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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1950-06-15, Page 2L, . ., ` AAA Iru FARM FRONT One of the hundreds of quota- tions I think I know—until I try to put it down on paper—is the one that somebody will probably set to music, one day, and title it THE PARIS-ITE'S SONG. I'm not going to look the quota- tion up; but from memory it runs something like this, "Great fleas have smaller fleas upon their backs to bite 'em; and smaller fleas have lesser fleas, and so proceed ad infinitum." Which should be enough to in- troduce some observations from Dr. Charles W. Brown, of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, He says that nearly every farm has had some experience of animal para- sites. Some have had hog troubles, or all animal hit with Bang's Dis- ease, Or maybe—and I know this will hit right home with many of my readers — cattle that have reacted to the T.B, test. And here is what Dr. Brown has to say about some of the more common disinfectants, and the way they should be used: Preparation of Buildings: Before you use any disinfectant the build- ing should be thoroughly "dry- cleaned." Remove all litter• and manure. Spread it on fields where .livestock will not conte in innme- diate contact with it. "In case of wood or concrete floors, it will pay to clean them religiously," Brown explains. "Dirt forms a protective layer around the bacteria, protecting thein from the disinfectant." Application: Some kind of a pressure sprayer is probably the most satisfactory way to treat a building. Physical Agents: Perhaps there is no better soil disinfectant than heat. You can use a burner or flame thrower on open lots. They are dangerous in buildings. The prompt burning or burying of dead animals, dead chickens and aborted fetuses can not be stressed too much - Burning is best only if you com- pletely burn the entire carcass. Otherwise, burying deeply and covering with quicklime is good protection. Sunlight: Sunlight is a wonderful disinfectant. It's not only one of the best, it's free. The disinfection properties of • sunlight are greatly reduced after it comes through or- dinary glass: Formaldehyde Solution (Forma- lin): A 4 per cent solution of for- maldehyde in water is considered a reliable disinfectant. This is made by adding one part of for- maldehyde solution to nine parts of water. It has deep penetrating powers and a penetrating odor. The gas is very irritating to the eyes and nose. :k :k Carbolic Acid (Phenol): Both carbolic acid and phenol are ex. tremely poisonous and must be handled with extreme care. Car- bolic acid is one of the old-time standby, farm disinfectants. Both should be kept under lock and key, so there is no possible clanger of children coming in con- tact with them. Today, other disinfectants wHich are not so dangerous to the user are preferred. A person using even weak solution's of carbolic acid must take precaution to protect the skin, However, a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid is satisfactory for ordinary bacteria. It will not de- stroy hog cholera virus or the spores of anthrax and tetanus. It roust not be used in dairy barns, since milk absorbs the chemical, takes on an odor and taste. Dr. j. S%Lwar't Lott, London, Ontario, who has been award- ed the first fellowship granted b thd'Ontario Division of the Fanadian Calker Society. Dr. Lott will continue cancer re- S0111rell cttlflies in England lead Europe, Inside Trilby — Trilby, a cii down to her tonsils as she Opel check her ,'urn after extraction of 5,000,000 units of penicill, Saponated Solution of Cresol: This is a soap solution of cresol you can get at most drug stores. It must be used in soft water. In a 2 or 3 per cent solution, it is effective against hog cholera virus. It also is valuable in disinfecting the premises following the finding of a tubercular animal. Four ounces of an approved cre- sol solution to a gallon of water is recommended for use in buildings. This should be handled with, care, though it is not as poisonous as carbolic acid. It should not be used in dairy barns. Lime: Quicklime is easy to ap- ply, and can be scattered around barns lots, where it will destroy most common disease agents with which it comes in contact. Usually the lime is applied by slaking with water, then diluting the slaked lime four to one with water. One pint of water to two pounds of quicklime is usually the correct proportion for slaking. Lime solu- tion is also irritating to the skin and eyes. Lime Will not destroy' anthrax spores, tetanus organisms nor the tubercle bacillus. Lime solution is often added to other disinfectants because it shows any areas that are missed. • :s � v� Lye: Lye is a very effective dis- infectant around dairy barns and hag houses. A 2 per cent solution is useful against Bang's disease infection. A pound of lye with five and one-half gallons of water is the usual mixture. If the water is hot, the mixture is more effective. Lye is not ef- fective in destroying tuberculosis germs. Extreme care should be used in handling concentrated lye. Chlorine: Chlorine disinfectants are not practical for use on barns and in lots since any organic mat- ter destroys their usefulness. Hypochlorites: This is the name applied to chlorine disinfectants sold under a variety of trade names for use on dairy equipment. You wouldn't use thein on a hog house, but on your separator or milking machine. The strength of solution and directions for use are usually printed on the label, and should be followed. S o d 1 u in Orthophenylphenate: This is very valuable in destroying germs of tuberculosis. It has an advantage over cresol in that it is odorless—it can be used in dairy . barns. It should be used as a I per cent solution by dissolving in clot water. +k :k Iodine: This applies to animals --not to humans. Iodine for live- stock is sometimes useful as a Skin disinfectant. Tincture of iodine is a common preparation. No ban- dage should be applied after