The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-10-18
Fer the farmer.
CuRE ron HOG CHOLERA.

The following reii.t,Iy for. hog cholera is from
a late number of the HcsierH SiocI Journal and
farmer: Makr concentrated I've into good soap
by the usual rnie take one pail of soap to fifty
hogs: put it in a kettle, add water aud two Ds
tbf cdpiieras, boil IL, si,en add disb-n ater and
utflk lor csytbing 70 make it taste goot) till you
have about what the hfty hogs will drink.
Place enough Of the mixture, while warm, for
twenty five hogs to drink in troughs, in sepa-
rate lot. Just you ready to let the hoSs
in, scatter two pounds of soda in the tronShs;
the object is to have it foaming for the hogs to
drink. BE sure that every hog drinks !; u ne win
not drink, put him in the hospital, aud IL yon
cannot get him tn drink, then knock him III the
head for he will give the cholera to the rest
After twenty five have had all they can drink,
lie. in twenty five more, and continue tiil the
whole are treated. The next day, go through
with the same operation. After the second day,
skip day, then give for two days. and You may
turn them ont cured. generally give the same
dose once week to my hogs. An important
point is to make the hog drink and, If he would
not take il any other way, add new milk, or put
in sugar.
Mr. Long offered to pay any man ten cents q
pound for every hog he could not cure, provided
the hog was not past drinking, when he took
him in hand.
The following is taken from the committee re-
port of the Missouri State Grange, on this cpl
demic:
From what we know of its cause, we believe
the hog cholera originates in the animalcula, or
sporule, carried through the atmosphere, some
times ut great distance from the earth and at
other times, quito near, tn which case it comes
iu contact with the swine and subjects them to
the disease. When one becomes afflicted, the
whole herd is liable to it, both from contagion
and from the original cause.-the sporule scat
tered in the district.
We recommend, first, the strict observance of
sanitary rules. Second, should the disease get
into the herd, to change them into other lots,
separate the sick from the well, not allow them
TO sleep near the dead hogs, nor in lot where
any have recently died. Now as to remedies
that have been considered beneficial:
In the early part, or coughing stage, alkalies,
ashes, soft soap, stone coal, carhonate of soda,
black antimpny, sulphur, copperas, carbolic &C.
ID, coal oil, ETC., all of which have been pro-
pounced good in certain cases. One of your
COMMITTEES have observed more good results
from the use Of ten drops of tincture veratrum
yerides, 10 the acute stage of the disease, or
when humping is an accompanying symptom,
than from any other remedy, and your commit
tee would strongly recommend the use of cop
perss, in the continued form of the disease. The
foregoing remedies which have, to a great ex-
tent, been endorsed in the past, are not without
good pathological reasons. As before stated, the
sporule 10 the prime cause of the disease; that
being true, Ii rs but rational that the above rem
sdss should be given, as most of them contain
a0ss or less veEmifuge properties. The verat-
gum is powerful sodative on the man, and per-
haps the same on the hog if SO, it is indicated
10 the acute stage.