The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

ar Cholera in North CarOllna.

Report of DR.. d. T. Salmon one %
.,o five commissioners appointed by
Ala Government to investigate the hog
.ar in the United States We are
81 to Senator Vance for an ad-
',nced copy of the pamphlet Report
Of the commission.
u,o William g. lie Due, Commass'0"er
of agriculture:
crp In my Investigations of the
o,ntaoious hog-fever as 1t exists III
GLarth Carolina, it has been my en-
1'arnr TO decide those points which It
ia inlisnensable for me to know be
fro adopting preventive measures,
io!L or liam others which might be
,auv interesting from a sclentiflc
'iJno;nt What is the percentage OF
frnm swine disease in this State is
aa,d the same disease from which
~ hogs are dying in the different
'"o II If but one, what are It's
Symptoms, post mortem appearances,
natnre. and cause? AND what are the
mn,ns bv which such losses may pe dl-
finished or entirely prevented these
= fine Questions which 1t seemed most
anortont TO answer; they are those to
mhirh nv time has been entirely de-
- y,s found very difficult to obtain
;.Cnrmation of localities III when the
di.aese existed for although requests
wcrr made through cur newspapers TOR
.,,ch Information, and although, as 1
bave since learned, swine were dying
I,rrrIy in every section OF the State, l
received during the whole time put
three letters naming such locailtles. III
:, Tins we add that IA large part OF this
Sfate is without railroads that the
farms are large. and, consequently, the
country is thinly settled /; that usually
Int few hogs are kept on each place, 1t
!, seen that a great part OF the time
must nave been spent III unprodu;tlve
work in searching out injected local.
ties. and, when these were found. In
travelling from farm to farm to n
herds suitable for experiment, or dead
ANIMALS for examination. These facts
must explain the small number OF cX-
perimcnts which | was able to carry
OFT.
To give a connected view of the sub
iect. and one convenient for reference,
the report is presented under the fol
lowing headings
THE LOSSES OF SWINE.
II. Extent of disease, number and
percentage of deaths.
b. Are the great bulk of these losses
caused ly one disease, OF are they more
.l a,n a.. 81 hoo - |
which these animals are subject !
THE CONTAGIOUS HoG-FEvER.
a Symptoms.
b Post mortem appearances.
c. Nature.
Cause.
MEANS OF PREVENTION.
a. IIygicnic and medical treatment.
b. Sanitary regulations.
EXTENT OF DISEASE, NUMBE AND PER
CENTAGE OF DEATHS.
North Carolina isa State with a great
diversity OF soil and elm ate. In the
western or mountainous part the sum-
mers are not excessively hot nor the
winters extremely cold, and, with the
exception of river bottoms which are of
comparatively small extent, the soil is
rolling and naturally well drained ;
lie water is good Tiers is 40 malaria,
and the country is rightfully considered
a very healthy one. Extending from
the mountains for two hundred miles
eastward is d strip of country much of
which is not sufficiently rolling for
good drairage through the compact
%sabsoll, and in a large part of which
intermittent fever prevails to a con
siderable extent among people. Still
farther east is a strip of sandy and
sWampy country, extremely maiarious.
aud very subject TO intermittent fever
anu other diseases of malarial origin.
Now, If our hogs were dying of I'm
healthy surroundings if their disease
or diseases originate to any extent from
nlalaIlous emanations, it is certainly in
tnis eastern belt that we should expect
- Hh4 ny far the largest percentage of
!osSes. We should not he disappointed
III hndlng Il few in the central belt,
Out ID the healthy, elevated west, where
''p hogS roam IN vast mountain forests,
W should certainly expect an unusual
-'e''oll from disease, especially in sum
MI viewing the matter from this
s''hdpolnt, L visited the western and
central sections and would have gone
u Tie seaboard if my own health had
H't Tailed me at this point. :
fortunately statistics have been col
AOteu Oh the number of deaths among !
T",nt IN the different parts of the State .
,Ia 'he year ending April l, 1878, and :
+, 81 as lar as can be obtained TWEEN
S'niee counties only out Of ninety ,
'oUF, are as follows: ;
Total Ittt:t:ber Number of :
n -: OF swine, deaths :