were necessarily slack during the war, but conditions are much improved again. Merchants are taking pride in keeping their places of business clean, and in dis playing the certificates in inspection which bear their scores.- CLUB MEMBERS GROW 100 BUSHELS PER ACRE Fargo, N. D.—Three corn club members in as many North Dakota counties produced more than 100 bu of corn per acre last year, according to figures compiled in the annual re port of state club leader, Harry E. Rilling. The 148 corn club members who re ported results of their summer's work, showed a total profit of $6568.23 over the cost of production, an average of $443.80. The total enrollment in the corn project' was 282. Seventy-five percent of the members working un der club agents reported and 35 per cent of those under all other agencies. The three highest yields reported were 126.8 bushels grown by Herbert Warner, Forman County 122.25 bu shels by Orville Tusind of Cass Coun ty and 115 bushels by Everett Flan ders of Walsh County. HENS MAKE PROFIT OF $34 MONTHLY Overly, N. D.—An average net rev enue of $34.76 per month during 1921 from 125 hens is the record of Sirs. George C. Edwards of Overly. MTS. Edwards sold 922 dozen eggs during the year at an average price of 30.4 cents per dozen. She also sold baby chicks amounting to $9 chickens amounting to $105.05 and kept in stock pullets valued at $25Q, malting her total gross income from 4»er flock $645 for the year. The exensa for feed and miscel laneous items during the year was $227.87, leaving a net income of $417.15. Mrs. Edwards' record was made in spite of the fact that she is not located near the highest markets. Overly is in the northernmost tier of counties ire the state, midway between east and west borders. .,i« CLAIMS AGAINST N. D. HOME BUILDERS FOUND Bismarck, Feb. 4.—Extreme liberal ity in buying as practiced by the former management of the Home builders' Association, has put the new manager, F. E. Diehl, up against the problem of settling several matters. Claim for a large amount due the Burkholder Lumber company for ce ment, lath and shingles ordered, part of which order was canceled by the former manager, has been pushed here by Joseph Cleary, of Minneapolis. The lumber company claims to have delivered two carloads of cement not paid for and claims damages because of the cancellation of an order for 20 carloads of cement, 5,000,000 feet of lumber, 4,000,000 feet of lath and a great quantity of shingles. About 200 carloads of material is involved in the cancellation order. Manager Diehl is unable to find any thing in the records showing the ce ment delivery claimed. MAN, ILLITERATE AT 58, WRITES HIS FIRST LETTER Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 7.—Miss Min- 5 T0MACH 4 TROUBLES seldom fail to ENTIRELY when you take It builds you up and helps you re gain your normal weight. Sold by all good druggists THE .. Remember you are buying these goods jat less than fir A corft to the manufac turer. nie Nielson, state superintendent of public instruction, has as one of her highly prized possessions, a first let ter from an illiterate. It came from a student of Mrs.. Jean McNaughton Stevens of McHenry County, and is from a farmer, 58 years old. The let ter tells of the work on the farm, and of the co-operation of his son and grandsons in the farm work and of the stock cared for. Mrs. Stevens accompanied the 'letter with one of her own, in which she told of begin ning with giving one hour a day to the teachitig and how this was lengthened to two because of the in terest in the work. EXPOSURE TO STORM FATAL Shields, N. D., Feb. 7—Llrs. Eliza beth Cole, 60, widow homesteader, is dead from the effects of exposure two years ago when she became lost on the prairies and wandered around for four hours in sa blinding storm. She never recovered from the effects of the exposure and died at the home of a daughter in Flandreau, S. D., where she was taken recently. EVERYBODY INVITED W^wW'T04"H"1"M''H' COUNTY FAIR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY llth BENEFIT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FUND THERE'LL BE FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY ADMISSION 5c. PRICES ON ALL ATTRACTIONS ARE LOW Gates Open 7:30 FURS! FURS! DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER AT LESS THAN HALF RETAIL PRICE 120,000 Stock of High Grade Salesmen's Samples From The GREAT NORTHERN FUR CO. of New York and Montreal, Canada Thursday, Friday and Saturday TEHEE DAYS ONLY Capes, Stole*, Scarfeand Chokeia in a variety of all leading Aylea that win predominate this season, and is up-to-the-minute in style. ON DISPLAY At YE NOVELTY SHOP 126 SOUTH MAIN ST. MINOT, N. DAKOTA I Geo. T. Murray, whose leg was broken some weeks ago in an accident writes the Independent that he is out ion the farm "waiting for the cartil agenous connection or knitting of my broken leg to ossify". George is do ing considerable reading and thinking and ought to be "tuned up" about right to take part in the, coming campaign. CANCER In All Its Forms Gall-Stones, Appendicitis, Ene mated-Blood, Tricoma Cataracts, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, cured without pain or o'peration. Go to the Vlan Medical Institute Gceat Northern Hotel Minot, N. D. When in Grand Forks EAT SOc Noonday Dinner AT THE COFFEE SHOP Rooms as.teiv as $1 Gr&rvd Fork's Firvasf Hotel .t Every Garment we Sell is Guaranteed by Great Northern Fur Co., of New York. "fi