The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-14
THE TREATMENT OF HOG CHOLERA
AND SWINE PLAGUE.

animals to health? These are the first
questions asked by the swine'groWer,
and to his mind this should be the
objective point Of all Investigations.
With all diseases Of this class, however,
prevention is cheaper and in every
way more satisfactory than medical
treatment. The great aim of the
Government and the farmers should
be, therefore, to prevent the spread OF
infectious diseases. Every swine
grower should use the utmost pre-
cautions to prevent the introduction
of these plaques into his herd In
spite Of such preventive measures
many herds will become Infected. |
Until the Federal Government or the
individual States enforce measures OF
eradication, it is, consequently, leglt-
innate to ask and to answer the ques- |
ton as to the proper medical treat
ment. :.
Before formulating this treatment 1T
should be explained thet remedy
which will cure every Gaze is not to De
expected. There has rever been dis
covered remedy for a single one OF
the infectious diseases of man or enl-
mails which will cure every individual
attacked. Some forms of these ol,
seases are so violent and rapid that
the animals are dead almost before
they are observed to be SEX. Under
such conditions there is not time Tor
the most active remedy to produce
beneficial effect.
In many outbreaks the type OF the
maiady is less viru'en and tn re Is
time 10 treat the animals after they are
sick, and also the whole herd after
some members Of ii have eh)wn that
thev a~e diseased. For a long time
after beginning the Investigations OF
the infectious diseases Of swine, the
writer was doubtful if any remedy or
combination of remedies could be
made which would produce any
marked effect. The experiments OF
the last year, however, indicate tina:
treatmentsif properly applied may be
successful. With the assistance ol Dr..
e. A. de Schweipitz, chemist Of the
Bureau, and Dr.. Y. A. Norgaard, in
spectol a number of formulas have
| been developed and used in the led
with good results.
The most eficacious formula which
has been tried is the following:
pounds.
Wood charcoal. al....................l
Sodium chloride. de..................2
Sodium bicarbonate. ..............2
Sodinm hyposulphite. e..............2
Sodium sulphate ..............1
Antimony sulphiGe. ......-........'I
These ingredients should be com
p.etely pulverized and thoroughly
| mixed.
Th4 dose of this mixture is a large
| tablespoonful for each 200 pounds
weight of hogs to be treated, and 1t
| should be given only once a day.
! When hogs are affected with these
diseases they should not be fed on corn
alone, but they should have at least
once a day soft feed, made by mixing
bran and middlinys, Or middllngs and
corn meal, or ground oats and corn,
| or crushed wheat with hot water, and
then stirring into this the proper guam
tity of the medicine. Hogs are fond
Ut this mixture, it increases their appe-
tie, and when they once taste of food
with which it has been mixed they
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/ eeSs1wFssrgT Great care should be
exercised in drenching hogs or they
will be sufocated. Do not turn the
hog on its back to drench it, but pull
the cheek away from the teeth so as
to form pouch, into which the medi-
cine may be slowly poured. It will
flow from the cheek into the mouth,
and Wne.l the bog finds out what it is,
it will stop squealiug and swallow
In our experiments hogs which were
so sick that they would eat nothing
have commenced to eat very soon after
getting dose of the remedy, and have
steadily improved until they appeared
perfectly well
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preventive Of these diseases, and for
this purpose should be put in the feed
of the whole herd. Care should Of
course be observed to sec that each
animal receives its proper share In
cases where it has been given a fair
trial, it has apparently cured most of |
the animals which were sick and has |
stopped the progress of the disease III
the herds. 1t also appears to be an
excellent appetizer and stimulant of
the processes of digestion and assimi-
lation, and when given to unthrifty
hogs it increases The appetite, causes
them to take on flesh, and assume a
thrifty appearance.
Old People.