Thursday, June 4, 1953
THE BATTALION
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.DUS’ HIGH—An unidentified Aggie from the A&M Rodeo Team pauses in air for a
st during the recent AAU rodeo. The Rodeo Team is one of thehnost active organ-
itions in connection with Agriculture on the campus.
•'ith Spring Rains
Bloat Poses
as Threat
Ei «" To Livestock Industry
By GLENN WARD
Battalion News Staff
>riliR' rains and new plant
Hh spell trouble in the form of
t to the livestock industry.
i herd of stock grazing on
ig | succulent sudan grass and
Sk3S s-clover mixtures is immune,
(■lords may go years without
t trouble before it hits. Cattle
more apt to suffer from bloat
siheep.
limals consuming a large
The Battalion
^gifFarm & Ranch
NEWS
re 19ft
amount of green succulent feed
are more likely to bloat than those
eating less. For this reason dairy
cows in milk are more subject to
bloat than dry cows, or heifers,
and ewes nursing lambs will bloat
more frequently than other sheep.
Cause of Bloat
Bloat results when gases pro
duced in the paunch by fermenta
tion are prevented from escaping.
Normally, these gases escape by
the way of the lungs or by belch
ing.
It is believed belching is stim
ulated by a scratching action pro
duced by coarse feed in the paunch.
Soft forages such as young Su
dan grass, Johnsongrass and clo
vers may not stimulate such ac
tion .
A second theoi‘y is that bloat
is caused by a toxic substance that
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paralyzes the paunch. Death us
ually comes from suffocation or
rupture of the stomach. Bloat is
also associated with cattle eating
green forage they are unaccustom
ed to.
Even though most bloat in cat
tle is said to be hereditary. A dis
turbance may also upset animals
causing bloat from eating too fast.
Bloat Symptoms
Symptoms of bloat are labored
breathing, mouth open, rrioaning,
lack of appetite, restlesness, slob
bering and puffing up of hollow in
front of left hip bone. These symp
toms are due to pressure on the
lungs, large blood vessels and soft
organs and to the absorption of
gas.
Good management is the best
way to prevent bloat. Some of
the recommended practices in
clude: a well balanced mixture of
grasses and clovers in improved
pastures, and keep salt and wat
er available to them at all times.
Others are supply ample rough-
ages of hay or straw while cattle
are in pastures, feed cattle dry
forage before turning them into
a well developed clover, Johnson
grass or sudan pasture, and do
not leave cattle in the pasture too
long until they are accustomed to
it.
How To Treat
Cattle that do develop bloat
should receive immediate atten
tion. Some of the cures for bloat
include:
® Plunge an instrument known
as a trocar and connula into the
paunch if case is severe and gas
must escape immediately.
® A small wooden bit may be
placed in the cow’s mouth to avoid
cow from closing jaws will help
bring on belching and escape of
gas.
® Sometimes a dose of two to
four ounces of turpentine to cattle
suffering from bloat gives relief.
© A drenching of bloated ani
mals with 12 ounces of raw lin
seed oil and one and one-half
pounds of Epsom salts in one gal
lon of water is another recom
mended remedy.
© Some ranchers carry bottles
of mineral oil to give bloated ani
mals. Others have made bloated
animals run, but this often results
in death to the animal. .
Good management practices are
the best preventative measure for
bloat.
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CAMPUS
CLEANERS
Inovations in
Have Pushed
Dairy Products
Industry Far
By M. H. MUMME
Battalion News Writer
Gone are the days of the butter
churn, old ungraded eggs, thin,
aged fryers, sour homemade
cheese. Gone are the days when
meat was slaughtered by the
rancher and sold to the neighbor
hood meat market with all by
products wasted.
Eggs, meat and poultry are now
shipped to better paying markets.
They arrive there safely, possess
ing all their original qualities and
flavor. Butter and cheese are now
more appetizing than ever befoi’e
and are enjoyed by everyone.
