Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-18
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L Inc Franklin county Farmers CLUB met
lon Saturday, Mr.. @. ). Innis in the Chair.
SubjectZ"Diseases. of Domestic Animals.v
Mr.. b Spangler-I lost so chickens in
Elk weeks by chicken cholera I Iobseryed
one thing In Connection with this chicken
lcholera, which leads me to think that it is
a disease strongly resembling Asiatic chol-
lera 10 the human system. Iobseryed when
living IN tne city OF Columbus, when the
cholera was here, that If we had q shower
at midday, and-the sun came out hot and
warm In the afternoon, that then we had
during the ensuing night more deaths than
usual. But if we had-a shower in the
morning or during the night, then fewer
deaths than usual During the time that
chicken cholera was on my place, L observ-
ed that If we had rain during the midday
hours and then hot sun during the after
noon, / was sure to lose six or eight chick,
! ems by cholera during the night; but II It
rafned at other times, then there were few
er deaths than usual.
G. s. Innis was of opinion that rains and
sunshine had less effect upon the disease
than stated by Mr.. SpangIer; said thatial-
most all that he lost by cholera, died DUR
ing cold or frosty weather. - 3 y = ~ e
Il Irving f. Willis stated that many hogs
had been lost in Madison county by chol-
era; but that Foutz's condition powder had
i proved to be complete remedy. He gave
an instance of where man had lost one
pig by cholera, and another one apparently
/ dying; that he recommended the owner to
mix some of this powder In. warm milk and
! give it to the pig; the owner did so; repeat
ed the dose several times during the day,
and the pig recovered.
Mr.. Phifer, OF Madison county, had lost
100 head (of hogs by cholera when hewas
told that the FOutz powder would cure
those affected, and at thes same time act as a
prophylactic, or prevent the others from
taking it. After Mr.. Phifer fed the powder
ta lost honr i =. =
A neighbor had lot of chickens; he lost
all by cholera; no remedy seemed to be of
any avail, He then went out into the
country. and at various places bought up
fowls to start the hennery afresh. but lost
the second lot by cholera. The first lot
purchased the second. -
Mr.. Spangler-We dissolved copperas in
water, and then soaked corn in copperas
water and fed 1t; we also mixed pod pep
per in corn meal and fed that; both these
remedies were successful with US. For
kidney worm in hogs, dissolve a spoon
ful of copperas In hot water, and put the
solution into sweet milk and feed every
two DAYS.
Mr.. Scott, of Hamilton county-Wefeed
antimony, copperas and sulphur as pre-
vertve OF hog cholera.
j. OBJ. Renick-I am decidedly of
opinion that the hogs should be burned
and sulphur and salt added to the ashes
and grease caused by the burning, and the
other hogs given tree access to the mixture;
they will eat the ashes and grease very
readily, and it is the best prophy ylactic that
l know of t..,
Mr.. Edwards-I have used Foutz's Con-
dition Powers--think they are good for
cattle, horses or swine; think they may act
as preventive. Igenerally feed the swine
salt and ashes once week in any event.
q, 3. lnnis-Last winter put up about
one hundred hogs, and in January lost
some sixty by cholera. My chickens took
the cholera first and died, the hogs ate the
dead chickens, and soon after the hogs had
feed soap-suds to the sick hogs, that it
would cure them. Mr.. N. j. Turney fed
soft soap to his and saved them.
j. OBJ. Renick- Soft soap and soap suds
Is after all simply getting back to the
ashes and grease--soap is nothing but
ashes and grease.
Willis. of Madison Co.--The bulk of the
ashes are. OF course the ashes of the wood
used in burning the dead hogs. A dead
mule is the only animal that know of
which may be set on fire and burned up
without any fuel. A neighbor of mine
feeds ashes, sulphur and charcoal twice a
week to his hogs the year round, and his
hogs are always perfectly healthy.
i Edwards-When hogs die of any disease
think it is much the best way to burn the
carcass at once, and then two objects are ac-
cOmplished at once, viz you7get rid of the
carcass, and secondly there Is then no pos
sibility OF disease being spread by that
carcass.
Mr. SpanglerAA Missouri gentleman
who lost five hogs by cholera, stopped it
with the following remedy, which he gave
me, and which have no hesitation in rec
ommending as being an efficient preven-
tive, if not a cure, viz: One spoonful of
sulphur, one spoonful of gnDpowder, and
one spoonful OF turpentine, mixed in corn
meal.
Mr.Renfck- Il always feed Salt and ashes!
have noideakthaswhen D hogs is fairly
down with hog cholera, that he can be
cured; the most we can hope to do is to
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Scott, of Hamiltoncounty-The first hog
cholera in the State broke out in my
neighborhood, near Cincinnati. We have
tried almost everything; we used turpen-
tine with partial success, but could not
rely on it; we then burned the hogs, and
let the others eat the grease and ashes;
that did not succeed; we then found re.
eipe in the report of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, which pre-s
scriDed sulphur, antfmony, copperas, &c.
This we found the most effective for grown
hogs, but We have as yet found no remedy
tor young shoats or sucking pigs. A friend
mine aud myself went to OYIndiaua and
p irchased lotiof pigs; we broug ught them
b me; l turned mine into q pasture lot
where there was good pasture, plenty of
water and shade, andI fed them soap suds,
ashes, salt and slop; lost none OF mine,
but my friend, who did not feed ashes,
-uds. &c. lost fully one-third of his-lost
20 out OF 60. Hogs will eat after being at
lacked with cholera, but will not eat when
very sick, and as long as they will eat, some
5t Tie remedies can be administered.
nod all fha IL, IL
ioout the house; and since Ihaye followed
this practice L have not lost any hogs, or
rad any, affected with the kidney worm, -
W1llis-Great imposition Is practiced by
persons breeding pigs for sale as breeders;
as, for instance, several men in Pennsyl-
yania are breeding Chester Whites for sale
When q pair OF pigs are ordered they are
just as likely to send a pair of the same
litter AS any other Kind, scensequeptly,z
when these are bred together, the breed is
known as tin and in /" breeding, and most
undoubtedly produces the " thumps;" and
| am Of opinion that g in and in " breeding
produces the cholera.
Scott-Thumps. in-my opinion, is simply
another form OF cholera s.
Merion-Several years ago lost a dozen
or more pigs by the thumps.
Spangler-A few weeks since neighbor
OF mine lost number of fine shoats by
thumps. .silrllaEs a.e u 7iz F. sdj sszDas u
Innis-I think some one mentioned at
one of our former meetings that he never
kept male hog Tor a. fowl on theiap place
more than one year, and since adopting
this plan has rot been troubled with dis
eases of any kind. .5s ii zasss slrlrf u
Mr.. Shrunl-We had hog cholera intro
duced into our neighborhood, by the dead
hogs, which, had died of cholera, being
thrown into the creek above us, anL fioated
down aDd lodged in our vicinity. 30 sE1i1d =
Mr.. j. OBJ. Renick-I would like to have
the sense of the Club expressed in the form
ofja resolution, directing what is to be (:
done in cases OF hog cholera, and for this
purpose, have drawn mp the following,
which Ia hereby submitted :4ro Esvi7a5- at =