Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-09
Hog CheIera-Preven.ivcs snd Cures.
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Hog ChoIera-Preyeniive snf Cures.
The ravages Of hog cholera are con
fined TO no single locality or climate
and have, probably been more diSas.
trous to the porcine race than all III,
other diseases to which it is subject
Hitherto no satisfactory diagnosis Of
the malady has been made, nor ha.
any certain specific remedy for it beer
discovered. The efficacy OF several
preventives and even of cure oil
two are vouched for, however, by
reliable men in different parts Of the
country, and as q trial Of soue Of
these may be Of advantage to some
of our readers, we have for some
time back been collecting them from
the different journals in which they
have been described, aud here condense
those among our collection, which
seem to have the most trustworthy
endorsement.
Give regularly in their food, about
twice week, half a teaspoonlul OF
spirits of turpentinr to each hog, aud
keep >alt where they can use ii at
their pleasure. This, it is confidently
claimed, has not only proved thor
ougbly effective in preventing the
disease, even when the hogs were al
lowed to run with those that were
constantly dying with II, but hog
have been cured by 1t that were serl-
ously affected
Another gentleman states, that al
though his neighbors have for years
been losing their hogs he has never
seen any symptoms OF it among his
own, and he attributes it to the onions
which he is very careful to have cook
ed with their food at least twice a
week
And still another claims that his ex
emption from sharing with his neigh BIS
bors' heavy losses by the disease must
be owing TO bis practice OF cooking
poke said or root III their food at least
once a weak.
Another says: Take one teacupful
Of pulveriz d copperas aud mix with
one gallcn of salt; and salt the hogs
with the mixture twice a week regu-
| lily while the disease prevails in youl
ueighborhoOd. This is said to be a
sure preventive, md has been known
to cure in many instances after the
disease has commenced.
Take blue vitrol-often called blue
srone-at the rate of a tablespoonful
for every ten grown hogs or fifteen
pigs; use enough of water to dissolve
II, then ada a suffiei' ncy of fresh milk
aud give to the animals Immediately.
Viii the disease is prevailing III the
cOuntry,th's remedy ought to be gwen
twice a week for two weeks, then one
week and afterwards once a mouth.
A cure for worms also.
Make concentrated lye into soap by
the usual rule take one pail of the
soap to fifty hogs; put ii in kettle.
add water and two pounds Of copp, ra>
coil it; then aid dish water and mllS
or anything to make it taste good. till
you have ABOUT what the hogs will
drink Just when ready to let the
hogs in, scatter two pounds Of soda in
the trougbs; the object is to have it
foaming as the hogs come TO drink.
The next day 60 through with the
same operation. After the second
day, then give for two days, and you
may turn them out cured 1t you
cannot get the hog 10 drink, then
knock him on the head to prevent
hun from giving the disease to the
others.
Turnips, it is very strongly claimed
arc a certain preventive of the disease
aud unless the hog is too tar gore To
eat, the use of them, fed exclusively,
will infallibly cure him Major Mel
lon, the discoverer of this specific, has
so strong belief in its efficacy that he
has filed claim for a reward Of Sl0,-
900, offered by the State of Missouri
for the discovery OF remedy for this
disease.
These prescriptions have been care
fully selected from a number of others
apparently less trustworthy, because
in nearly every case, instances are
specified, 10 which has proved entirely
eficacious. Most Of them have ap
peared in several papers and where
one of these has failed to give such an
example, it has been supplied by
another In view of the enormous
losses incurred by this malady it is
well that every farmer should be &C
quainted with some of the remedies
which his fellowsfsrmers vouch for as
so that he may at once on the
the approach or attack Of the diseasr,
test the efficacy of that .peci6c best
recommends itself to his judgment, or
WHICH he can most conveniently