Inventions on transportation and
machinery have contributed much
to our present way of living. Some
one made use of better traveling
conditions and communication for
distribution of thees dairy, poultry
and livestock items. New machin
ery was set up and put to use,
and butter and cheese were manu
factured. After being prepared,
these items were sold in all parts
of the country within a few days.
Story of Packing
These events, in general, tell the
story of the meat packing business.
To begin with, the founders of
the larger packing companies real
ized the importance of distributing
dairy, poultry and livestock prod
ucts to areas where they were
needed most. This could mean bet
ter market prices for items all
year.
In the Eastern part of the coun
try, as well as in the growing state
of California, farm products are
very limited. There, demands for
eggs, butter, cheese, poultry and
meat have increased. The packers,
therefore, ship these needed prod
ucts from areas where they are
more plentiful. This creates lev
eled market prices all over the
country.
To ship farm products to differ
ent areas, without too great an ex
pense, the larger packing compa
nies have become nationally organ
ized. That is, each of the larger
packing firms has built its own
packing plants. Larger cities are
chosen for the plants’ locations
where livestock, farm and dairy
products are sold in large amounts
by the producers.
Work Varies
The type of work varies in each
plant. A packing company might
have one plant solely for the fat
tening of poultry. There, poultry
is latter slaughtered and dressed.
The poultry is then packed in ice
and shipped to the branch offices.
In some plants eggs are candled,
sorted and stored for market. In
the creameries butter and cheese
are majiufactured and packed. In
meat plants the packers slaughter
and butcher cattle, sheep and hogs,
placing the meat in cold storage.
Smoked and cured meats are proc
essed at the meat plants and by
product shipped to various com
panies.
The prepared farm products and
the meat ai-e then shipped to the
branch offices, where demands for
the items are greatest.
At first, livestock was the only
item packed by the packers for
many years. Later, they packed
and sold dairy and poultry prod
ucts. Since these products, as well
as meat, are consumed daily, the
packers now sell them in large
quantities at all times.'
The products are perishable
items and not allowed to be stored
for a long time. They are kept in
cold storage from the time they
are manufactured or sluaghtered
until they reach the retailers.
Strict Government laws have
made necessary a Governmental
inspection of the meat while it is
in the packing house. Also, the
company’s qualified inspector is
requix-ed to inspect the meat prod
ucts during the time they are in
the plant.
To keep these pi’oducts in the
best condition, packing plants have
shipped their px-oducts by refrig-
ex*ated tx-ucks and railway cars.
They are shipped this way to the
branch office. If a reitailei*’s place
of business is located out of the
city, the px’oducts are shipped to
him, also, in refrigerated railway
cars and trucks. The temperature
of just above fi’eezing is main
tained for all meats, dairy and
poultry products shipped this way.
Steady Market Needed
Since these fax’m products are
perishable, the packer must find a
good, steady market for them.
Some of the larger packing com
panies receive market quotations.
These ai*e x’eceived by telegraph
and telephone from their buyers in
different cities. When an inci’ease
in price in another city is high
enough to pay the tx’ansportation,
a packing company might ship a
good number of the px'oduct there.
Many times, the market for meat
may drop. A packing company
might have shipped sevex-al thou
sand dollax-s woi’th of meat to a
market where it had been selling
for a higher pi-ice. In such a case,
the packer must sell the perish
able item at a loss.
Despite many such hai'dships,
the packer’s other products • ax-e
often shipped from one office to
another. This distributing from
mai’ket to market results in keen
competition between packers. If
it weren’t for this way of market
ing lai'ge quantities of poultiy,
eggs, butter, cheese and meat could
not be sold as they ai’e now. The
market for them would be limited;
the pi'ice for them, unstabled. It
is the keen competition which ex
ists between packex-s today that
has leveled the prices on pi'oducts
sold by them.
The packing companies, as a re
sult, have progressed rapidly. They
have produced plants, branch of'
fices and sales routes, which all
help in large marketing of farm
products.
With all the business created by
the packing companies, howevex’, it
is surprising that little profit is
made. One of the larger packing
firms in the country made an av
erage of one and one-half cents
per dollar of sales over a 50-year
period in business.
