The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-23
CAUSE AND CURE OF HOG CHOL.
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and gives : remedy which he Ia.
found effective:., 5i,:r: ::
Among some Of the causes which:
produce cholera may be mentioned
extreme and sudden changep';: longsss
hot and dry weather, As in tls:fexf
1874; long, dry and Gold sss in: Tho
winter Of 1874 and 1875, followed by
the Unprecedented rains which fell du-
ring the summer Of 1875. These
rains caused an extremely rapid
growth Of grass making it "washy,"
nutritious, and defective in quail
ties calculated to excite the secretions
and producing hillary arrangements
and congestion in an already over
taxed liver that had suffered from an
unparalleled long, cold winter, fore
ing the blood from the surface, un'
eaqulizinx the circulation and center
ing an undue amount to the internal
viscera Of the hog.
Another cause is found in hogs &C.
cupying one field or pen from year to
year, without cleansing or blowing
under the accumulated filth, having
the hog constantly "rung," denying
him a taste or smell Of fresh earth, or
the use Of IN instinct that teaches
him in bilious arrangements to search
for bugs, worms, or vegetable roots,
the natural excitants Of stomach, liv-
or and bowels. Another cause is
scanty feeding, muddy. stagnant, and
filthy water, obliging them to allay
their thirst often from the draining
Of their own discharges.
When the disease first made;its ap-
pearance few years ago, it was char
sctsrized bv many symptoms resemb.
hing cholera in the human being,
even watery discharges, emaeiation,
aud rapid waste. Its most. usual
form now is loss of vitality, Iemaci-
ton, and drying up, with occasional
paralyses or an entire suspension Of
secretions ; no discharges with an
inflammatory state Of the liver,
alphabetically affecting head, throat
and lungs.
The health Of the hog is much de-
pendent on q healthy state of the
liver, as that organ mainly governs
the secretory system. But, at the
same time, it does not render it proof
against the introd uctlon Of poisons !;
for cholera may be contracted through
the lungs or stomach. While. some
lots have suffered much from a com.
b'nation Of the causes which we have
enumerated, rendering them highly
susceptible to infection, others that
have been treated in accordance with
the instincts Of their nature are al
most proof against diseases.
One Of my neighbors had two fine
lots in separate fields some distance
apart, - composed Of older and
younger hogs. Out of the older lot
he had already lost eighteen head in
two months. On one occasion / went
with the hand employed to feed the
younger lot, and, on seeing a pig
among the moro thrifty ones poor and
sickly, l asked the young man why
he did not remove it, for thought it
had the cholera. He said that it
had been sick about three weeks, and
that be had spoken to the owner about
1t. But the owner had answered
him by saying "let it alone; what
will die, will die, at any rate" His
hogs did contract the disease from
that one, and he lost many, when five
minutes time would have saved him
grief and money.
PREVENTIVE AND REMEDY.
One pound madden, l ID. sulphur,
lo. resin, lib. saltpeter, lib. black
antimony, 8 ozs. assa.etida. Pulver.
ise and mix well; feed 8 TABLESPOON.
fulls 70 five hogs three times per week
IN a little salt. more bran and
ashes. Commence feeding before the
cholera gets into your neighborb ood,
and continue until it ceases from the
same; ADD if, during the time and be-
lore your hogs are properly: medica-
ted, one should take the disease, i'm
med'ately remove it to a dry pen
Give -tsaspoonful of the mix ture in
Que gallon OF water or table slope
once per day; and in order to make
the cure doublv sure, take ] pint Of
SOFT soap. l tablespoonful pine tar, /
do. of lard; warm and mix we'll, and
drench the hog; and my word for
1t. 1t will cure ninety-nine cases out
Of one hundred.
II you will treat the first one O,
two in this manner, the disease sill
spread no further. And you must
remember, that as fast as the disease
spreads, or in ratio to the number in.
fected. its malignancy increases, until
it will almost defy control. If the
season should be wet, keep your hog,
on short timothy pasture if drv,t on
the best growth clover you have, and
these are valuable helps. Sweet mi TX
alone is said also to be good.
Dripping is Of great value II
housekeeping. The mode of clari
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