Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-12-12
Prevention of Hog Cholera.


Secretary Kennedy, Of the State Board of
Health, iii his last bulletin publishes the
| following timely advice to farmers as to the
| best known methods employed In prevent
| ing the spread of the hog cholera.
| So soon as the herd has become in
! fected, the healthy animals should be i'm
mediataly removed from the sick so far
away there will be no danger Of infection
| by contact. drainage of the soil. water or
gusts of wind. They should be given ample
space. so that if there are d. diseased animals
| among them it will not spread SO rapidly
as whea they are crowded. The bodies of
those removed may be disinfected by pour
ing over them two per cent solution OF
carbolIc acid, or two and One-half ounces
to one gallon of water. and also driving
them through the solution to dlsinfect
their feet
, Destroy ali diseased animals A.
there Is no reliable means of treatment or
cure, destruction Is the simplest and mos5
economical in the end.
3. Each dead body should be buried 50
deep no animal can get at it. 1t should
be covered with layer of Stacked lime
several inches thick If burned, care
should be taken that parts not burned are
buried a above. The sale and carrying
of such dead bodies to rendering establish
ments is prohibited by law and a most
prolific way of spreading the disease.
+. There should be frequent and through
dIsinfectIOn of the premises. and cledniin-
ess maintained. Stacked lime Is a good
disinfectant for hog cholera. using one
pound Of lime to a gallon Of water 1t
may lie used as a whitewash on fences and
pens. aud spread over the soil in a thin
layer and thrown into pools, hog-wash. or
wherever water stagnates. A more efficient
dIslnfeCtant Is crude carGOlic acid. cost
about 81 per gallon. and an equal quantity
of sulphurlc acid. The two ACIDS should be
carefully mixed in glass jar or bottle and
poured slowly into wator IN a wooden
pail. in the proportion of two ounces of
the acid mixture to one gallon OF water.
This should be used with a broom or
brush upon wood work. fences. pens. floors,
tools. &c, and also dashed over the soil
For shoes and boots, brush them with a
mixture of one-fourth ounce OF carboic
acid and one-half gallon Of water. Pals.
after use, should De rinsed with water to
prevent the acid from destroying the iron
hoops.
). All manure from sick hogs should be
disinfeeted before removal
s. After d dI-lHfec5lon of premises. no
hogs should be allowed thereon for at least
four months. Where few animals ara left
that have be7n exposed, no fresh animals
should be aide to them for SIX month
II It Is necessary 10 put resin animals
where the disease has been. as In took
yards. etc. then all prior infected aniLIals
s1ou be killed and the previously disin-
iectet rs stated.
!. Sick hogs should not he permitted to
stray into out-of-the-way places. under
buildings and into fence corners or under
straw stacks hus scattering the disease.
% as To make infection possible. Tney
should be penned or Incioyed IN ward
where proper attention an be given them
and other hogs kept from them.
;. N here no distinction Is mad. hogs
shou Il not l. admitted on premises where
the disease has prevailed for one yer
Ii L believed that the cholera germs vii
lose their Vitality entirely In one year.
=. All domestic animals, especially
sheep. that have been In contact with dis
ease5 hogs should be enclosed away from
all other animals and closely watched
10. No person from a farm OF premises
where hog cholera does exist. or has exist I
Cd, should De PERMITTED to come on pre-
misses where the disease does not exist. I'M
less previous dlsinfeetion l. had OF his boots
and clothing
Il. All bird id or tame. should be ex-
cluded from infected premises
After all this trouble, there still remains I,
the danger OF fresh introduction of the