The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
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How 20 Prevent Disease Among Them-Ar
observation as to Their Habits.
1t is much easier to prevent than to
cure disease in swine. After the sys
tenn nf the animal becomes thoroughly
impregnated with the germs of disease
cure is usually difficult. The spores
of disease may be taken in and lie il
the ,ystem for a long tine. awaiting
favorable conditions. before germ mai
ing and manifesting themselves. Farm.
ers Inay raise large herds of hogs
viii, h may fatten, prosper and yield 6
large profit to the feeder. Then the
sea ,ons change. water becomes scarce
only polluted pools of sloughs are ac
cess ible whore the hog may drink anC
wal,ow. All at once the hogs become
sick. refuse to eat, tremble, have the
..thumps,h swell up und n the neck, OIL
have so-called hog cholera and die
The farmer can not see any apparent
cause He calls the veterinarian, who.
4 t"r viewing the premises, says that il
is only 4 matter of surprise to him thai
the people living in close proximity to
THAT filthy, polluted cesspool in the hog.
yard, which has become the receptacle
of all the wash from the animal oifal.
and those feeding and taking care OF
thu hogs are not sex with typhus
fe ier. Yet these cesspools are, in many
cases. all the hogs have to drink from
aid wallow N. Looking over the poo
yunder one will see countless swarm
OK. insects; they are busily dcpositine
their eggs in the mud and filth; the hog
while drinking swallows the spores,
which hatch in their stomachs aud in
teStines, and are distributed all through
the animal system. causing great ir-
ritation, pain and fever. The animal
is sick, has the cholera and dies. The
pork of swine drinking the water
IN such pools is no more ut to eat than
the mud they wa!low in; the mea5 will
look dark and dingy and smell and
taste Ike the mud.
''Well. now" says the farmer. you
have told me the cause of disease, also
that my pork is nasty and unhealthy:
now tel me how to remedy all this
trouble" Take up the hog yards, carry
the material upon knoll or rise OF
ground, eXcavate shallow cellar, build
pens over 1t; use this in summer only
FOR shade and sleeping place. Do moi
put any straw or other nesting in it;
build the pens open ne to the south. tc
let n the winter sunshine. A hog wants
sunshine in winter and spring; in ho
summer he wants shade, not a wallow.
ing place of filthy mud. Give him pure
air, pure water and pure fe ed in sum-
mer, and let HIM have a NJ e pasture
range with but little strong feed. When
yod shut HIM up to fatten, put him or
a good board or plank floor, with clean
bedding. Change often: keep his pen
cleaned every day; feed him sound,
clean corn or chop of corn and oats.
with lime and salt, in a trough. and
grass during summer and fall. In win
ter put second growth clover hay where
he can always have free access to it.
Never butcher him except while grow.
ing, and VIII guarantee you the ten.
derest. sweetest and healthiest meat in
the world
L have been a close observer of the
habits and wants of swine for the last
thirty years. l never Dave had a sick
hog, nor lost one, within that time II
is grand mistake to suppose that it 10
a necessity for swine to have wallow.
Let them range in the pasture during a
warm rain, to wash them, but during
cold storms keep them housed. Donol
allow too many to nest together-not
over six or eight in each bunch. While |
my neighbors have lost heavily, some
all of their hogs, mine have been
healthy.-AbraAGDs Brpwn, in Chicogs |
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