The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-05-11
The H0g.ChOlera.

:. Pursuant TO a resolution Of the State
Board of Agriculture, the Secretary, Col.
S. D. Fisher, on the 9th ult., addressed
circular to the leading wine-breeders of
the State, putting a series Of questions
designed to elicit information as to the
causes, extent, and remedies for Hog
Cholera. The result Of these inquiries is
to show that, the loss to the hog breeders
of Il.ih6is from the ravages of this disease
is about ten million dollars annually;
while as yet the causes, treatment and
remedy for the disease, are matters to
which there is, generally speaking, pro-
found ignorance among those most largely
interested.
Among the responses received by the
Board to their circular, one of the most
interesting was from George Hunter, of
Carlinville, q breeder of pure Berkshires
who gives the following diagnosis Of the
disease: -.-!3
-" The following symp toms. are more or
less prominent among those exhibited in
hog-cholera: Dizziness, loss of appetite
for food or water, creeping beneath the
straw, or seeking dark places, with the
head low, and ears dropping = disposition
to lie on the belly; retching and vomiting
of food, mucus or bile; diarrhea of dark
and fe,id stools, or constipation; anxious
and staring look; inability DO stand;
mouti: hot and clammy; spasmodic
breathing; partial or complete paralysis;
bristles stiff and dry; sometimes the ami
NAL is wild and frantic, and sometimes
quite unconscious; inability to scream;
subdued and painful cough; discoloratior
OF the skin-a red Or .purplish tint, es.
pecially on the belly and inner surface of
of the hind extremities, on the back, ears,
ETC. Death within twenty four hours to
three days. In hogs that die from chol-
era, frequently is found an accumulation
of blood or congestion Of local. 'charac-
ter, sometimes external, sometimes inter
nal-at times in the lungs, at other times
In the stomach and bowels, and frequent
ly in the tender surfaces Of the body, es.
pecially about the eyes, behind the ears,
and about the feet These symptomatic
evidences have been duly observed, both
post. mortem and during the process of
the disease, and the conclusion Is reached
that they, together with other evidences,
tend to confirm the theory that hog
cholera $50 called) is an essential disease
Of q general character, and not dependent
upon any local affection" |
Mr.. Hunter reports that BE-.
"The cholera made its appearance gen
orally during unsettled weather, or such
weather as exposes the hogs to sudden
and severe atmospheric changes. Steady
wet weather, however, seems especially
prolific, Of cholera. Sound stock, good
care, and especially good drainage and
Clearly surroundings, are not only cause
of escape, but well nigh an infallible pre-.
ventive. neither use nor recommend
any other preventives than those last
above mentioned, II would add that the
keeping of swine in large numbers togeth-
er precludes the possibility of good care as
above understood. A large herd Of swine
in one droveis inevitably an easy prey to
George q. Caldwell, abreeder Of Berk-
shires sof Williamsville, reports: :,
" am satisfied that the cholera IS ow.
ing to the sudden transition from labo-
rious, hslfstarved condition to one of
high feed and 80 convinced am ! that,
while ! hayea pig intend to feed him
literally until sold. During the last
three years my best Berkshires were rum
ming by the side Of the diseased stock, and
some Of the older sows with them nearly
all the time. have always fed my young
Berkshires, and have host none OF them.
My hogs died In the Branch, and some Of
my neighbors' hogs, just below, on the
ssa$s sfrssp were, he4lthy ind al the
These hogs, however, were on clover, and
fed some corn all the season. II
Lemuel Milk, of Kankakee, who keeps
On an average !, 900 head of hogs, reports
Ny 3perience Is, that the fat hogs are
naNre li6{4e to b6ssattacked I think thaf!
hogs hd1ng ranges0f fields and woods atG
notso Aable to be, affected. I believe tha
diseasesb conta9fQds-have no doubtsot
i from my experience and observation. VII
nave used as q preventive five pounds cope
peras, five pounds black anthony, two
pounds saltpeter, four pounds sulphur,
i've podnds fenugreek SEED: have used
as remedy, with good result, carbolic