By-Products Are Vital
Many contend if it weren’t for
by-products, the packers could not
operate without losing on every
item they handle.
Some by-products familiar to us
are hides used for leather, fat for
lai’d, tallow for soap, hair for
brushes, and bones used in the
manufacture of animal feeds. These
livestock by-products are sold to
manufacturers, along with organs
of the animals. From the latter,
medicines, helpful in medical re
search, are px-oduced.
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EXTRAORDINARY MEATS AT
' ORDINARY PRICES . . .
Full Beef Flavor, and FRESH
GROUND MEAT . .
. . . . ll>.
38c
From Choice Beef *
POT ROAST . . .
. . . Ib.
38c
From Choice Veal
ROUND STEAK . .
.... lb.
68c
Veal Brisket Stew or
ROAST . . . .
. . . lb.
28c
From Choice Beef
CLUB STEAK . . . .
... lb.
68c
Heart o’ Texas
HENS
. . lb.
55c
Heart o’ Texas
FRYERS ...
. . lb.
55c
Freshly Made
POTATO SALAD . .
.... Ih.
28c
Big Jumbo Bologna or
PRESSED HAM . . .
.... lb.
48c
Hormel’s
MIDWEST BACON .
tt
.... lb, 68c
* PRODUCE SPECIALS ★
At Last—Home Grown Hort. Farm
FRESH TOMATOES. lb. 25c
US No. 1 California
POTATOES 10 lbs. 49c
Size 176 Florida
JUICE ORANGES doz. 43c
Home Grown Red Table
PLUMS lb. 17c
Large Fruit—Central American
BANANAS . . . . . . 2 lbs. 21c
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Honor or Birdseye
Green Peas . . 2 pkgs.
Honor or Birdseye
Spinach ... 2 pkgs.
Honor or Birdseye—CHOPPED
Broccoli ... 2 pkgs.
Morton’s Individual
CHICKEN POT PIES . . .
12 Oz. Donna Dean or Snow Ci - op
STRAWBERRIES
Zz Gallon Holiday
MELLORINE . . . .
6 Oz. Snowcrop
ORANGE JUICE ....
★ GROCERY SPECIALS ★
39c
• . . each 27c
. 3 pkgs. $1.00
. . each 55c
. 2 cans 35c
Imperial Cane
SUGAR . . . .
5 lbs. 39c
Maxwell House
COFFEE . . .
. . lb. 79c
Junket Powders for Making
ICE CREAM
. . pkg. lie
Small But Fully Guaranteed
EGGS
. dozen 45c
2 Zz Cans Libby’s Sliced or Halves
PEACHES . . .
. each 29c
1 Lb. Box Sunshine Krispy
CRACKERS . . .
. each 23c
Switch to Sanitary—Z2 Gallon
PASTEURIZED MILK
... 2 for 71c
(Plus Bottle Deposits)
14 Oz. Bottle
HEINZ CATSUP ....
. . . each 23c
FREE RIDE During June at Playland Park for Box Ton
From Large Box of
FAB
large box 28c
For Better Baking-
C R! S € 0 . . . 3 lb. can 79c
Popular Brands
CIGARETTES carton $2.09
Now on Sale. June Issue
BETTER LIVING MAGAZINE, copy 5c
Small, Very Tender
GREEN PEAS large can 25c
PARKAY OLEO ....... lb. 27c
No. Vz Cans Tuxedo
TUNA can 23c
5 Lh. Bab Kimbell’s Best
FLOUR each 35c
One of the Better Brands—Red Crown
VIENNA SAUSAGE 2 cans 33c
No. 2 Cans Gold T"m Standard
TOMATOES ...... can 15c
For ? Rrefreshing Summer Drink
KOOLAID 6 pkgs. 25c
Southside Food Market
SPECIALS STARTING 4 P.M. THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH — THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH
STORE HOURS: 8 a.m.—7 p.m. Daily.
Open 30 Minutes Earlier Fri. & Sat. Closed Sundays
At Southwest Corner of the Campus
A Complete One-Stop Market
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