The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-26
DEAD HOGS.
The Best and Simplest Way Of pispcsing
of Their Bodies.

The Beet and simplest way OF Ni1pcsih0
of Their Bodies.
The question Of greatest importance
to swine raisers Is how to stamp out
swine disease and keep them stamped
out. 1t is certain this a never De
done so long as it is permitted to dis.
pose of the carcasses in any other than
the most effectual way. Some sell to
those who purchase, as it is said, to be
made into soap-grease. l am s
ably sure that in some cases the best
of the cas- are rendered out and
the produce sold as prime lard! Think
of that, city readers. No law can in
fict too great a pecuniary punishment
upon the man who hauls around the
carcasses of hogs dead of infectious or
contagious disease, or who ships swine
knowing that they have such a disease.
Both these things are frequent, and so
long as they are permitted the spread
of swine diseases is to be expected.
There are two methods Of disposal-by
burial or burning. The former is more
commonly employed, but to it are many
objections.
If hogs r admitted to the field
where the rcass are buried, though
It be three years afterward, they viii
exhume the bodies. This l know, my
own hogs having done it. And while
eating the carcasses may not always,
Or often, cause an outbreak of the dis
ease, it will sometimes do so, as l have
found in n seasons bitter experience.
Another objection is that urged by the
advocates of cremation against the in.
terlnent of human bodies-the decay.
ing matter may contaminate the drink.
ing water of human beings or beasts.
When W. consider that swine are bur.
on the farm. in fields or lots not so
far removed from the haunfs of beasts
and people as cemeteries usually are,
and that the carcasses are not put I'M.
der the ground so deep as are the bod
les of human beings, we perceive that
objection applies with much great.
force to the burial of the bodies of
hogs than Of human beings. The of.
matter may find its way into
wells, creeks or ponds. Moreover the
gases engendered by the decomposi.
lion of the bodies must escape into the
air and will escape for so long a time
that it is practically impossible to
guard animals from it.
If the bodies be burned, all germs of
are destroyed. The offensive
matters are dissipated and no hurt can
come to any animals from eating the
ashes. Nor will the ashes contaminate
the drinking water of mar or beast,
being harmless in their nature. Hence,
two very serious objections to burying
the bodies can not be made to apply to
cremating them. The third objection
to burying applies to cremation also,
does not amount to much. 1t is
true that offensive gases are given off
the burning, but this lasts only
while the bodies are being consumed,
md during this time, and for a time
long enough to insure the
dissipation of the gases, stock can be
iept at a safe distance. All in all, Gre
nation is much the more safe and eff
'ectual mode of disposing Of the car
'asses; and l do not think tits the more
aborious. l find it requires no more
ime or exertion to burn a carcass than
o dig a hole to hold it and replace the
'arth above it. The bodies burn upon
cry slight provocation; and if you
ave any consideration for your olfac-
cries or for your health you will pre-
'a1e the bodies to burn and then retire
0 a safe distance.-N Y. Tribune.