Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas • Page 44

THE LONGVIEW SUNDAY NEWS-JOURNAL FARMER ond Toxaphene Effect Here's Quick, Efficient Cutting at a Low Cost! Safety-Featured New, Liglt On Dairy Cattle lT5 n.0 Down 11.00 Mont JI1 Utul Carrying harjt fTN kJDT-W Sturdy! Does hours of hoi cleor r0W'' i I V5 Dovid Brodley 2'2 H.P. If iVk Power Sow. Less tiring thore IXVV models, it rolls easily over! A llj -JL ground ond "eats" its way I jtJ Hi Inads of work. Belt Investigated Small amounts of toxaphene apparently are not harmful to dairy cattle. This insecticide is used widely ia the control of grasshoppers on forage crops and pastures and in the control of flies, lice and ticks on dairy cows.

The effects of toxaphene on dairy cattle were investigated during 1950 by research workers of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Amounts varying from two and one-half to thirty-seven and one-half grams of actual toxaphene per day were fed to four Jersey cows. R. E. Leighton, associate professor of dairy husbandry, reports that none of the cows showed any harmful effects as long as the dose of toxaphene was not over five grams per cow daily.

However, when the dosage was Increased to seven and one-half grams, symptoms of toxaphene poisoning extreme nervousness, loss of appetite and convulsions became evident, usually within one Xj two weeks. Feeding larger dosages of the poison finally resulted in the death of two cows. In another phase of the experiment, calves were not harmed by drinking milk from Jersey cows fed half a gram of pure toxaphene a day. Leighton estimated that a dairy cow eating roughage sprayed with normal amounts of toxaphene for grasshopper control would not consume more than half a gram of toxaphene in 24 hours. Apparently, it Is safe to spray dairy cows with five-tenth per cent toxaphene prepared from wet-table powder concentrates, says Leighton.

However, use of a five-tenths per cent toxaphene water emulsion spray prepared from emulslfiable oil concentrates may not be satisfactory. Following the use of water emulsion spray in this experiment, toxaphene apparently was secreted In the milk for several days. Further research on the effects of toxaphene on dairy cattle and their milk is planned by the experiment station. The results of completed work are given In Progress Report 1409, available from the Publication Office. College Station, Texas.

Blacklands-- (Continued from Page 11) acre. That is about four times the average return on Texas farms. Some experimental pastures, in good rain years, have produced 450 pounds of beef to the acre. Washko likes to tell his visitors about the-Alabama blacklands -farmers. They were driven out of the cotton business by the boll wee vil.

They made more money from cattle than they ever had from cotton, and the cows did most of the work. So fanners in one town gratefully built a monument to the weevttr- Grass research here Is leading to ever Increased production from the land. Scientists already see many of their recommendations put into practice. They hope to restore millions of blackland acres OO CA iScSfcr- -li inch blade well shielded from 29.50 Well equipped with d.sc net clutch ond screw-crank belt tij 39.50 fefeu CSee one demonstrated- Weed Cutter Attachment Self Propelling Attachment Protects Your Children Yow Lawn! Crosi Farm-Master Aluminum Roofing and Siding to permanent maximum produc A I I a mm Chain Link Fence No Down Payment Up To 35 Months To Poy on F. H.

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Livestock producers are warned to be on the alert for serewworms. Weather conditions are favorable for their spread. When found, the Infected animals, should be treated with EQ-335. Farm and ranch operations stould be planned well In advance 152 MelhW of actual worK oraer io mane the most efficient Use of farm la-.