Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-01-11

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Now, do you think there is sane
man in Marion County who believes
we lose that amount? To estimate
the hogs Of all ages, for 1871, to
amount to sixty thousand, the loss
would be more than one half-not
in weight but in number.
have no doubt you made the
statement in good faith, hearing,th the
many exaggerated stories afioat-of
course you hear the worst cases. /
know quite n number of hogs have
died, but ann satisfied, no more in
proportion to number owned, than.
have died in other Counties. AT
present Marion is the champion Co.
for hog deaths; not that think she
is entitled to it. But the Editors in
other Counties have failed to write
'em up, but contented themselves
copying from our papers. One other
reason is that she gets the credit of
all the hogs that are taken TO Snow
& Huber's, at Pella, many of which
are brought from other Counties.
About two weeks ago, two wagon
loads passed through here, brought
from near the Missouri line. These
teams belonged on the other side Of
the river, and came here to get II
certain lot Of over seventy, reported
in the Toter to have been lost by one
man near Knoxville. | am in
formed they did not get them, and
the suppositon is they were not
quite dead enough for the market.
1t may be query with some why
| should be Interested enough in
this matter 10 write this article. |
have several reasons. One is, ! was
satisfied you, Messrs. Editors, would
not object to having your attention
called to matter Of vital importance
to the Farmers of this County. All
will admit that the Hog is the
Saving clause" pccunarily, and if
the loss is as great as you represent
there is but little indGccment for any
man, who intends to farm for liv-
ing, To come to Marion County; in
fact, ] do not believe any well-regu-
lated man would come.
But, per contra, am certain, after
eighteen years experience in raising
hos IL Marion County, that there Is
no local cause ful di5veeo ho-o, oa5
that no other County in the State
raises more or better hogs, or loses 80
few in proportion TO- the number
raised.
one other reason-ard this you
NAV consider as what hurts:--Thcrc
are some here who are raising breed
ing stock, and have spent some
money to perfect them, and make
them crcditable to the breeder, so as
to be salabIe abroad. This hope is
cut of, wherever they hear these re-
ports. They have lost me the sale
of three pigs, although / could have
sent healthy ones. have never had
any disease among my hogs; one
dozen would cover all my losses in
eighteen years, excepting some that
came dead, or died within a day or
two after being dropped.
1t would perhaps be proper in this
connection to say something regard
ing disease, &c. My opinion Is that
much Of it is caused by bad treat
ment, such as Irregular feeding,
scant food, poor shelter, &C., dc. AS
general thing all farmers make
ample provision for the comfort OF
their horses, but none for their hogs,
leaving them to shift rs best they
can; or they prepare very warm
place for them to sleep, allowing
them to pile up from twenty to fifty
in place; then call them out and
feed them, exposing them to the
wind while smoking hot. This is,
| believe, as bad as the former, If
not worse. ] am aware that the best
cared for herds sometimes get an
epidemic among them that proves
very fatal, but their chances for es-
cape are certainly better than those
of hogs poorly cared for.
Evidences are not wanting, that
many and different affections, with
entirely dissimilar symptoms, causes
and results, have been classed under
the general term Of "Iiog Cholera"
The nature Of the disease, or diseases,
Is not yet defined with anything
like accuracy. Many conflicting
views, as to cure and prevention, are
expressed. 1t is my candid be!iei
that the real Hog Cholera cannot be
cured. In fact, doctoring q sick hog
Is very discouraging; they have no
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