its use. Remember: Select a disinfectant for a particular use; there Is no general disinfectant that will serve all purposes. And guard against indiscriminate use of disinfectants. Most hog diseases are easily car- ded on the feet of humans. A plan of disinfectant at the door of the hog house or the feed -lot gate may prevent a disease outbreak in your hogs, Clean ground is a preventive for parasites ---not against virus 'dis- eases like hog cholera. A MAN in Northampton parked his car outside the police station while he went inside to buy a $5 ticket to the polleemen's ball. On raturriing, lie fotiud a parking tog on the car. cus elephant shows everything is wide to let trainer Frank Noel of a five -pound tooth. With help in, the gum is healing nicely, AftOtt, Y A SwB TC l IC A prominent California educator —college president or sonic such— has come out with a suggestion which is at least interesting. He urges that school children, when studying mathematics, should be taught practical things, such as the gambling odds on horse -racing, draw poker, slot machines, radio give-away programs, sweepstake tickets and so on. This educator thinks that if the kids grew tip knowing how little chance they had of winning, they wouldn't gamble at all. k :A Well, maybe lie could be right. But somehow or other we are just a tenny mite doubtful. Now this idea about the advis7. ability of such education for the young is by no means new. Years ago they used to tell about an insurance agent who had similar notions, and who constantly de- plored the ignorance of the rising generation about such matters. One day a young fellow came wanting a Life Insurance policy, so the agent started to question him, his life and habits. "Tell lite," asked the agent, "in a six -Banded table stakes poker• game, what would you say a pair of jacks would be worth, before the. draw?" "Six handed? Table stakes?" re- plied the applicant. "Why, a pair of jacks would be worth every chip you had!" >< : W*1 ".Son," said the insurance elan solemnly, "go on bonne, and don't collie back. I don't want your busi- ness, because you're a bad risk, In fact I'm surprised that you've even lived as long as you have." w But that is all by the way. Before we got .off .on that detour we were expressing doubt as to whether edu- cation of the sort proposed by the Californian would eradicate the gambling urge, no platter at what age you tried to apply it, As an illustration, let us,—as a partially - reformed horse -player, give an il- lustration from real life. Away back when we and the world were considerably younger we had a friend who—although he had a pretty fair position—was con- stantly broke because of his burning passion for having a bet on a horse in every race that was carded. We had given him the old stuff about "You can beat a race, but you can't beat the races," and all the rest of it, but it made no difference. Finally we thought that maybe a nlathe- matical demonstration would help. "Listen, Mac," we said to him. "Get yourself a pencil and a piece of paper. Now, you know that the `bite' at a race track is around 20 per cent. Every time you put a dollar in those mutuel machines, only eighty cents of it comes out." "I know that as well as you -do," he answered. "So get on with what you have to say, if anything, be- cause I'm in a hurry." "Well, let's suppose, just as an example," we continued, "that on a certain day there are just a thous- and guys at a certain track, and that each of them has just a hun- dred in his kick. So they make an agreement that they will bet all they have on every* race. Naturally, some of them are wiped out in the very first race. But out of that hundred thousand dollars, with a 20 per cent bite, how much comes back after that first heat?" "I don't need any pencil and paper for that," answered my friend Mac. "It would be eighty thousand or thereabouts," "So that eighty grand goes back on the second race," we said, "What is the comeback when it is fin- ished?" * :k "Sixty-four thousand," replied Mac after a moment's mental figur- ing "So there's sixty-four thousand bet on the third," we persisted. "Fifty- one thousand conies out," was Mac's answer, "only I wish you'd hurry up' and let me get going." But we weren't to be derailed, taking him right down through an afternoon's racing and showing hint how, after seven races, that original stake of one hundred thousand had shrunk to just about one fifth of that amount. "So now you can see what suck- ers all you horse players are," we concluded triumphantly, "In addi- tion to all the other chances you take, you're trying to buck a racket that will automatically shrink a hundred grand into a little over twenty thousand in just seven races." +k ,k :k "I thank you kindly, pal, for the lesson and the sermon," said Mac. "But I've got to get going, I know that you haven't any money, so I've got to hustle around and try and dig up a few bucks. Honest John Calder has a real good thing in the sixth at Thorncilffe—ane that might pay eight to one or better and I'd hate to be looking out the window when it comes down. So long. I'll be seeing you." +k +k # Just a minute Mac" we replied, •� 5t�.t.:;,<` , , "Here's two bucks that we were going to give the fnilkman on ac- ' < < r SAS• ' �Mt count, but we can always stall him Sig Bookie— Frank Erickson off somehow. put the deuce oil is booked in a New York police Honest John's good thing. pretty near time he had .a wiIts nner station after a County Grand and, as you say, it would be a jury, probing organized ,gamb- Shaine to miss it." ling, returned a 60 -count gamy- >k k +k ling and conspiracy information That, as we said . before,.,._is a against the bookmaking figure. true-to-life incident; or as' near He facet a maximum of one enough to the truth as makes no year in prison and $500 fine on never -mind. And it should show each count. wh`y the personally, doubt whether D f1Y ; 4 C', ..Classified Advertising.. 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