The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-14
S.cnnd DAYS Session.


The board met pursuant to adjournment
The time of the morning session was prlnci-
pally occupied in hearing reports Of visiting
committees from other fairs. Mrs. Austin
read report of her visit to the American
Pathological society, at Rochester, Ny. The
reports of the committees on premium list,
rules and regulations, and on fair
grounds, were submitted. They
contained many valuable sug-
questions of interest to the board, but rot 10
the public at large. The committee on the
spread of contagious diseases submitted the
following report, which was adopted:
We your committee appointed to consider
and prepare a memorial 10 Congress on the
contagious diseases of cattle, would respect
fully submit the following:
To the Honorable, the Members OF Congress:
The Indiana State and Delegate Boards OF
Agriculture, In session assembled, after con-
sideration of the dire consequences likely to
se Tram Isgn the spF 0fSar 6ns
diseases, would, most respectfully
ask and urge the immediate enactment of
such laws as shall speedily and completely
stamp out these diseases.
Further, we would, as committee, recon-
mend that the secretary of the state Board
action in this matter, and, by letters and
resolutions from their societies 10 the various
members of Congress in their respective dis
tricts, to urge this AS very important matter
TO the agriculturists of the entire country.
JOHN SUTHERLAND,
G. Il. lNGERsoLL.
motion was made to raise the price OF
admission from % to so cents, but, after a
lengthy discussion, was lost.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session the following
gentlemen were elected members of the
I'd for he
First District-Robert Mitchell.
Second DiStrict-R. p. Haynes.
Third District-B. III. Hancock.
Fourth District-W. b. Seward.
Seventh District-Jacob Mutz.
Fourteenth District-L. Il. Custer.
Fifteenth District-John Sutherland.
Sixteenth District-R. NJ. Lockhart
The above are all old members reelected.
Professor Wiley, of Purdue University,
delivered an address entitled The Relation
of Science to Agriculture" which was well
received.
Mr.. Raglan said that owing to the fact that
his friends of Putnam would like to be re-
cognized, so they could secure their license
TO shows, he would move that Captain Wei
mer, of Putnam, be elected a delegate for
that purpose, which was carried.
John Sutherland moved a vote of thanks
be rendered to Professor Wiley for his aG-
dress. Carried.
A motion then prevailed that Dr. Fletcher
deliver a lecture before this board and the
Swine. breeders ASSOCIATION in joint session.
The following is a b1ef synopsis of
DR.. W. B. FLETcHER's ADDRESS:
The hog Is of great antiquity, as his
remains are seen and found to exist from
the beginning In the last 10 years my a.
tention has been called to the hogs in our
slaughter houses. l find that in proportion
to the pushing the hog &c get fat, so Is his
disease. Breeding for shows is not the best
for the meat In pork. DeraDgement of the
kidneys is the great source OF disease. Fat
hogs are not fertile. AS to hog cholera, in
many cases have examined find it pieuro-
pneumonia, as 1t would be called in human
beings. On an examination OF some fine
hogs near the city, found the chest had
become contracted which interfered with
the breathing. small hog with long
nose has as good or be tier breathing capacity
than a large hog with much fat. The dis
eases among highly cultured or high bred
hogs is caused by difficulty OF breathing.
The nose Of hog is very important factor
in the hog. 1t is cruel to cut the nose or
ring it. This often causes disease. 1t fTs-
Quently a source of catarrhal trouble.
A few words as 10 diseases which may be
transmitted:
Flrst-A lot of hogs get up in the morning
The mucous discharged is filled with hair
worms, the bronchial tubes becoming filled
up with these.
Second--A worm that is found about the
kidneys; is an inch in length; sometimes
about tue liver and In the blood; sometimes
in the heart; blood worm.
Third-Another worm, in the intestine
canal, from one to six inches In length, which
holds on TO the flesh with many little hooks
to its head: has a sucker below the hooks.
This worm cuts through and gets into the in
testines.
Fourth-A microscopic animaf trichina
spiralis. Rats, mice, rabbits and cats eaten by
the hogs produce this worm by the millions.
In "a hours after this the animal gets stiff, and
equeals If you touch him. II the hog lives
over or through this he Is always stif. Four
persons died in this city by eating raw sau-
sage, full OF trichina. Feeding this flesh to
rats, three rats died in "a hours.
Tive years since / examined piece OF
ham; found Ii swarming With trichina, and
some persons who ate Ii raw died.
The hog dees not bear tape worm but his
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